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Admissions:
Parent & Student Handbook
TUITION
It
is the policy of Coulee Christian School
to charge a tuition rate that will cover
all of the operating expenses of the
school each year. It is our desire
to make the school available to the
largest number of Christian families
possible by holding tuition at the
lowest level consistent with the desire
for quality Christian education.
Payment
of Tuition and Fees
Coulee
Christian School provides families with
the following tuition payment options:
A
Tuition Payment Plan must be completed
for each family prior to
enrollment. Any family that is
re-enrolling students may elect to pay
tuition according to a 10-month or
12-month payment plan, as long as that
family's account has never been
delinquent.
Late
Payment Policy
Tuition
billing at Coulee Christian School is on
the first of each month. Payment
is due in our office by the 10th of that
month. Unpaid tuition carried over
to the following month is considered
late and will be subject to our late
payment collection procedure.
Unresolved tuition payments will
ultimately result in dismissal from
Coulee Christian School.
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Registration
Fees
New
and returning students must pay the
entire registration fee at the time of
enrollment. Any student leaving
Coulee Christian School and returning
during the same school year will be
required to pay the applicable
registration fee upon their
re-enrollment.
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Tuition
Assistance
The
primary purpose of the Coulee Christian
School Tuition Assistance Program is to
provide tuition assistance to those
Christian families who, without such
assistance, would be unable to send
their children to our school. We
believe that Christ-centered education
is vitally important for Christian
families and that no child should be
denied a Christ-centered education
because of finances.
If
anyone has material possessions and
sees his brother in need, but has no
pity on him, how can the love of God
be in him? - 1 John 3:17
(The
total amount of tuition assistance
available for each school year shall be
established by the Board in the budget
process prior to the school year.)
Application
for Tuition Assistance
Each
family seeking tuition assistance from
Coulee Christian School shall complete a
tuition assistance application each
year. Before a family can apply
for assistance, they must be registered
and properly accepted by Coulee
Christian School for the upcoming school
year. Eligibility for tuition
assistance shall be based upon genuine,
demonstrated need and space available in
the classroom. Any school balances
owed by a re-enrolling family from a
prior school year must be paid up in
full before a new application will be
considered. Families accepting
tuition assistance will be expected to
contribute a minimum of 72 hours each
year through our Work Study program.
Coulee
Christian School utilizes an outside
consultant to assess a family's need
level for tuition assistance. An
outside consultant enables Coulee
Christian School to maintain as much
objectivity as possible in distributing
tuition assistance. It is also
important to ensure a high level of
confidentiality is maintained in the
tuition assistance process. The
consultant shall determine the need
level of tuition assistance each family
will receive.
Parents
shall be expected to pay more toward
their children's tuition if their
financial situation improves during the
school year, so that additional needy
families may be helped. Parents
are required to notify the school if
their financial status changes during
the year. Tuition assistance is
granted only after a family has applied
to the school for admission or
re-enrollment and has paid the
appropriate registration and other
required up-front fees.
Once
tuition is granted, it is only continued
as long as the family receiving tuition
assistance keeps up with its monthly
payments.
Continuing
good behavior by the student both in and
out of the school is required or the
remainder of the tuition assistance may
be withdrawn upon written notice.
Parents must demonstrate on a continuing
basis a cooperative attitude toward the
school Administration and staff.
The student must maintain a minimum
semester GPA of 1.5 (C-) on a 4.0 scale
and must maintain good attendance
records.
The
school's tuition assistance program does
not make education "free" for
any family Even families on
extremely limited incomes shall be
required to pay at least a percentage of
their children's tuition cost plus all
required fees (registration,
etc.). The Vision Fund may be
utilized to assist families with
outstanding educational expenses on a
short-term emergency basis. The
more a family personally invests in
their child's Christian education (time,
resources, and talent), the greater
stakeholders they become, and the
greater family benefit they receive from
it. Our goal is for Coulee
Christian School to become your
school, rather than just the school you
send your children to. The
school's tuition assistance program is a
means to that end. (2
Thessalonians 3:8-12)
nor
did we eat anyone's bread free of
charge, but worked with labor and toil
night and day, that we might not be a
burden to any of you, not because we
do not have authority, but to make
ourselves as example of how you should
follow us. For even when we were
with you, we commanded you this:
If anyone will not work, neither shall
he eat. For we hear that there
are some who walk among you in a
disorderly manner, not working at all,
but are busybodies. Now those
who are such we command and exhort
through our Lord Jesus Christ that
they work in quietness and eat their
own bread. - 2 Thessalonians 3:8-12
Tuition
Assistance Distribution
Since
Coulee Christian School has a limited
amount of scholarship funds available,
distribution centers around a ten-point
system that bases priority and level of
tuition assistance on family involvement
at the school.
-
Ability
to pay (% of present tuition level)
- 4 pts.
-
Work
Study time - 2 pts.
-
Length
of time at school (oldest child
applies to all) - 2 pts.
-
Development
activities participation (SCRIP,
wreath sales, etc.) - 2 pts.
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TOTAL
- 10 pts. possible
Re-enrolling
families who meet the May 1 application
deadline shall be considered for tuition
assistance before new families.
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Tuition
Refund Policy Those
families who leave Coulee Christian
School after July 1 will not be refunded
any tuition or registration fees, unless
the entire balance is paid in
advance. In this situation, we
will pro-rate tuition based on the month
you are removing your child(ren) from
the school. (In other words, July
and August tuition is
non-refundable.) This is necessary
to ensure proper staffing and financial
stewardship of our resources. This
is in line with most private and
Christian schools throughout the
country. No portion of the tuition
shall be refunded for a student
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Work
Study Program In
order to reduce the overall cost of
education, Coulee Christian School
offers employment for many families in
such important areas as janitorial, hot
lunch, Surround
Care, office, and
library assistance. Please inquire
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