How tuition and aid work

What sets tuition

Tuition is set by the year, and is the same for every grade in the school. The figures are given at every visit, so you never read an old one.

Registration

Applying and enrolling are two steps, each with its own charge. The first covers reading an application. The second holds a place once an offer is accepted.

Holding a place

A family has two weeks to answer an offer. A signed agreement and a first payment hold the place, and that payment counts toward tuition. When no place is open, a family joins the waiting list and hears as soon as one is.

Billing

Tuition is billed monthly across the school year, or a family can pay by the term. Autopay is set up when you enroll.

Help with tuition

Financial aid is available. Here is how to apply: ask for the aid form once you have applied, return it by the date on the form, and the teachers read every one with the family's other materials. Aid is based on need. Montana families may also be able to use state programs; ask us what the school takes part in and how to start.

Siblings

Brothers and sisters are read in the same season, so a family hears about everyone at once. Ask at a visit how enrolling more than one child works.

Withdrawing

We ask for a month's written notice before a student leaves. What happens to a term already begun is in the enrollment agreement, and the teachers go through it at a visit.

Materials and outings

Materials and outings are separate from tuition. Materials cover the paper, wood, clay and supplies the teachers order for everyone. An outing is billed after it happens.