Spring Lake Park Schools Community Ed

This past year has resulted in some of the most significant changes to the college planning process in decades. Admission trends have changed how colleges admit students There are substantial changes to the FAFSA and college financial aid that may make college more expensive Schools have gone ACT/SAT optional, but not necessarily when they award scholarships. Join us to learn how these changes may impact your family, and new strategies to consider to give your student the best opportunity to be admitted and maximize scholarships and financial aid. If you are the parent of a HS student in grades 9-11, this is incredibly important info you will not want to miss. Register today! *This is an online program that will take place over Zoom. Participants will be emailed a link prior to the start of the class.

Ethiopian food is light, healthy, and flavorful, ranging from very spicy to very mild. It can be addictive both in cooking it as much as eating it. Discover new cooking techniques, exotic spices, and ways to easily pair them with your daily ingredients like beans, lentils, vegetables and meat sautéed with flavored butter, ghee and healthy oils.

Delve into the time-honored art of creating pasta from scratch in this hands-on class. Throw together the perfect pasta dough, roll, and slice it into noodles. Make a tomato sauce to smother your freshly made noodles — a rich and satisfying homemade dish.

Design a suite of fused glass holiday ornaments (or mini-suncatchers) with expert guidance in a fun and casual setting. Choices for ornament shapes include square, diamond, or icicle. You’ll start with a clear base, attach the hanging wire, and then add plenty of colored glass to create fun designs for a pair of ornaments. You'll also learn some basic tips and tricks for fusing glass. Josephine will bring all the materials and tools, then take the projects to her studio and fire it into a beautiful work of art for you. Finished pieces will be ready for pick up 1-2 weeks after class at the DSC. Participants will be notified via email once their art is ready for pick up.

MyHeritage and Ancestry are some of the biggest research sites, but what do you do when they don't have the information that you're looking for? This course covers how to use the Family Search catalog, working with autosomal DNA for known and unknown family lines, and other repositories to use beyond the large genealogy platforms. This class is perfect for those who have taken the Intro to Genealogy course, or those looking to level up their basic genealogy skills.

There has never been a better time to start discovering your family's history. Gone are the days of traveling to courthouse basements and archives. You can now research easily from your own home. Join Jen Shaffer of The Formidable Genealogist as she teaches you how to get started, the best websites and tools to use, along with how to be an effective and accurate researcher.