The Children's House will begin accepting applications for tuition assistance and cooperative opportunities for the 2010-2011 school year February 8 - March 5, 2010. (For new families: February 8 - April 9, 2010)
Tuition Assistance
Our school will continue to use an online system to facilitate tuition assistance applications. This program is called "FAST - Financial Aid for Student Tuition". It is recommended and supported by ISM - Independent School Management. This online service analyzes financial statements provided by each family and provides need-based financial aid recommendations to the school. The tuition assistance committee makes final decisions about financial awards based on these recommendations.
Tuition assistance awards are available for the Primary and Elementary educational programs only. Aid is not available for the infant/toddler program, summer session, before care or after care.
Before starting, please pick up a user guide and mailing envelope from Lori in our business office. You may also have Lori mail an envelope to you. To begin the online application, click the FAST link. It will take you directly to the online application. Please note you will need to complete both an online application and send supporting financial documents to FAST. A complete copy of your 2009 Federal and State Tax Returns with W-2s and all supporting schedules are required for your aid application to be considered complete.
A $34.00 fee is charged by FAST for their service. You will make this payment through the website.
The website will be open for application starting February 8th, 2010. All applications for returning families must be completed by March 5th, 2010. Applications for new families are due April 9th, 2010.
Incomplete applications cannot be considered for an award. Be sure to mail supporting documents well in advance of the deadline to allow enough time. FAST will not accept electronic copies of tax returns this year.
Applications received/completed after the March 5th deadline will be considered with new family applications. This second round of awards (if funds are available) will occur in April.
Please reference the Parent Handbook for additional information about our tuition assistance policies and awards process.
Award letters for returning families will mail in mid March. Award letters for new families will mail in late April.
Cooperatives
Applications for co-ops are also available by clicking here. Please complete the application and return it to me by March 5th. Final decisions for co-op awards will also be made by Mid-March, 2010.
The Children's House has provided financial assistance to families for the past 26 years. This assistance has helped provide a quality independent education to families who would not otherwise be able to consider such an education for their children.
If I can be of further help, please call me at 929-9325, ext. 11.
Sincerely,
Beth Melcher
Business Manager
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