How tuition and aid work

What sets tuition

Tuition depends on the room a student is in, whether the student comes three days or five, and whether they stay for extended day. It is set for the school year. The office goes through the figures with you at a visit and in the enrollment packet.

Registration

An application fee goes with the application. It covers reading the application and starting a student's file. An enrollment fee comes after an offer is accepted. The visit comes first, so a family sees the school before applying.

Holding a place

When a place is offered, a family has two weeks to answer. A signed enrollment agreement and a first payment hold the place, and that payment counts toward tuition. If every place is taken, families join a waitlist, and offers go out in the order families joined.

Billing

Tuition is billed monthly across the school year, with automatic payments set up with the office. A family who would rather pay by the term can ask at the visit.

Help with tuition

Financial aid is available. Here is how to apply: after the application, a family fills in a short aid form and talks with Joana about what the family can manage. Decisions go out with the offer. Arizona families can ask us at a visit whether a state education savings program applies to them.

Siblings

A second child in the same family is handled differently from the first. Ask at the visit and the office will explain how it works for your family.

Withdrawing

We ask for a month's notice in writing before a student leaves. What happens to a month in progress is in the enrollment agreement.