Watertown-Mayer Community Education Aquatics Programs
Kids' Company Caring Hands provides enrichment opportunities for infant, toddler and preschool age children 6 weeks to 48 months. Caring Hands is licensed through the MN Dept of Human Services.
Kids' Company OST Preschool Age Child Care serves children ages 4-5. Children must be fully potty trained to attend. Families must register for each season separately ***School Year September - May ***Summer June - August
Kids' Company Out-of- School Time Child Care serves children grades Kindergarten thru- sixth grade. Families must register for each season separately * Summer * School Year
Watertown Mighty Rapids
Young Royals Preschool Ages 3-5 Student-Centered Learning Where Your Child is Valued & Loved!
Includes; CPR-Essential Oils and other wellness class
Lap Swimming
Watertown-Mayer Swimming Lesson Curriculum
Interval Based, Low Impact Water Exercise
2 hour gymnastic classes. Must pass required beginner classes to qualify.
Junior High/High School/MAGA-Pre Team/MAGA Team
This is the Classroom portion of driver's education. We do not offer a Behind the Wheel program.
Eligibility: Must be currently registered for Kids' Company and attending on field trip day
Early childhood screening is for children ages 3 1/2 and up to kindergarten entrance. Screening is provided at NO COST to families.
Individual registration is required for Special Event. Find ECFE special events registration under the Youth Enrichment category or simply search a word in the title of your event in the search bar.
Sweethearts’ Delights: Elegant Éclairs & Paczki (Polish Doughnuts)
Valentine’s Day is most celebrated with sweets and chocolates gifted as an expression of love. Learn to make two dreamy mouth watering sweets to share or give to your sweetheart, family, friends or loved ones on Valentine’s Day this year!
During this class, you will learn to make a decadent French pastry known as a Chocolate Éclairs filled with pastry cream and covered in chocolate ganache, and another wonderfully rich yeasted dessert known as Paczki (Polish Doughnuts) filled with preserves or pastry cream.
The steps for each dessert will be simplified so that any home cook will be able to create professional looking and tasting desserts for Valentine’s Day. Elements of these desserts will include making the Choux pastry (Pâte à Choux), the sweet vanilla pastry cream filling and the ganache, in addition to making the wonderfully rich dough for the Paczki.
Participants will also learn to cook and build each dessert to a level of excellence. Both deserts will make for a very special and memorable Valentine’s Day! Participants can choose to make one or the other, or both sweet treats, or simply watch to be able to make at a later time.
Have your questions answered by the instructor, interact with other participants, and increase your confidence in the kitchen with each skill that is learned, and each little bit of advice and instruction that is shared. While cooking-along is loads of fun, and highly recommended, it is optional.
Participants will receive a list of ingredients in advance of the class with enough time for shopping and preparation. A professionally made PDF packet of the Instructors Personal Recipes from this class will also be received.
This class will take place on Zoom, free online software. Participants will receive instructions on how to access the class prior to it starting. As an added bonus, the instructor has created a private group and a public group on Facebook for participants of her cooking classes. Everyone will receive an invite to the groups although joining is optional. Come join the fun!
Equipment Needs: Stand mixer is highly recommended, as it may be difficult to keep up with the kneading of the dough especially if making it for the first time. The dough is very rich, not your typical yeast dough.
Tess Georgakopoulos has been cooking for well over 40 years since she was roughly 6 years old. Born into a Greek family, the art of cooking traditional meals using ones senses rather than recipes and measurements was passed on from one generation to the next. Her father was also a trained chef who brought the magic of food to life in another form on the weekends as they cooked elaborate family meals together. Food prepared from the heart, with ones own hands and creativity was, and continues to be an expression of love in her home. As a skilled home cook and baker, Tess enjoys creating original recipes for her family and friends. Sweet, savory, or doughy, she enjoys experimenting and creating in the kitchen daily.
Pressure-cooking with a stovetop cooker has been a part of her culinary repertoire for over 25 years. Tess is creating new recipes and reinventing traditional ones using the Instant Pot, which is taking her pressure-cooking to another level! She has been teaching both in-person and on-line cooking classes through community education for a number of years having worked with numerous public school districts in and around the Twin Cities. Tess has recently started writing her first cookbook, and her food blog is also in the works! Some of her creations can be seen on her Facebook page @dishitupgood https://www.facebook.com/dishitupgood/or on her Instagram Feed: Dish it up Good.
Tess Georgakopoulos
