Mahtomedi Community Education

Instructor Kathy Simmer leverages her background as a teacher, curriculum consultant and licensed librarian to bring history to life. She enjoys sharing her historical research with others, especially uncovering the WHY of what happened and how it changed history’s path. Join Kathy in exploring fascinating topics from America’s past along with juicy details usually left out of the textbooks. In 1981, two actors became the first couple. Ronald Reagan was a pleasant, affable man beloved by Republicans and personally liked by many Democrats as well. His wife, Nancy, was not so popular. Learn about the Reagans’ unusual journey from movies and commercials to the White House, their “glamorous” administration, the president’s successes and failures, and his final battle - with Alzheimer’s disease.

Join us for a Spanish beginner class. We will cover the grammatical basics of Spanish and get you on your way to conversation in no time. In this class you can expect to learn present tense verbs and begin to use them for beginning conversational Spanish. Instructor: Language Sprout