Registration for the upcoming 2025-2026 School Year:

Currently enrolled 2025-2026 school year families: Registration opens on Monday, April 14, 2026 at 9:00 am.

Families not currently enrolled in the 2025-2026 school year and/or new to Discovery Club: Registration will open on Monday, April 27, 2026 at 9:00 am. If a request is submitted before April 27th, it will be removed and you’ll need to submit a new contract when open registration begins.

Registration Information

• Contracts (accepted or pending) do not carry over from summer to school year or year to year. All families, including families on the wait list, must register annually for any future care.
• Contracts from families not currently enrolled for the school year received prior to April 27 will be removed and families will need to re-register on April 27 at 9:00 am.
• 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 St. Paul Public School District in order to receive Discovery Club child care services. (We do not offer care to out-of-district students in our program during the school year. This includes families who live within the district boundaries but attend a charter or private school.)

2025-2026 Child Care Rates

Families can select before school care, after school care, or a combination based on your child’s school schedule. Days of care may range from three to five days per week, per care session. Contracted days must remain the same for each week.

Non-Refundable Registration Fee: $49.00/child/contract charged at the time that the contract is accepted.

Before School
Offered for students who attend schools with an 8:30 a.m. or 9:30 a.m. start time

After School
Starts at the end of the school's regular day and goes until 6:00 p.m. Snack provided

Drop-in days add $5.00/session/day; available to children currently enrolled and subject to space available.

Schedule changes require a one week notice and are subject to space availability. A $25 per child schedule change fee applies.

Families are invoiced bi-weekly, after the care happens and payments are due on the following Friday. Accounts will receive a late payment fee if balance is not paid on the due date. Accounts past due are subject to withdrawal of contracted care.

Non-School Days

Available to currently enrolled students
$44.00/day/child if registered by the deadline
$52.00/day/child if registered after the deadline

Non-school day registration for the 2025-26 school year begins on August 26th 2025 at 9 am for all families with an approved Discovery Club contract. Non-School Day locations coming soon.

More 2025-2026 School Year information on the Discovery Club Website

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2026 Summer Child Care Information to come
Summer rates include breakfast, lunch, snack, field trips/events included in the program.
Discovery Club school-age care requires a non-refundable registration fee of $49 per child, charged at the time that the contract is accepted. Families are invoiced bi-weekly, after the care occurs and payments are due on the following Friday.

Daily rate: $44.00 per day/per child

Summer Daily Hours : 6:30 AM - 6:00 PM

More summer information on the Discovery Club Website

Questions may be directed to discovery.club@spps.org