Harley Hopkins Family Center

Harley Hopkins Family Center is a preschool in Hopkins, MN. The center serves families with children from birth to age five and operates as the main office for the Early Childhood Programs run through Hopkins Community Education. Programs offered through the building include Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) parent-child classes, parent workshops, activities and events, Early Childhood Screenings, Early Intervention (EI), Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) services, and Hopkins Preschool programs with half-day, extended-day, Spanish immersion, and summer preschool options offered onsite at Harley and in area elementary schools. A Chinese immersion option is also part of the preschool offerings.

The center supports parents with parenting information from licensed parent educators and provides space for families to connect with one another. Classes and activities run both online and in person, and the Early Childhood office at 125 Monroe Ave. S. is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Assistant Director of Early Learning is Sara Chovan, reachable at 952-988-5003, and the directory for the building lists more than 180 staff members working in Community Education and Special Services roles, including preschool paraprofessionals, ECSE teachers, and ECFE assistants.

The center sits on Monroe Avenue South, across from Harley Hopkins Park and roughly a quarter mile from Alden Park. Excelsior Boulevard runs a short distance to the north, and Blake School is within half a mile. The surrounding Presidents neighborhood lies on the same side of town as the Edina water tower, about six tenths of a mile away.

The center has long anchored early childhood services in Hopkins through the school district's Community Education division, coordinating screenings, special education, and preschool enrollment for young children and their families across the area.