How to Enroll Your Child in Preschool

2023-2024 Summer and Fall Preschool Registration

Thank you for choosing Hopkins Preschool!

Families in our Early Childhood Special Education program will work directly with our ECSE office for registration and do not need to register online until instructed otherwise.

The timeline for registration is as follows:

February 13, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. - Families currently enrolled in our preschool programs
February 22, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. - In-district families who are not yet preschool participants
February 24, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - Out of district families who are not yet preschool participants
Click on the link of the name of your preferred class below to register.

(Please note In-District also includes families that have older children currently open enrolled into Hopkins District.)

All registrations are time-stamped when submitted, if your registration does not follow the timeline mentioned above, you will have to re-register your entire contract on the correct date/time. Contracts will be finalized after our verification process, which may take up to two weeks to confirm. If you are asking for tuition assistance we will need your proof of income before, or at time of, registration. (Learn more about tuition assistance here.) Preschool spots will not be held if your enrollment information is incomplete. Please make sure to list your second and third class options if applicable.

Extended-Day preschool registration is a separate contract which will be open for enrollment for the classes that qualify on March 13, 2023, at 8:00 am.

Non-School Day contracts, exclusively available for Extended-Day registered families, will be open for registration on June 1, 2023, at 8:00 am.

Click here for the registration page!

Step 1: Pick Your Program

Choose your preschool option

2023-24

Half-day preschool: Preschool offers families a choice of three, four, or five half-day classes per week for children ages 3-5. Preschool-year program runs from September to June.
Extended-day preschool: Offers extended early morning, extended afternoon, and extended evening times with a four-hour morning preschool class.
Spanish immersion: The Spanish immersion preschool option will take place at our Eisenhower site. This option will give students a head start on future Spanish immersion learning in kindergarten at Eisenhower. Encouraging students to be globally-minded aligns with our greater district vision.

Step 2: Sign-In or Create an Account in Eleyo (English and Soomaali)

Create Eleyo Account: English
Sida Loo Sameeyo Account Eleyo: Soomaali

Create Eleyo Account: English

Step 1: Prepare for registration

For new families: Create an Eleyo account and profiles for your family. Pleaes note: You must have an account for yourself and a profile for the child you wish to register prior to enrolling in Hopkins Preschools, Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE), or Community Education.

For returning families: Log in to your Eleyo account and check to make sure your family's information is current and that all family members have a profile created. If you forgot your password and need to reset it, please click here.

When you register, please have health history, medication information, and emergency contact information readily available. This information is required to complete registration for Hopkins Preschools and will not carry over from the previous year's registration form.
The registration process will take approximately 20 minutes to complete for each program/child.
If you are in need of tuition assistance please see “Preschool Tuition Assistance.”

How to create an Eleyo account and profiles

You must have an account for yourself and a profile for the child you wish to register, prior to enrolling in Hopkins Preschools, Early Childhood Family Education, or Community Education.

Create an Eleyo account for yourself

Visit Eleyo at https://hopkins.ce.eleyo.com
Click Sign Up in the upper right corner of the screen to register a new Eleyo Account.
Complete the Register New Account form. Remember, the account should be created in your legal name.
Click Create Account at the bottom of the screen to save your information. You will be directed to your Account Profile after a few moments.
After you create your account, Eleyo will send you an email requesting you verify your email address. Please follow the steps in the email to verify your email address.

Add a child and/or spouse to your account

Access your account by clicking your name in the upper right corner of the screen. From the drop-down menu, select Account Profile.
Click Add Family Member / Relationship to add a child to your profile.
Complete the Add a New Person form. Please list your child by their legal name, as you do have an option to list a nickname they go by if you wish. In the grade field, please select the year your child will be entering kindergarten. In the school field, please select the school your child will attend. If you aren’t certain of either the school or the year, please leave the fields blank. PLEASE NOTE: Under the District Information section, please select No, They Do Not Have A District ID.
Click Create Person at the bottom of the screen to save your information. You will be directed to your Account Profile after a few moments.
Click Emergency Contacts under each child’s name and provide information for at least three emergency contacts. This emergency contact information will be used for all Hopkins Community Education programs in which your child participates which includes Preschool and ECFE.

Sida Loo Sameeyo Account Eleyo: Soomaali

Step 3: Register

Registration for 2022-2023 Preschool

Families in our ECSE program will work directly with our ECSE office for registration and do not need to register online.

Click on the link of the name of your preferred class to register.

Extended-day Contract is separate from your class contract, please click here for those options.

All contracts will be processed and finalized in the order in which they were received (our system has a time stamp on each registration). Confirmation of preschool placement may take up to a week, as there are steps involved in reviewing the information you provide. A system generated email with your final confirmation.

Click here for the registration page!

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All registrations will be processed once all documents have been received and on a space-available basis.

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Registration and program information

Pick the program and section that suits your family best. Complete the series of questions and enter a method of payment. For ease of payment you may choose Auto Pay. If you are in need of tuition assistance you are still required to put a payment method into the Eleyo contract, we will be in contact with you about finalizing your contract rate after validation of income or child care assistance, you will not be charged until spoken with or emailed.

At the time of registration, all required documents must be received in order for enrollment to be finalized.

Required documents:

Current immunization records
Proof of income (Note: only if you are applying for financial assistance): email to Preschool@HopkinsSchools.org

Step 4: Once You Have An Approved Contract, Submit Remaining Forms

Submit required forms

You will receive a confirmation email from our Eleyo registration system when your preschool contract has been approved.

Families are encouraged to send in their child's immunization records within two weeks of contract approval or with in the first two weeks of school starting. Please send current immunization records for your child by email to: Preschool@HopkinsSchools.org or fax to: 952-988-5349.

If your contract requires additional paperwork, please submit as soon as possible.