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Mt. Desert Island Adult & Community Education



Our Classes

Strength and Balance for Senior Fitness

$35

with Michelle Spencer

Calendar Apr 28, 2025 at 8:30 am, runs for 6 weeks

This is a live, online class via Zoom.

Reaching balanced wellness by working on strengthening and stretching the muscles, preventing falls, and improving cardiovascular and bone density health. 

NEW!  Standing AND Floor Work! This dynamic, full-body exercise program encourages muscle growth and increases stamina! Reach balanced wellness by strengthening and stretching muscles, preventing falls and improving cardiovascular and bone density health.

Prepare to be getting up and down from the floor during the mat portion.  If you have been working on your fitness and want to challenge yourself, "Senior Fitness" can guide you safely and effectively. 

This class is progressive and increases your overall well-being throughout the 6 week session.

 April 28, May 5, 12, 19, June 2, 9

Gentle Fitness for Health

$35

with Michelle Spencer

Calendar Apr 28, 2025 at 10 am, runs for 6 weeks

This is a live, online class via Zoom.

This class offers seated strength and flexibility exercises to improve mobility and fall prevention. All exercises will support people with arthritis, osteoporosis, and other health concerns if they are cleared by their primary care provider.

April 28, May 5, 12, 19, June 2, 9

Tai Yoga

$59

with Michelle Spencer

Calendar Apr 29, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 6 weeks

This is a live, online class via Zoom.

A practice that will involve a series of slow, rhythmic movements and physical postures, meditation, controlled, breathing, stretching, and strength for the mind and body. This class is a combination of tai chi, traditional yoga, and qi gong.

May 6, 12, 19, June 3, 10, 17

Stress Reduction & Relaxation with Therapeutic Yoga

$59

with Michelle Spencer

Calendar Apr 29, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 6 weeks

This is a live, online class via Zoom.

This 60 minute yoga practice will provide sequences that calm the nervous system, along with stretching and warming the muscles while preparing the mind to rest. Breathing techniques, short meditation and positive affirmations will end the practice

May 6, 12, 19, June 3, 10, 17

Excel Power Tools
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Excel Power Tools

$89

with Val Landry

This is an online class using ZOOM. 

Power Query allows you to import and shape data.  It has an easy to use interface, powerful tools to import and clean data.  

Power Pivot allows data modeling and calculations.  It easily handles millions of rows of data and has modeling tools for efficient data storage and analysis. 

Power BI (Business Intelligence) is a complete business intelligence tool.  It features incredible visual options, has simple built-in interactive options, fantastic graphs and allows easy sharing of data. The design of this course includes 2-3 hours of work with the software between sessions to gain maximum benefit from the sessions.

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey included in your automated receipt so the instructor can tailor the course to meet your needs. 

You will want to have Microsoft Excel on your computer for this workshop and many people find it helpful to have two monitors though it is certainly not necessary to benefit from the sessions.  There are two ways to accomplish this: 1) attach an external screen to your computer (contact our program if you need technical assistance with that); 2) using two computers (one for Excel and the other for the ZOOM meeting. 

Val is a lifelong business educator and academic advisor focused on helping enrich and enhance students' educational and life purposes. He is experienced in college management and, as an adult educator, having taught at the Mid-State College and Kennebec Valley Community College. His teaching experience covers over 45 years in the areas of computer applications, accounting, and Quickbooks training workshops.

Chair Yoga

$59

with Michelle Spencer

Calendar May 1, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 6 weeks

This is a live, online class via Zoom.

This morning class practiced in a chair offers mind and body benefits without having to get up and off the floor or even changing into Yoga clothes.  Enjoy a “pick me up” at home or at your office by using structural techniques to improve your range of motion, relax tight or overused muscles and release tension from the mind.

May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, June 5

Student Loan Repayment Strategies and Pro Tips

Free

with FAME Finance Authority ME

Calendar May 7, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

This is a live, online class.

There are many different facets to the student loan program that can be powerful in helping you achieve your financial goals but also can be confusing. If you are struggling with your payments, did you know there are several income-based repayment plans as well as deferment or forbearance? Did you know you could get .25% off your interest rate if you sign up for auto-debit on your federal loans? Do you know you can work towards loan forgiveness now if you work for a non-profit, government or tribal agency? Whether you have recently graduated from college or have been repaying your students loans for a long time, join us to learn how to best manage your student loan repayment. Join Nikki Vachon, College Access Counselor from the Finance Authority of Maine as she shares pro-tips and answers questions. 

How To Play Piano by Ear

$59

with Craig Coffman

Calendar May 10, 2025 at 10 am, runs for 1 week

This is a live, online class via Zoom.

Learn one of music’s deepest mysteries: how to play songs without relying on music.  A very practical presentation of music theory that includes predicting chord progressions, learning from recordings, and transposing-all expressed in everyday language.  This is an ideal follow-up to the “Instant Piano” class and is open to anyone who has a basic understanding of chords on any instrument.  Expand your musical horizons, and free yourself from sheet-music dependence, and be the life of the party!  Prior experience with chords recommended.  Fee includes the online book, online follow-up lessons, a recording of the class and an optional monthly question and answer session.   Class is held online using zoom. 

 

Craig Coffman is an experienced piano and guitar instructor, professional pianist and music director.  He has over 30 years’ experience teaching piano privately. His piano and guitar seminars, offered through Community Colleges and Community Education Programs, have been attended by over 30,000 students throughout Arizona, Minnesota and the United States over the last 27 years.   He has a degree in Sociology from Illinois Wesleyan University in Illinois (where he also studied piano) and a Master of Divinity degree from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon.   

 

 





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