Learn something new, connect with others in the community, stimulate your creativity or improve your health. Adult Enrichment offers a variety of fee-based classes and activities designed for adults of every age.
PreK Plus Childcare: Providing Wrap Around, Extended Day, and Non School Day Childcare for students enrolled in an Early Childhood class.
Fun & Friends is a child care program for students in kindergarten through 8th grade. Please do not send your child to Fun & Friends until your contract and schedule has been approved.
We have a variety of preschool programs: *School Readiness Preschool: 3-5 year olds *Voluntary Pre-K: 4 years old by September 1st *ECFE+: 2 1/2-3 year olds *Little Warrior Childcare: 3-5 year olds enrolled in a preschool class
Youth develop life-long interests, skills and knowledge through sports, performing and visual arts, academics, special interest clubs, outdoor educational experiences and many more programs.
Child Only classes provide children opportunities to explore learning in an ECFE classroom setting independently.
ECFE offers many special events throughout the year for families with birth-5 yr olds.
Time Together Classes provide weekly time for parents/guardians and their children birth-5 years old.
Fun & Friends is a child care program for students in kindergarten through 8th grade. It has served the students of Brainerd Public Schools for over 30 years with age-appropriate, fun, recreational activities. Care is provided before school, after school, on non-school days, and over the summer.
Sites include Nisswa Elementary, Baxter Elementary, Riverside Elementary, and Harrison Elementary (also servicing Garfield and Lowell).
Summer registration has ended and all sites are full. To be added to a waitlist, please contact Cassandra Hale at 218-454-6956 or cassandra.hale@isd181.org.
Locations: Fun & Friends will be open at the following locations:
Before School Care: Before school care will be held at Nisswa Elementary, Baxter Elementary, and Riverside Elementary. Riverside will host all Brainerd elementary schools (Harrison, Riverside, Lowell, and Garfield) for before school care with busing to Harrison, Lowell, and Garfield. Forestview students can attend any location with busing to Forestview Middle School.
Registration: School year registration will open in two different phases starting at the end of June. See the table below.
*Families must sign up during the correct stage for their application to be considered. Signing up before your registration window will result in a denied application.
Rates: School year rates vary depending on days scheduled a week. See below:
Registration Fee: Fun & Friends has a $30/year registration fee per child. If your child attends summer Fun & Friends, this registration was included with their summer contract and will not be added to the school year. If your child did not attend summer, there will be a $30 registration card applied when your application is approved.
For more information or to view our handbook, please visit the Fun & Friends website, HERE.
