TriDistrict Community Education

Our Driver Education program is taught by certified licensed instructors. The state of Minnesota requires anyone under the age of 18 wishing to obtain a MN Driver’s License to complete an approved course in driver education. This course must include a minimum of 30 hours of classroom instruction and six hours of behind-the-wheel instruction. The classroom includes lecture, class discussion, guest speakers, films, written work from textbooks and written tests. Behind-the-wheel training allows a student to practice driving on public streets and highways with an instructor in a dual-control (two brake) car. If a student misses a class due to illness, they will need to make up the class in the next session, or in another TriDistrict Community Education Drivers Education Class. The fee is $375. Payment can be made in full at the time of registration or pay $225 at the time of registration and $150 at the end of the 30 hours prior to the student receiving the 'blue' card.

This class will help students feel comfortable in the water and build a foundation of basic water skills that they will build upon as they go through the “Learn to Swim” program. Students will learn to enter and exit the water safely, bobbing, retrieving submerged objects, front and back glide, back float and arm and leg actions. Children must be at least 5 years of age.

This class will primarily focus on stroke development in front and back crawl and will be introduced to the elementary back stroke. Skills are taught in both shallow and deep water and students will swim independently over short distances.

Students will continue to practice strokes from Level 3 and be introduced to the breaststroke and sidestroke. They will work to build endurance in both shallow and deep water swimming independently under water over medium distances. They will also learn headfirst entries from the side of the pool.