Community nutrition & wellness classes offered soon

Posted March 31, 2025

Plymouth School District Community Education & Recreation is offering two Freezer Meals Workshops, the popular Grow Your Own Microgreens class, and five new classes on brain power, fire cider, simple healthy choices, youth mental health, and reducing pollutants this spring!

Boosting Brain Power & Increasing Your Immunity - NEW!

Learn how to boost your best thinking and doing! Learn brain exercises along with how to choose the “healthiest” foods for cognition and well-being. Top Tips will be shared along with crafting your own personal Action Plan for Success. Taste a selection of nutrient-dense, delicious foods. Arrive curious and hungry, leave with transformational knowledge for your best life.
Instructor: Kate Pearce, RN, Nutrition Specialist, & Wellness Coach
Details: 6-8:30pm Thursday April 10 in PHS Room C105
Fee: $54 through March 31, then $64
Register: online via MyRec

How to Make Fire Cider: A Tonic for Your Immune Health - NEW!

Fire Cider is a robust, spicy tonic traditionally used to boost immunity and promote overall wellness. This invigorating elixir is known for its antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory properties, making it a popular natural remedy, especially during cold and flu season. 
Instructor: Kate Vitale, Owner of Vitale Wellness Center, Fitness Instructor, and Herbalist
Details: 6:30-7:30pm Wednesday April 23 in PHS Room C105
Fee: $24 through April 14, then $34
Register: online via MyRec

Freezer Meal Workshop

Spend an hour assembling 4 freezer meals to feed 4-6 people. Includes prepped veggies, spices, herbs, bags, recipes, etc. When you’re ready to eat, add another ingredient or two and your choice of protein, heat, & serve! 
Instructor: Kristy Markeland
Easy Lasagna Skillet, Cheesy Chili Mac, Tex Mex Casserole, Home-Style Chicken Stew
Details: 6-7pm Thursday April 24 in PHS Room C103
   Fee: $45 through April 14, then $55
Taco Pasta, Chili Lime Chicken Tacos, Taco Soup, Walking Taco Bowls
Details: 6-7pm Thursday May 15 in PHS Room C103
Fee: $45 through May 5, then $55
Register: online via MyRec

Keeping Healthy Simple - NEW!

A no-nonsense approach to making healthy choices. Warm up your morning with easy-to-follow full-body movement with Julie, followed by a deep dive into macros, micros, and essential nutrients, and how to use them easily for your meal planning with Kerri. A healthy snack will be available.
Instructors: Kerri Wilson & Julie Frausto
Details: 9am-noon Saturday April 26 in the PHS Amphitheatre
Fee: $66 through April 21, then $76
Register: online via MyRec

Lifestyle & Mental Health in Youth & Teens – NEW!

Join a conversation about the positive effects that exercise, supplements, and other lifestyle choices can have on ADHD, anxiety, & depression and how they can reduce reliance on pharmaceuticals.
Instructors: Dr. Dan Francis of Francis Chiropractic and Kaylee Holzwart, school-based wellness specialist
Details: 6-7pm Monday April 28 in the PHS Amphitheater
Fee: $5 until April 21, then $15
Register: online via MyRec

Grow Your Own Microgreens

Microgreens are a powerhouse of nutrients! All materials provided for you to grow 2 crops of your own super-nutritious, flavor-packed, baby plants to enhance soups, salads, and sandwiches. You will be able to harvest your delicious crop about 2 weeks after planting.
Instructor: Deb Denzer of Terra Sol Gardens
Details: 5:30-7pm Wednesday May 7 in the PHS Food Science & Agriculture Center
Fee: $26 through April 28, then $36
Register: online via MyRec

Reducing Outdoor Pollutants - NEW!

Join a discussion outlining how to simply tweak a few habits & common purchases to enhance & protect the land, air, and water quality in your yard and beyond.
Instructor: Laura Grunwald, Conservation Specialist
Details: 6-7pm Wednesday May 14 in the PHS Library
Fee: $5 through May 5, then $15
Register: online via MyRec

How do I register?

• Online: If possible, please register online via MyRec, which carries no service fee and offers immediate confirmation. (You first will need to create a MyRec account, if you have not already done so; once we verify residency and approve the account, you can register for any of our offerings going forward.)
• In person: You can register in our office, where we will help set up your MyRec account and can accept cash, check, and credit cards. Park in the visitor lot in front of Plymouth High School, 125 S. Highland Ave., and enter Door 18 on the south end of the building. Our office is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.
• By mail: While MyRec registration is preferred, you still can print a registration form to mail with a check to Community Ed & Rec, 125 S. Highland Ave., Plymouth WI 53073.

Learn more:

• Visit https://plymouthwi.myrec.com to view all available classes, create an online account, and register online.
• View or download a copy of the Spring 2025 Activity Guide.
• Contact us at commedrec@plymouth.k12.wi.us or 920-892-5068.
• Visit our office between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays on the south end (Door 18) of Plymouth High School, 125 S. Highland Ave.
• Sign up for our e-newsletter to be among the first to know when new opportunities are available.
• Visit our Facebook page, where we share information regularly about our learning and wellness offerings for community members of all ages.
• Follow our Instagram feed to see some of the awesome things happening in Community Ed & Rec!