Fall 2026 Community Education Registration

Learn the fundamentals of decorating sugar cookies, including recipes, tools, icing consistency, piping, flooding, and finishing techniques.

Explore the history of tea, sample six herbal teas, and create a custom herbal tea blend to take home.

Learn about the history of coffee, home roasting methods, roast levels, brewing, tasting, sourcing supplies, and proper bean storage.

Learn the history and techniques of gyotaku, the Japanese art of fish printing, including creating prints from real fish and painting fish eyes.

Learn the history and techniques of gyotaku, the Japanese art of fish printing, including creating prints from real fish and painting fish eyes.

Create a ceramic garden sculpture while exploring repetition in color, texture, and shape through sketching, hand-building or wheel-throwing, and glazing.

Learn foundational knitting skills, including casting on, knit and purl stitches, shaping, pattern reading, yarn dyeing, and project finishing.

Explore wet-on-wet oil painting techniques for blending, layering, and adding detail to a seasonal image.

Build foundational guitar skills, including tuning, basic chords, and simple accompaniment patterns for beginners.

Build foundational guitar skills, including tuning, basic chords, and simple accompaniment patterns for beginners.

Practice chocolate enrobing techniques to create chocolate-covered fruits, snacks, and seasonal treats.

Develop guitar skills through group and individual instruction, song practice, ensemble rehearsal, and a final group recording.

Explore traditional Irish solo dance through sean-nós steps, old-style set dances, rhythmic footwork, and coordination.

Discover Irish social dance through ceili dancing with introductory exposure to set, sean-nós, and old-style step dancing.

Discover Irish social dance through ceili dancing with introductory exposure to set, sean-nós, and old-style step dancing.

Expand an Irish traditional music repertoire by learning jigs, reels, hornpipes, and other session tunes by ear while practicing session etiquette.

Practice structured movement, breathing, and mindfulness techniques inspired by martial arts kata to improve focus, manage stress, and build healthy habits.

Develop practical emotional intelligence skills for managing stress, improving relationships, and responding effectively to everyday challenges at home and work.

*PAY ON SITE WITH INSTRUCTOR* 

Review safe-driving strategies, current road rules, and ways to adapt to age-related physical and cognitive changes behind the wheel.

Explore the sonnet form through reading, analysis, and writing, with examples from Shakespeare and other poets.

Prepare for Pacific Northwest disasters by learning about emergency planning, supplies, communication, medications, finances, family separation, and tsunami response.

Prepare for Pacific Northwest disasters by learning about emergency planning, supplies, communication, medications, finances, family separation, and tsunami response.

Build disaster-response skills through CERT Basic Training focused on caring for yourself, your family, and your community following an emergency.

Build disaster-response skills through CERT Basic Training focused on caring for yourself, your family, and your community following an emergency.

Prepare for up to two weeks of post-disaster self-sufficiency through emergency planning, food and water storage, shelter, sanitation, and first aid.

Prepare for up to two weeks of post-disaster self-sufficiency through emergency planning, food and water storage, shelter, sanitation, and first aid.

Prepare for up to two weeks of post-disaster self-sufficiency through emergency planning, food and water storage, shelter, sanitation, and first aid.

Discuss community inclusion, accessibility, emergency preparedness, collaboration, and nonviolent approaches to social change.

Learn the rules, strategies, and gameplay of Mah Jongg according to National Mah Jongg League standards.

Learn the rules, strategies, and gameplay of Mah Jongg according to National Mah Jongg League standards.

Build digital safety skills for preventing identity theft, recognizing scams, protecting personal information, and using online accounts and devices securely.

Explore nonprofit board service, including legal structure, fiduciary responsibilities, board operations, self-evaluation, and pathways to becoming a board member.

Organize essential life, financial, and aging-care information, including key documents and personal wishes, to create a clear plan for loved ones.

Organize essential life, financial, and aging-care information, including key documents and personal wishes, to create a clear plan for loved ones.

Organize essential life, financial, and aging-care information, including key documents and personal wishes, to create a clear plan for loved ones.

Examine the history of public education funding, state and federal roles, funding inequities, and challenges in aligning resources with student needs.

Identify mushrooms through classroom instruction, hands-on demonstrations, and a guided field trip on Saturday, October 31st. 

*No class Nov. 4 or Nov. 11*

Explore bird identification by sight and sound, common birding tools, avian evolution, and regional birding through classroom activities and a guided field outing.

Explore bird identification by sight and sound, common birding tools, avian evolution, and regional birding through classroom activities and a guided field outing.

Observe and learn about local plants, wildlife, and other natural features during a guided walk near Agate Beach.

Observe and learn about local plants, wildlife, and other natural features during a guided walk near Agate Beach.

Document central Oregon coast biodiversity using iNaturalist through field observations at Cape Perpetua.

Examine marine phytoplankton and bacteria, their roles in coastal ecosystems, and the sampling, monitoring, culturing, and aquaculture methods used to study them.

Prepare for the Oregon Real Estate Broker License exam through weekly instruction and guided independent study.

Prepare for the Oregon Property Manager License Exam by studying state licensing laws