Tuition Rates: Tuition rates are established annually, based on grade level of the student, membership in a Catholic parish, family size, etc.
To provide just salaries and quality educational programs, to maintain our facilities, and to meet rapidly rising health insurance and utility costs, tuition increases are inevitable.
Because of our efforts as a parish to provide Catholic education to all, these policies are set to provide our services to students:
1. Each student is equally entitled to receive the contribution of numerous parish fundraising activities. The St. Wendelin Parish Festival, Action Auction, Reverse Raffle and Annual Fund provide significant reductions to the cost of each student’s education.
2. St. Wendelin Parish, St. Michael Parish, and surrounding parishes with students enrolled at St. Wendelin, contribute to the cost of educating our children through an annual contribution of support. Each active parish member is entitled to this gift from the church.
3. Large families are entitled to a reduction in tuition by way of a family ceiling, set each year so as to enable them to provide their children a Catholic education.
Tuition Grants Program: Because we want St. Wendelin School to be available to every family who desires Catholic education, the St. Wendelin Schools Educational Foundation provides tuition grants to students of school families. Just as grants are available in college, it is clear that school grants are a necessity in our parochial school situation. Any family with students in grades Kindergarten through 12 may apply for grants in meeting the stated tuition rate. We require parents to request grants by filling out the FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment application online at www.factstuitionaid.com by April 15, 2012. There is a one-time $25 application fee to enroll. Please note you must complete this application online by April 15, 2012. Please DO NOT return it to St. Wendelin School. If you need assistance filing electronically, contact the Parish Office.
Be assured that strict professional confidentiality is maintained with regard to your family financial information.
Prepaid Tuition Program
St. Wendelin Catholic School operates on a prepaid tuition program. Tuition is expected to be paid by cash, check, money order, credit card, or through the FACTS tuition management program by Friday, August 1, 2012. FACTS payment can be arranged monthly or quarterly. For families utilizing the FACTS program, a $38 participation fee is required. For more information about FACTS, contact Sharon Cool, Administrative Assistant, at 419-435-6692 or sharon.cool@stwendelin.org.
Tuition and Fees Policy
St. Wendelin School participates in a “pre-paid tuition” program.
Details of the program (rates, tuition grants, methods of payment, refunds) can be obtained from St. Wendelin Parish Office. Educational services are provided upon receipt of tuition payment. Tuition, or the signed FACTS contract, is due August 1, 2012. Class schedules will not be given until obligations are met. A standard registration fee is collected each year at registration time. The activity fee, festival fee, and technology fee are rolled into tuition, and are non-refundable.
- At the end of each quarter or school year, grades, transcripts, and other records may be withheld, and access to ProgressBook blocked, if all financial obligations are not met. This includes tuition, registration/ activities fees, library fines, textbook damage fees and any/all outstanding extracurricular fees or materials.
- Significant or recurring delinquencies may result in the student not being admitted to class or exams. If no agreement is made with the Director of Parish and School prior to the first day of the new quarter, the child(ren) will not be able to return to school until an agreement is reached. Families who are unable to keep up with tuition payments, and who do not contact the Parish, forfeit the child’s right to participate in any extracurricular activity.
- To be considered registered, all forms and tuition must be completed and turned in. If registration is not completed by August 1 st, parents/guardians risk the child’s class placement and schedule. After August 1 st, open registration will take place and registration will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.
- When a student withdraws during the quarter, tuition for that quarter will be retained by the school. Tuition for the remaining unattended semester will be reimbursed to the original payer. The fee portion is non-refundable.
- Students MUST be fully registered to participate in summer programs, including band camp, sports practices, and any other school extracurricular activity.
Student Fees:
Registration Fee $85
Activity Fee $15 (K-6)
$35 (7-8)
$115 (9-12)
Technology Fee $50 (K-12)
$150 (9)*
Festival Fee $300 per family**
K-8 Activity Fees include admission to all home events.
9-12 Activity Fee includes admission to all home events, The Foslin, class dues, student planner, $3 to principal’s fund, and miscellaneous fees.
*Technology fee for freshmen includes a handheld tablet device which becomes the property of the student at graduation.
**The Festival Fee is waived upon 3 hours work during the St. Wendelin Parish Festival.
T.R.I.P. Fundraising Program
Every St. Wendelin School family is required to participate in T.R.I.P. (Tuition Reduction Incentive Program). Each year, the first $100 of credits earned will go directly to the school on a per student basis ($150 in credits required for families with more than one student.)
This system allows the responsibility for fundraising to be shared equally by all school families in the K-12 school system.
For families that choose to pay the fundraising fee with tuition, please include the amount for your student/s with your payment to the parish office by August 1, 2012.
Any balance to cover the fundraising fee at T.R.I.P.’s year end will be due by May 25 of each year.
Families can earn credits towards tuition by purchasing gift certificates – at no additional cost – for goods and services they buy every day. Families using T.R.I.P. can potentially reduce tuition by hundreds of dollars each year. Gift certificates are purchased at face value from T.R.I.P. in increments ranging from $5 to $500. The percentage varies depending on the business, but ranges from 2% to 20%. Of the percentage designated by the business, 75% credit is assigned to the family. Once a year, in May, the accumulated family credits are applied to the tuition account, less the $100/$150 fundraising fee.
