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Tuition Information
TUITION FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR WAS DUE AUGUST 1, 2023.
RATES ARE CONTAINED IN THE “TUITION POLICY” DOCUMENT TO THE RIGHT
WHAT’S NEW THIS YEAR?
Last year we implemented Blackbaud’s online enrollment feature allowing parents to enroll online. This year, we continue to streamline the process and save parents’ time by reducing administrative paperwork. All parents not paying tuition in full on the due date of August 1, 2023, must authorize automatic payments through ACH or their credit card if they want to pay their tuition obligation monthly over the course of the 2023-2024 school year.
We will be assessing your tuition bill starting May 17, 2023. Contracts are available to you in your Blackbaud Account after that date. You will go to your Blackbaud account online and execute your tuition payment contract. All families eligible for the parishioner discount will receive that deduction after they have signed the contract. (i.e. We have to have a contract in place before we can discount it.)
As in the past several years, you must be a registered parishioner and make an annual stewardship pledge to support the Parish to get the parishioner discount on tuition.
TUITION PHILOSOPHY:
St. Mary Parish charges parents/guardians a tuition rate that is competitive with our peer group of private Catholic schools. We continue to analyze our tuition cost relative to our peer group and the median income of our community to ensure affordability. However, tuition covers only about half of the cost of educating your children. The parishioners of St. Mary’s cover the other half of the cost. Therefore, families who are active parishioners and supporting the parish receive a tuition discount.
TUITION PLEDGE FORMS:
Set up an electronic pledge and avoid the annual paperwork. Your Tuition pledge form (listed to the right under forms) is necessary every year for us to assess family eligibility for the parishioner discount. If you would rather not fill out a pledge form every year set up an ongoing monthly ACH. Families with ongoing monthly ACH commitments are considered to have made a pledge.
Policy is effective May 15, 2023.
Flyers
Resources
Forms
Blackbaud Tuition Management Login:
eFunds for School:
(Online payment for upfront and/or full payment; Do NOT use for monthly payment plan):
