Anoka-Hennepin Community Education

Anoka-Hennepin Schools Preschool offers four-year-old classes for children that turn four-years-old on or before September 1, 2025 (Birthdate: September 2, 2020 to September 1, 2021). Most classes are 2.75 hours per day with morning and afternoon options Two, three, four, or five days per week Limited 4 hour, four days per week classes available Parents provide transportation for full and partial tuition preschool spots Limited transportation is available for full scholarship spots only Four-year-old preschool classes are open to all families with a child four years of age on or before September 1, 2025. Families who live outside of Anoka-Hennepin School District boundaries can register after the initial registration lottery Tuition based on income and family size. Scholarships/tuition assistance is available for those who meet Minnesota Department of Education eligibility guidelines.

2025-26 Current School year registration is open and will close on Friday January 31st at Midnight. Most sites have a waiting list status or has closed registration due to the amount of students on the waitlist. Please call the billing office if you have questions regarding the 2025-26 School year placement. 2025-26 School year and Summer 2025 Registration Dates: Summer 2025 Registration is now CLOSED Current attending A+ Families: Registration will open on Tuesday FEBRUARY 18, 2025 at 6:00 am. Current family registration will close on March 12 at midnight. Registration will be closed March 13-17. New AH District families: Registration will open on Tuesday MARCH 18, 2025 at 6:00 am The 2025-26 School Year & Summer 2025 sessions will open at the same time and families will register for each season independently based on your family needs for School year and Summer care. Contracts (accepted or pending) do not carry over from season to season or year to year. All families, including waitlisted families, must register annually for any future care. New AH district family contracts received prior to March 18 will be removed and families will need to re-register on March 18 at 6:00 am. Summer Registration will close on May 1 2025 at 11:59 Pm. To search for alternative child care options please visit www.parentaware.org." Registrations will be reviewed in the order that they were received by our online system, and could take up to 10 business days to process. In order for a registration to be processed, all program balances must be paid in full. Accounts with a balance overdue will not be processed. Students must be enrolled and attending in the Anoka-Hennepin independent school district in order to receive Adventures Plus child care services. (We do not offer care to out-of-district students in our program. This includes families who live within the district boundaries but attend a charter or private school.) The program provides before- and after-school care at elementary schools during the school year, school year schedule must remain consistent from week to week for the duration of your contract, and all-day care during the summer months at select school sites for students entering kindergarten - grade six in the upcoming school year, summer schedules are pick your day with a 20 day minimum requirement. 2025-26 child care rates (all rates subject to change) Adventures Plus school-age care requires a non-refundable registration fee of $35/child (not to exceed $70/per family per season) charged at the time that the contract is accepted. Families are invoiced Monthly and payments are due on the 1st of each month for that months care. Accounts will receive a late payment fee if balance is not paid on the 1st. Accounts past due are subject to suspension or withdrawal of contracted care at anytime. part-time rate (2- 4 days/week) full-time rate (5 days/week) AM $14.55 per day/ per child $11.45 per day/per child PM $12.50 per day/per child $10.00 per day/per child Drop-in care: Only families who are currently enrolled in the Adventures Plus program may add care days that are not regularly scheduled. Drop-in care is offered as space is available at your child's care site, and is subject to site approval. Drop-in days requested for future care will not be approved more than 2 weeks in advance. Drop-in care is intended for occasional use only. To request drop-in care, go to your online account and use the "drop-in" option. (Requests are pending until approved by staff.) Drop in day Rates AM care $19.55 per day/per child PM care $17.50 per day/per child *Part-time schedules must be a consistent schedule- the days must remain the same from week to week. Non-School Days (NSDs) $46.80 /day/child if registered by deadline $60/day/child if registered after deadline (depending space availability) **Non-school day registration for the 2025-26 school year opens on September 1st 2025 at 8 am for all families with an approved Adventures Plus contract. Current Non School day Sites for 2025-26 School year care All schedule changes are subject to a $30 schedule change fee per contract. All Schedule Changes must be submitted two full weeks in advance. Each schedule change will be assessed a $30 change fee per contract. After a month is invoiced it is deemed closed and will default to the preceding month. If the system entered date is later than your needed request, please email adventuresplus@ahschools.us with required information: 1) your child care account #. 2) site your child attends. 3) LAST date of attendance for current schedule. Without this information your schedule change will be approved as is with the system entered date. No schedule changes will be accepted in the month of September. Withdrawing of Child care contracts, subject to a $30.00 Withdrawal fee per contract. Online withdrawal is required when a parent/guardian intends to withdraw from Adventures Plus. Fees will continue to be incurred until the effective withdrawal date. Two week notice required. After a month is invoiced it is deemed closed and will default to the preceding month. If the system entered date is later than your needed request, in the Reason for Withdrawal section you must indicate the last date that you would like to attend child care services. This date must be 2 weeks out. Without this information your withdrawal request will be withdrawn "as submitted" with the system entered date. Any School year contract withdrawal requests after the August 15th deadline will be required to pay the first 2 weeks of the school year contract. Registrations are based on the current draft of the district calendar. If at any point the district calendar changes, care options and availability are subject to change as well. 2025 summer child care rates Summer rates include breakfast, lunch, snack, field trips/events included in the program. Adventures Plus school-age care requires a non-refundable registration fee of $35 per child, (not to exceed $70/per family per season) charged at the time that the contract is accepted. Families are invoiced Monthly and payments are due on the 1st of each month for that months care. Part-time Daily rate: $54 per day/per child. (20-35 days) Full-time Daily rate: $43.70 per day/per child. (36 or more days) Summer Daily Hours : all Summer site Locations 6:30 AM - 6:00 PM All rates are subject to change. Summer 2025 schedule changes must be received online by May 1, 2025 at 11:59 pm for the entire summer - June through August (this includes adding and/or dropping days. After May 1, 2025 no schedule changes or withdrawal notices will be accepted and families will be billed for the days registered regardless of attendance. Families may not drop below the 20 day minimum. If your contract changes the "rate range" your contract price per day will be adjusted to the new rate. If a withdrawal is needed after the May 1st deadline families will be required to pay the 20 day minimum part time day rate of $1,080.00. plus $30 withdrawal fees for a total of $1,110.00 per contract. Summer 2025 site locations - Coming Soon (please note: Not all schools are open for summer and are condensed. if your child's required location is not available for registration - the site and wait list has filled to capacity and we are unable to take anymore registrations.) Summer Registration will close on May 1 2025 More summer information on the Adventures Plus website. Questions may be directed to adventuresplus@ahschools.us