Minnetonka Community Education uses Eleyo for registering for Community Education classes, including Junior Explorers. All Junior Explorers registrations are done on the Eleyo website. Eleyo allows you to manage your Explorers schedule online, register for all non-school days at once, pay with your credit/debit card or checking/savings account, view and print invoices, print tax and dependent care receipts throughout the year and sign up for text message notifications.

Using the steps below, you will create an account for yourself and a profile for all of your family members. Then you can register for Junior Explorers. This process should take approximately 25 minutes to complete.

First create an account for yourself and then create a profile for your child(ren). Click this link: https://minnetonka.ce.eleyo.com and use the steps below.

Eleyo Login and Set-up

1. Access the site by going to: http://minnetonka.ce.eleyo.com . NOTE: Eleyo works best when using the Google Chrome browser.
2. Select in the upper, right corner of the screen. If you already have an Eleyo Account, enter your email and password to log in and skip to Register for Explorers and/or Junior Explorers below. If you do not have an account, you will need to create one by selecting Sign Up.
3. Complete the Register a New Account Form and select Create Account. Please note: The account should be created in the parent’s name.
4. Next, log in using your email address and password. NOTE: An email will be sent from Eleyo with a link to verify your account.
5. Once logged in, select Manage Relationships on the dashboard to add a family member.
6. Select Add Family Member/Relationship to add family members. If you have an elementary-aged child, select your child’s grade from the drop down menu then select the current (or upcoming school year depending on when you are registering) from the School Year drop down to indicate your child’s grade. If your child is preschool aged, you will select Kindergarten and the year they will start Kindergarten.
7. Select Create Person to complete the profile. Add all family members.
8. After you have finished setting up your account and created a Profile for your child, you have completed the Account set-up process and are ready to register in our system.

Junior Explorers Registration

1. From your dashboard, select Explore All Programs in the right hand corner, then choose Explorers Child Care and select Registration.
2. Select your child from the list on the left. After verifying your child’s information, select Looks Good, Start Registering.
3. Add at least 3 Emergency contacts for your child’s account and select Continue.
4. Please read and agree to the Terms and Conditions and select Continue.
5. Select your child’s start date and what days of the week they will be attending and select Continue.
6. Next, answer all questions and select Complete Questions and Continue at the bottom of the page.
7. Add saved Payment Method and enter your payment information. Please note: You will not be charged the registration fee until your contract is approved, usually in 2-3 days. Then, select Complete Registration.
8. You will be led to a confirmation page. If you wish to register for non-school days at this time, select Register for Non School Days. Non-school days will be approved closer to the non-school day dates. You may also register another child for Explorers/Junior Explorers from this page.
9. You will receive an email confirming your schedule and notifying you that your contract is waiting for review. Once our staff has approved the schedule, you will receive another email with a confirmation. Please note: During the school year, you may change your schedule at any time; however, changes must be made at least five school days before the effected change date and are accepted on a space available basis.

Currently enrolled Junior Explorers children have the option of attending on days for which they are not currently enrolled. Care is available on a space available basis. Requests must be made to the site supervisor at least 24 hours in advance. A cancellation of an Add-a-Day must be received with a 24-hour notice or charges will apply. Please call your child’s site with your request.

Junior Explorers Site Phone Number: 952-401-6825

Families can make request a change in their child’s schedule at any time via Eleyo. Please remember that five business days are required to make a schedule change.

Please note: Eleyo refers to a student’s schedule as their “Student Contract.”

1. Log on to www.minnetonka.ce.eleyo.com. Please note: Eleyo works best when using the Google Chrome browser.
2. Select Explore All Programs.
3. Select View Your Dashboard.
4. Under Your Accounts, select your Explorers Child Care account.
5. Under Current and Upcoming Contracts, select your current contract.
6. Select Change Schedule.
7. Select your new schedule and select Submit Contract Schedule Changes.

If you are looking to Add-a-Day, that can be done by calling the Junior Explorers office directly at 952-401-6825.

2020-21 School year Junior Explorers (ages 3-5)

2020-21 School year Junior Explorers for Minnetonka Preschool (ages 3-5)

• Families can remove their contract and receive their $125 deposit for care in return if they cancel their approved contract by Tuesday, April 7 by 11:59 p.m.
• Families can remove their contract and receive a partial refund for the deposit for care of $75 if they cancel their approved contract by Tuesday, June 16 by 11:59 p.m.
• Families removing their contract after Tuesday, June 16 will forfeit the entire $125 deposit for care.

2019-20 School year Junior Explorers (ages 3-5)

2019-20 School year Junior Explorers for Minnetonka Preschool (ages 3-5)

Minnetonka Explorers does not offer financial assistance. However, the county in which you live offers ongoing financial assistance to those that qualify. Please contact the Explorers office at 952-401-6838 for more information.

Minnetonka Junior Explorers does not offer financial assistance. However, there is ongoing financial assistance through your county to those that qualify. Please contact the Explorers office at 952-401-6838 for more information.

Fees are charged based on the days and program components you registered for, not on attendance (see prolonged illness for exceptions). You will not receive credit for late arrival or early pick-up, nor when children leave Junior Explorers Club to participate in other activities.

An email will be sent (after each month of service) when invoices are ready to be viewed online. The monthly fees will be charged to the Visa/MasterCard/Discover/AmEx or checking/savings account we have on file. Charges will be processed on the 15th of each month.

A $15 fee will be added to your account if your payment method is declined for any reason. Please notify billing and enrollment or update your account online if there are any changes to your account. Past due accounts will be sent to collections and may incur legal fees.

Year-end payment summaries can be accessed online. Our Federal Tax Identification number is 41-6001402. This number is the number you need to complete your childcare expense forms.

If you are enrolled with your employer in a Flex Benefit Plan, forms will be signed only after payment has been received. Please contact Billing and Enrollment if you have any questions.

Junior Explorers does not offer scholarships. Financial assistance may be available to qualifying families through the county in which you live. Please contact the Junior Explorers Enrollment and Billing Department at 952-401-6838 for additional information.

Families can make a payment at any time to their Junior Explorers Account.

1. Log in to your Eleyo account at https://minnetonka.ce.eleyo.com. Please note: Eleyo works best when using the Google Chrome browser.
2. Select Explore All Programs.
3. Select View Your Dashboard.
4. Under Your Accounts, select your current Junior Explorers Child Care account.
5. Under Latest Invoice, select Pay.

Explorers families can go into their Eleyo account at any time and update their auto payments on file.

1. Log into your Eleyo Account at http://minnetonka.ce.eleyo.com. Please note: Eleyo works best when using the Google Chrome browser.
2. At the upper right corner, select Explore All Programs.
3. Select View Your Dashboard on the upper right side.
4. Under Your Accounts, select your current Junior Explorers Child Care account.
5. On your account page, scroll down to Auto Payments.
6. Select Choose a Different Payment Method.
7. Select Add Saved Payment Method, enter your information, and select Save the Payment Method.
8. Select the new saved payment method from the left side and select Use Selected Payment Method.

If your child will not be attending the program because of a scheduled appointment, or other planned absence, please call your site number below and leave a message. Please remember to call Junior Explorers before his/her normal arrival time.

Junior Explorers Site Phone Number: 952-401-6825

Illness or Emergency

If your child becomes ill while at Explorers, you will be contacted and asked to pick them up within one hour. We will try to provide your child with a quiet area to rest until you arrive. School district policy requires that children have no fever, vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hours before returning. Please contact us if your child is diagnosed with a communicable disease so we can alert all families that their child may have been exposed.

In the event of an emergency, parents will be notified as soon as possible. If the parents cannot be reached, we will call the person you have indicated for us to call. If necessary, children will be transported to Methodist Hospital by a local emergency unit for treatment. The child will be transported at the parents’ expense. Children who receive minor injuries will be given first-aid and parents will be notified. All staff are trained in emergency first-aid procedures.

Prolonged Illness

If you know your child will be out sick for several days; please notify the site supervisor and billing and enrollment as soon as possible. If the child is absent from the program due to illness or accident, we require payment as follows:

• One day or two consecutive contracted days = full tuition rate
• Three consecutive contracted days = 50% of daily rate
• Four or more consecutive contracted days = 25% of daily rate

Your child’s place will be held. Account adjustments will appear on the monthly invoice.

Vacations and other Plans

If you know your child will be on vacation, at a play date, has a doctor appointment, or will be gone for any reason, please notify your Explorers site supervisor with the dates that s/he will be gone. There is no credit for missing regularly scheduled days of Explorers Club. However, you will not incur the additional $10 child search fee.

Junior Explorers families can log into their Eleyo account at any time and download previous invoices. If you need signatures for Reimbursement Plans, please contact the Explorers office at 952-401-6832.

How to view and download invoices:

1. Log into to your Eleyo account at https://minnetonka.ce.eleyo.com. Please Note: Eleyo works best when using the Google Chrome browser.
2. Explore All Programs
3. Select View Your Dashboard in the upper right corner
4. Under Your Accounts, select your current Explorers Child Care account.
5. Under Account Management, select View under Latest Invoice. From there, you are able to view previous invoices and print them. You will see the Tax ID on downloaded invoices.

Junior Explorers families can log into their Eleyo account at any time and download year-end statements.

Procedure to view/print Year End Payment Summary:

1. Log in to your Eleyo account at https://minnetonka.ce.eleyo.com
2. Select Explore All Programs
3. Select View Your Dashboard
4. Under Your Accounts, select your current Explorers Child Care account
5. Under Account Management, select Download Tax Information
6. Download, view and/or print your year-end statement. The Federal Tax ID Number will be on your downloaded year-end statement.

During the school year, Junior Explorers is located in the Minnetonka Community Education Center at 4584 Vine Hill Road in Excelsior.

Junior Explorers is accredited by National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Junior Explorers has been awarded the Parent Aware Four Star Rating.

Calendars and newsletters will be emailed to families, posted in the classroom and posted on the website. Conferences with your child’s teachers are held in the fall and spring and offer opportunities for you to ask questions and learn more about your child’s social and emotional growth and development. Teachers update parents throughout the day using Seesaw. Junior Explorers uses Creative Curriculum Assessments.

Our day will include a 30-minute body break each day after lunch. Children may nap longer, if needed.

Children must be toilet trained to enroll in Junior Explorers. We define toilet trained as having the ability to let an adult know that they need to use the bathroom, pulling pants up/down, wiping independently and cleaning hands after using the toilet. Our staff will encourage children if needed. Parents are encouraged to provide a change of clothing in case of accidents.

District transportation is not provided for Junior Explorers children.

• School lunch is available for purchase with advance notice.
• Lunch menus will be emailed out monthly and are available at the site and posted on the Nutrition Services website.
• Indicate on the menu the days that your child will be purchasing the school lunch.
• Children may bring a bag lunch.
• Milk is available for purchase.
• A Nutrition Services packet will be given to you the day your child starts that will provide information on how to set up your online lunch account.

• A breakfast snack is provided for morning Junior Explorers.
• Healthy after school snacks are provided by Nutrition Services. This may include fruits or fruit juice, crackers, cheese sticks, vegetable sticks, etc.
• Snack menus are posted on the Nutrition Services website and are posted at each Explorers site.

If your child has a food allergy, parents must bring your child’s Allergy Action Plan, a Medical Release form and their medications to the site on their first day. Junior Explorers uses Nutrition Services and some processed snacks may include cross contamination at the manufacturing site. Please call Nutrition Services for additional information for Explorers snack options or encourage your child to always choose the fresh fruit option.

Junior Explorers is offered on most school/preschool release days from 6:30 a.m.-6 p.m. These days offer a variety of activities and field trips. These days have a separate registration to accommodate individual family’s schedule needs. Any Non-School Day is taken out of the regular Junior Explorers calendar for billing purposes and families that register for Non-School Days will be billed the daily Non-School Day rate.

How to register for non-school days on Eleyo:

1. Log-in to your Eleyo account at https://minnetonka.ce.eleyo.com. Please note: Eleyo works best in Google Chrome Browser
2. Explore All Programs
3. Select Explorers Childcare
4. Select Register for Non-School Days
5. Choose the Attending Child and click on Continue
6. Select the school year (under Choose Season) that you are registering for and click continue
7. Select your Non-School Days or Late Start/Early Release Day and click continue. Please note: Eleyo denotes whether it is a non-school day or a Late Start/Early Release Day on the next screen.
8. Select the Location your Child Attends Explorers on a Daily Basis from the drop down menu for each date.

How to confirm/remove non-school days:

1. Log-in to your Eleyo account at https://minnetonka.ce.eleyo.com. Please note: Eleyo works best in Google Chrome Browser
2. Explore All Programs
3. Select Explorers Childcare
4. Select Current and Upcoming Contracts and click on your child’s contract
5. Scroll down to Non-school Days

As long as they are still pending they can be removed. If they have been accepted, you will not see a “Remove” option and will need to call 952-401-6841 to have them removed as long as it is before the cancellation deadline.

Please note: You will not be charged the regular rate for any day that a student is regularly scheduled to attend that is also a non-school day. The system cannot take more than 1 daily rate and the non-school day rate overrides the regular rate. Therefore, a student has to register for that day in order to be able to attend (and charged the rate).

DOWNLOAD 2019-20 NON-SCHOOL DAY INFORMATION
(INCLUDES DEADLINES)

DOWNLOAD 2020-2021 NON-SCHOOL DAY INFORMATION
(INCLUDES DEADLINES)

Each child will receive a Junior Explorers t-shirt, which is required on field trips. Additional shirts can be purchased for $10. If your child forgets their t-shirt on a field trip day, a new one will be provided and a $10 charge will appear on your next invoice. T-shirts should be labeled with the child’s name.

If your child will not be attending the program because of a scheduled appointment, or other planned absence, please call your Junior Explorers site number below and leave a message. Please also call Junior Explorers before his/her normal arrival time.

Junior Explorers Phone Number: 952-401-6825

Prolonged Illness

If you know your child will be out sick for several days; please notify the site supervisor and Billing and Enrollment as soon as possible. If the child is absent from the program due to illness or accident, we require payment as follows:

• One day or two consecutive days = full tuition rate
• Three consecutive days = 50% of daily rate
• Four or more consecutive days = 25% of daily rate

Your child’s place will be held. Account adjustments will appear on the monthly invoice.

Vacations and other Plans

If you know your child will be on vacation, at a play date, has a doctor appointment, or will be gone for any reason, please notify your Junior Explorers site supervisor with the dates that s/he will be gone. There is no credit for missing regularly scheduled days of Junior Explorers.

Signing In and Out

• For your child’s safety, we require that you or an authorized adult sign your child in and out of the program daily.
• If you arrive when the group is away from the sign-in area, you are responsible for escorting your child to join the group.
• Sign your child in upon arrival and be sure that a staff person is aware of your child’s arrival before you leave the site.
• If you are going to be away from your place of work for the day, be sure to leave a phone number where you can be reached in case you are needed for a medical emergency.

Release of Children

• Your child will be released only to people listed as Alternative Pick-Ups. Staff are required to ask for identification from anyone unfamiliar attempting to pick up a child. If an unauthorized person attempts to pick up your child, you will be contacted. If you can’t be reached, your child will be held until you or your emergency contact person arrives. Please notify the Explorers office in writing if you want to authorize additional adults to pick up your child.
• We will release a child to either parent unless we have a written restraining order and/or a court order document which clearly states a parent is not to have contact with a child.

Late Pick-Up

• Explorers closes at 6 p.m. All children must be picked up no later than 6 p.m. according to the time on the iPad at the sign-out table. If an emergency delays you and you are going to be late picking up your child, make plans for someone you have designated as an ALTERNATE PICK UP person to pick up your child on time, and call the program staff immediately.

In the event that your child is still at the program after closing and we have not heard from you, we will take the following steps (in order):

1. Attempt to reach you on your home, work or cell phone number.
2. Call the people you listed as authorized to pick up your child.
3. If you are more than 30 minutes late, the police will be contacted for assistance.

A late fee of $10 is charged for each five minutes (or portion thereof) that parents are late picking up a child. After the third instance, childcare services may be suspended or terminated.

Junior Explorers closes at 6 p.m. All children must be picked up no later than 6 p.m. according to the time on the iPad at the sign out table. If an emergency delays you and you are going to be late picking up your child, make plans for someone you have designated as an Authorized Pick Up Person to pick up your child on time, and call the program staff immediately.

In the event that your child is still at the program after closing and we have not heard from you, we will take the following steps (in order):

1. Attempt to reach you on your home, work or cell phone number.
2. Call the people you listed as authorized to pick up your child.
3. If you are more than 30 minutes late, the police will be contacted for assistance.

A late fee of $10 is charged for each five minutes (or portion thereof) that parents are late picking up a child. Repeat instances may result in suspended childcare services.

From your computer:

1.Login to your Eleyo account at https://minnetonka.ce.eleyo.com
2.Explore All Programs
3.Select Explorers Child Care
4.Select Account Management
5.Select Managed Authorized Pickups
6.Select Add Authorized Pickup
7.Save Authorized Pickup to save their information
8.To remove an Authorized Pickup, select the red button on the right side of their information.