ISD 279 - Osseo Area Schools Community Education

You will build a variety of theme-based, fun-filled motorized models utilizing LEGO® Bricks and Technic® elements with themes such as space exploration, cranium contraptions, amazing animals, interesting inventions, construction, transportation, energy is everywhere, exploring the everglades, natural science and factory fun. Use your imagination, gain engineering skills, build friendships and so much more!

Unravel your child’s millionaire mind set and passion for entrepreneurship! This fun filled hands-on camp provides you with key business ideas and strategies through experiential activities and creative play. Leave having enjoyed a fun-filled, action packed week while learning important life-lessons, too. Through marketing, sales and finance games and activities your child will learn how to bring a business concept into reality. Make “Entrepreneur Bucks” throughout the camp, earn interest and turn the money they make into exciting prizes, which you'll love. The camp includes fun games and STEM activities as well. Whether you are a born entrepreneur or an entrepreneur in the making, this camp will offer invaluable skills for success in life – both in and outside the business world.

Learn how to build a computer with Piper, the computer that prepares kids for a lifetime of building technology! Build. Program. Play. As you build Piper and progress through the games, you will develop both technical skills and approaches that lead to inventive solutions. Engineering For Kids will coach you through this learning system which teaches you hardware engineering and programming through a combination of an engaging storyline, physical building, and the Raspberry Pi Edition of Minecraft. *Kids do not take home the computers.

Sign up early for this popular class! It’s silly and slimy and insanely fun. Messy Time is one of our most popular activities, and that’s exactly what we’ll be doing all class long! You'll get silly with silly putty, messy with muck and so much more! This is going to be a messy one, so please dress your child appropriately.

New Class! In this camp, you will be creating custom Armor. Learn to mod Minecraft using Java and the Forge API and customize your gaming experience. You will be introduced to coding concepts and learn how to use Eclipse, a professional tool to edit and debug code. You should be comfortable with keyboarding, and of course playing Minecraft! At the end of class take home your Mods to share with family and friends. Bring a USB Drive. 

Become a forensics investigator and find out who stole the blueprints for our secret new invention. Using principles of investigative and forensic science, you will analyze evidence in the simulated crime scene using math, science, and technology. Each day is a new adventure to decipher cryptic clues and DNA codes, reconstruct a car crash and devise a lie detector to find the culprit.

Come and create the most delicious (and cute) art projects of all time. You will learn step-by-step drawing and sculpting techniques as you create Melonie Pips, D’lish Donut, Berry Smoothie and more of your favorite Shopkins characters. You'll even make a carrying case for you to keep your Shopkins collection in! Grab your shopping carts and let’s get creating! This class is going to be D’lish!

Skyhawks speed and agility camp is designed for athletes at any skill level looking to improve their current overall athletic performance. Drills and exercises are designed to improve overall quickness, strength, speed, body control, and agility. Increase your speed, improve your agility and overall quickness with our fast paced drills coordinated by our Skyhawks coaches. Participants receive t-shirt and merit award. Please bring appropriate athletic wear and water bottle. 

TGA Premier Junior Golf offers students the opportunity to practice golf through station-based full-swing, chipping and putting instruction. Students learn the science behind the game through STEM experiments, and each session also includes rules and etiquette lessons, and fun games! Best of all, top-notch equipment and training materials are provided, so children of all skill levels have the chance to come out and play with TGA! 

All New Projects! Build a picture frame, a race car, catapult and trophy display base. Learn to measure, cut, sand, paint and then take home each project you build. This Youth Enrichment League (YEL) camp teaches you the use of basic tools (hammers, nails, screwdriver, measuring tape, t-square and more). SAFETY IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY. No power tools will be used in camp. See YouthEnrichmentLeague.com for pictures of projects and more details. NOTE: Participants should be comfortable cutting using a small saw as well as using other hand tools. Students should wear clothes that can get paint on them.