TUITION FEES

Tuition Fees shall be set annually as recommended by the Finance Committee and approved by Council.

TUITION INFORMATION

Reason for Tuition Fees:

St. Mary’s Catholic Independent School is recognized by the Ministry of Education as Group 1 Independent Schools. This means we receive funding of only 50% of that granted to the local public schools. This funding is restricted to operating expenses: we do not receive grants for renovations, capital expenditures, transportation, and so on. Other sources of revenue are required to operate the schools. There are three other sources of revenues: tuition fees, parish subsidies, and donations.

 TUITION RATES FOR 2011/2012:

1st child ($195)

2nd child ($145)

3rd child ($65)

4th child (free)

Practicing Catholics are entitled to an exemption from June tuition. To claim this benefit, pick up an application for tuition exemption form at the school office.  The deadline for submission of forms is May 31, 2012.

The Parishioner Tuition Rate is for those families who are practicing members (attend Sunday Mass & receive the sacraments with regularity and who are involved with the life of the parish) of Christ the Servant Parish or St. Mary’s Parish and are financially contributing to the church through the use of parish envelopes, who in turn, subsidize the school. 

Reason for a “Practising Catholic” Tuition Rate:

St. Mary’s Catholic Independent School accepts practicing Catholic, non-practising Catholic, and non-Catholic students. There are four principal sources of revenue: government grants, tuition, parish subsidies, and donations. Catholic and non-Catholic families pay tuition and also indirectly support the school through government grants (we all pay taxes!). It is the third source of  revenue, parish subsidies, in which non-practising Catholic and non-Catholic families do not participate. Because of this, a two tiered tuition rate has been set which reflects that those already supporting the school financially through their own parish should enjoy some benefit from a lower tuition rate. Stated the other way, a family who is not active in a Catholic church which financially supports our schools should, in fairness, play an equally supportive role in the area of school finances by paying a higher tuition.