Choose from more than 10 levels in our Red Cross-inspired swim classes for ages 6 months to 18 years
Big Lake Community Education offers more than 50 classes throughout the year to our community's adults. Classes offer opportunities for adults to improve their knowledge base, explore new interests, gain new skills and make new connections!
Big Lake Community Education offers more than 100 classes throughout the year to our community's youth. Classes offer opportunities for students to improve academic and social skills, explore new interests, gain additional skills and make new friends!
Is the class showing full? Join our waitlist, we may add more spots closer to start date. Scholarships available for all courses! Email earlychildhood@biglakeschools.org or call 763-262-3233 for more information!
Choose from family to individual memberships ages 14+ for our Hornet Fitness Center.
Kids Club Child Care - School Year Before/After School for Grades K-5 and Full Day Summer Care for Grades K-6th.
An extension of our Little Learners Preschool...a wrap-around child care option for 3-5 year old children currently enrolled in our Little Learners Preschool Program and fully toilet trained.
From learning how to plan for retirement to tips for growing a garden, these adult enrichment classes offer a variety of options to gain knowledge and explore new interests
From Drivers Education to learning how to paint, these youth enrichment classes are aimed at improving academics, exploring new interests and more!
From parent/child toddler classes to high school competitive ones, our gymnastics program is top-notch and classes fill up very fast.
Learn to play t-ball, improve your basketball skills or just get your body moving in these youth recreation classes.
Early Childhood Screening begins at age 3!! In Minnesota, all children must be screened before entering Kindergarten. Early Childhood Screening is a free snapshot of how your preschooler is growing developing and learning.
Are you pregnant or have a child who hasn't started kindergarten yet? Are you looking for something fun to do with your child to wear off energy and talk with other adults? Register for a class today and experience the joy of ECFE!
Are you pregnant or have a child who hasn't started kindergarten yet? Are you looking for something fun to do with your child to wear off energy and talk with other adults? Register for a class today and experience the joy of ECFE.
DAY 1 - Monday, June 15
7:30 a.m. Leave Eastview Education Center, 9375 Fenning Ave. NE., Monticello. Load in front parking lot. Park on the far end of the lot near School Blvd.
Make a comfort stop in Menomonie and have lunch (included) in Wisconsin Dells. Continue to Lake Geneva, WI. The area was a popular summer retreat for the barons of wealth in lumber, cattle, oil, steel, cement, manufacturing, and durable goods.They built mansions and large homes on the lake from the 1850s, through the heyday of the Roaring 20s.Check into Harbor Shores Resort, featuring park view rooms for a two-night stay. The hotel is located downtown near shopping and dining. Take time for dinner (on your own) at one of the nearby restaurants. Tonight, enjoy an entertaining show in Lake Geneva.
DAY 2 - Tuesday, June 16
Board the Lake Geneva U.S. Mail Boat Tour. This narrated cruise features the beautiful mansions on the Lake. There are only a handful of places left in the country where mail is still delivered by boat and none with a more exciting and scenic tour. Mail is still delivered to about 60 homes around Lake Geneva daily, from mid-June to mid-September. The Walworth departs with a load of passengers, and a unique mail person. They must jump off the bow of the boat while it is still moving and on to the pier. Deliver the mail, grab any outgoing parcels and leap back on to the stern of the boat before it passes by. After the cruise, walk across the street for lunch (included) at one of Lake Geneva’s most popular restaurants. Meet a docent who will escort the group to the Black Point Estate and Gardens, overlooking Geneva Lake. It was the summer home for Chicago beer baron, Conrad Seipp, and four generations of his descendants.While taking in stunning views from the grand veranda you will get a taste of what it was like to summer in this historic place. Step into the original American dream and learn how this German immigrant built one of the finest examples of Queen Anne architecture. See one of the most intact collections of Victorian furnishings in the Midwest. It is a historic site owned and operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society. This evening dining is on your own in downtown Lake Geneva.
DAY 3 - Wednesday, June 17
Travel to North Freedom, WI to visit the Mid-Continental Railway Museum. Spend time in the Train Coach Sheds that are filled with restored wooden passenger cars, freight cars and displays from the turn of the century. See examples of nationally renowned wood car restorations such as the Badger # 2 “Fish Car” the exquisite Art Nouveau-motif of the Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western # 63, the 1903-built Copper Range coach # 60. In the outdoor display yard, you can inspect steam locomotives up-close. There are nearly 40 train cars and locomotives on prominent. Board the passenger train for a memorable ride in restored coaches built in 1915. An authentically attired conductor will call "all aboard!" before the train leaves from the historic depot, built in 1894. Have lunch (included) and return to Monticello by early evening.
Deadline for this trip is April 13th. Must be paid in full by this date. NO REFUNDS AFTER THIS DATE.
COST: $825 per person based on two in a room. $1010 for a single person in a room.
You may bring coolers with beverages and snacks on the bus. There will be plenty of storage under the bus for luggage.
