Tuition for the 2008-2009
Academic Year
Preschool (3 year old):
2 half days - $4,500, 3 half days - $6,900, 5 half days - $11,200
Preschool (4 year old):
5 half days - $11,200
Kindergarten to Grade
5: $22,600
Grades 6 to 8: $24,300
Grades 9 to 12: $25,500
Financial
Aid Policy and Procedure for the 2008-2009 Academic Year
Financial need should
never discourage a student from applying for admission to Rocky
Hill School.
Rocky Hill School is committed
to enrolling students from diverse economic, religious, ethnic,
racial, and social backgrounds. As part of that commitment, the
school offers Financial Aid for families who would otherwise be
unable to consider Rocky Hill as an option for their children. We
accomplish this goal by helping to bridge the gap between what a
family can afford and the actual cost of a Rocky Hill school education.
Financial Aid at Rocky Hill School is entirely need-based:
awards are made solely on the basis of a family's ability to pay.
Rocky Hill School does not provide full tuition grants. We ask families
to remember that while we are here to help you to the extent our
funds allow, we believe financial responsibility for a child's education
rests with the family.
Financial Aid is based on a family's ability to meet educational
expenses, not willingness or unwillingness to pay.
A Rocky Hill education is an investment in your child's future,
and you will undoubtedly have to make some sacrifices.
We do not award Merit
or Athletic Scholarships.
All families applying for Financial Aid should check the appropriate
box on the application "requesting Financial Aid" or, contact the
Admission Office to receive
the appropriate forms.
It is important to know that applying for Financial Aid has no bearing
on admission to Rocky Hill School. No child will be denied admission
because of financial need.
Decisions on financial
aid awards will accompany acceptances or re-enrollment contracts
for those families who have completed the financial aid application
process.
We require families complete the Parents
Financial Statement (PFS), available online or by paper
application. Paper applications will be mailed to financial
aid applicants upon request, and should be completed and sent to
the School
and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS) calculation.
SSS considers gross taxable income, assets, liabilities, family
size, age of parents, and number of students in tuition-charging
schools. After an allowance for basic necessities and taxes, the
remaining funds are considered discretionary income available for
education. The computation by SSS is based on a formula nationally
accepted by independent schools.
In addition to submitting the Parents Financial Statement (PFS),
Rocky Hill School's Financial Aid Policy and procedure require that
you mail a copy of your 2007 income tax return (1040), including
all schedules, to the school.
It is understood that Rocky Hill School is not obligated
to award the amounts recommended by the School and Student
Service (SSS).
Financial Aid will be
distributed as equitably as possible among those who qualify, and
based upon the number of applicants, the total amount of Financial
Aid funds available, the recommendations of the SSS and the family's
2007 tax return.
Due to the demands placed on the Financial
Aid budget, tuition grants to Lower School students are limited,
and we are unable to offer grants to Preschool students.
In cases of divorce or separation, Rocky Hill School requires that
both parents file financial aid forms, in order to provide
the Financial Aid Committee with a full picture of family resources.
It is the responsibility of the custodial parent to provide the
school with the necessary financial information regarding the non-custodial
parent. Any exemption for the non-custodial parent from financial
responsibility must be supported by satisfactory documentation.
Financial Aid decisions are based on a family's calculated financial
need and the school's ability to support a percentage of that need.
If the Committee finds that it is unable to meet all requests for
aid, families will be placed on a Financial Aid Wait List. While
a family is on the Wait List, the Admission Office will offer a
full tuition contract in the event the family is able to find other
resources to finance their child's education at Rocky Hill School.
A family may appeal a Financial Aid decision. To do so, a family
must inform the school in writing, within two weeks of the written
communication of the Financial Aid decision. This written appeal
must specifically state the reasons for the appeal. The appeal will
be reviewed, however there are no guarantees that a change will
occur.
Financial Aid award dollars are made in the form of direct grants
to individual families. These grants are dollar amounts that go
directly towards a student's tuition and do not require any repayment.
Financial Aid is reviewed on an annual basis, for as long
as a student attends Rocky Hill School. You must reapply for financial
aid every year. Barring any significant changes in your income,
you can expect approximately the same award from the prior year.
Awards are adjusted if your income changes significantly.
You can expect that the
cost of attending Rocky Hill school will go up evry year. depending
on your income, you will be responsible for some portion of that
increase.
Families with an unpaid tuition balance as a result of delinquency
by June 1, 2008 may forfeit any financial grant that might be awarded
for the following school year.
All Financial Aid information and awards are kept strictly confidential.
As Rocky Hill School does not share information about individual
awards, we expect that families on aid will do the same.
By February 15, 2008: All new families must:
By
April 1, 2008: All returning families must:
- Mail your Parents Financial
Statement (PFS) to the SSS Center or apply
online at School
and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS).
2. Send the following to Rocky Hill:
- A photocopy of your completed Parents Financial Statement
(PFS), and
- A photocopy of your 2007 Federal Tax Return
- If you are self employed, and/or the owner of a business or
farm, you must complete the Business
and Farm Statement, available online. Return
the Business and Farm Statement directly to Rocky Hill school;
it should not be mailed to SSS.
-
Catherine T. Washburn
Director of Financial Aid
Rocky Hill School
520 Ives Road
East Greenwich, RI 02818-
- Failure to submit the required Financial Aid information
on time will jeopardize your child's Financial Aid award,
and you will not receive full consideration, as funds are
limited
Payment Options
The Board of Trustees
sets tuition each January for the next academic year for all new and
returning students. Contracts will be returned by the designated deadline.
Failure to return your child's contract will jeopardize his/her place
in their class. Payment options are offered for the balance of tuition
on a student's enrollment contract. Families may select the plan which
best suits their individual needs:
- 100% Plan. Full tuition will be paid by August 1, 2008.
- 50% Plan. 50% of the tuition will be paid by August 1,
2008 and the remaining 50% by December 1, 2008.
- TMS Ten/Twelve Month Plans. These plans, offered by Tuition
Management service (TMS) allow parents to pay tuition over a ten
or twelve month period. Additional information concerning these
plans is mailed with the enrollment contract.
For more information regarding
payment options and billing, please contact Mark
R. Buckley, Rocky Hill School's Business Manager at 401-884-9070,
ext. 135.
Low interest education
loans are available at:
Bank
of America
Sallie
Mae
Citibank
Rocky Hill School does not discriminate
on the basis of race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation,
age, handicap, or national or ethnic origin in the administration
of its admissions, financial aid, employment, education policies
or other school programs. |
