Community Ed

Community Ed

Community Education & Recreation

Welcome to Cloquet Community Education and Recreation

Building Community . . .
One Piece at a Time!

Cloquet Community Education and Recreation promotes, provides, and facilitates learning opportunities and social activities to serve all individuals & families, while bridging generations, inspiring collaboration and building community.

Please click on a title below to find out about programs and activities offered!

Events:
MinnAqua Ice Fishing Day - Take a Kid Ice Fishing!
We'll take a close look at what is living under the ice, make your own jiggle stick and practice safety on the ice with a DNR MinnAqua Education Specialist. Fishing is catch and release. Dress appropriately; on lake for at least one hour. Waiver must be completed by parent/guardian. Parents/guardians are required to attend. This is also Take a Kid Ice Fishing weekend. Parents can fish for free all weekend accompanied by their children.
Please visit the DNR website
Bring a bag lunch. Need transportation to Chub Lake. Day begins at CMS
Sat, Feb 18
9 am - 3 pm
CMS N005,
Enter Door #6
FREE, but need to register

PLEASE NOTE:
Tubing Hill will not be open this year due to lack of snow.

PLEASE NOTE:
The Herb Drew Pool is closed due to maintenance. We are tentatively set to reopen February 27. We will keep you updated.

Easter Egg Hunt in Pine Valley
Saturday, April 7, 10 - 11 am (or until eggs are gone)
No cost for hunting eggs. 3,000 candy filled eggs will be hidden, plus special GOLDEN EGGS too with big prizes!
Ages 1 - 5 start at 10 am. Ages 6 - 12 start at 10:15 am.
Rules: Children may use an Easter basket to collect eggs, No containers/bags allowed. All plastic eggs must be taken with you. Bring your camera - the Easter Bunny will pose with your little ones!
Pancake Breakfast!
Eat breakfast before your kids hunt for eggs. 7:30 - 10:30 am at the Cloquet Senior Center located next to Pine Valley Park. $5/person (4 and under free). Pancakes, sausage, juice/coffee served by the Skateboard Club. All proceeds go for a new skatepark in Cloquet.

Facilities: Reserve space at a park or in a school building
View school building use, all school calendar, and city park use with the Facility scheduler calendar. Make a reservation online by filling out the forms on the Facilities Request Page or just click either Building Request form or Park Request Form which will bring you directly to the form. You may also print out the forms located below and send it in to Community Ed.
509 Carlton Ave.
Cloquet, MN 55720
Fax 218-878-3013

Spring 2012 LumberLog

Register for Classes
We offer fun and educational classes for all ages! Register for classes online in the Class Catalog, or use the Easy Class Finder.
Need help? Click for step by step instructions on how to register for classes online.

Join Our Email List
Email:

We have three different pages on Facebook. Look for the Cloquet Community Education & Recreation page, Cloquet ECFE and Tots page, and Cloquet Youth Center (CYC) page. "Like" us today!

Activities Scheduler
View the Cloquet Public Schools Activity Scheduler to see athletic and activity schedules. You can also sign up to receive notifications of specific teams schedule changes.
Youth Sports Associations contact numbers.

Weather Cancellation Policy
If Cloquet Schools are cancelled Community Education offerings are also cancelled. Cancellations due to bad weather will be announced on WKLK 96.5 FM, 1230 AM

Early Childhood Screening
Early Childhood Screening is quick, simple, fun and FREE! Remember, it's a state mandate that all children attend prior to kindergarten, preferably around their fourth birthday.

Help Me Grow: Identification of children with disabilities
School districts have a responsibility to identify, locate, and evaluate children from birth to age 21 who have a disability and are in need of special education.

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Have a class you would like to take or teach?
Please let us know about them. We really appreciate your ideas!
Call Cloquet Community Education at 218-879-1261
Email:

commed@cloquet.k12.mn.us
Fax: 218-878-3013
Address: 509 Carlton Avenue, Cloquet, MN 55720 (located in the east wing of the Cloquet Middle School Building. Enter door 2 or 3).

Community Education Director: Sara Liimatainen
Adults with Disabilities: Annette Wick
Adult Enrichment: Janet Ashmore
Aquatics, Recreation, and Facilties: Joy Behling
Early Childhood Screening: Theresa Blais
ECFE & Time for Tots: Grace Hall
Elementary After School Enrichment at Churchill: Linnea Barto
Elementary After School Enrichment at Washington: Bobbee Conway
Kids Corner School Age Childcare: Audrey Senarighi, Jenni Dostal
Li'l Lumberjacks & Li'l Thunder Learning Centers: Darla Pappas
Marketing: Karen Sorensen, Gina Painter
Middle School Youth Development: Kirsten Koskela
Office Assistant: Linda Vuicich

We take photographs of many of our activities which may be used in our LumberLog, news releases, website, displays at events, and flyers. Please let us know in writing if you do not wish to have photos in our publication.

Park request form

(PDF - 74 KB)

Or go to the Facilities page and do the online form

Building Request Form (PDF - 95 KB)
Or go to the Facilities page and do the online form

Job application (PDF - 160 KB)
Non-Licensed Job Application

Pine Valley Ski Trail Map (PDF - 422 KB)
Registration form to print out and mail in. (PDF - 148 KB)
Fall 2011 LumberLog (PDF - 5.81 MB)
Summer 2011 LumberLog (PDF - 3.46 MB)
Spring 2011 Lumberlog (PDF - 6.59 MB)
Winter 2010-2011 Lumberlog (PDF - 4.67 MB)

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