Karen Norton, Community Contributor

From: ACSD Community Education Department

To meet your lifelong learning needs and interests, we connect you with community resources and offer affordable, close-to-home educational and life enhancing opportunities. We provide opportunities to develop skills, pursue new interests, or become involved in your community.

Through our community partnerships, we strive to enhance the quality of your life. You may be a piece of this puzzle by donating or receiving school supplies; warm clothing or prom dresses; attending one of our 100 plus seasonal courses; or celebrating Halloween by experiencing the Community Pumpkin Party. Other

enrichment opportunities may include signing your child up for Camp Invention or your incoming kindergarten student for Safety Town. Whatever it may be, all of these are accomplished with the help of a community who has vision and leadership, a community that believes together we are better.

The Ankeny community celebrated Community Education Day which marks 36 years of quality community education for all. Community Education has the potential to foster life-long learning experiences that are meaningful and relevant to both youth and adults. Its philosophy also advocates full use of public facilities after the K-12 hours and works to maximize use of available resources in the community, in an effort to

provide meaningful and accessible services through partnerships.