Admissions Criteria
Enrollment Priority
While our school welcomes families from a diverse range of faith traditions, priority is given to families who
are active St. Madeleine Sophie parish members. This is defined as households who are:
- Registered in the parish office;
- Active in the life of the parish (i.e.,
Attend Sunday Mass and regularly receive the Sacraments);
- Involved in one of
the many ministry areas of the Parish; and
- Make regular contributions
through the Sunday envelope (i.e., Annually filing a stewardship pledge card
with the parish office and show a consistent effort to meet the pledge.)
St. Madeleine Sophie School endeavors to make a
quality education available to all those who exhibit the desire to attend.
As space is available, enrollment is opened to the community. In
cases where class loads reach the maximum, the privilege of attendance for NEW students (and any returning students missing the registration deadline) is
awarded to those showing the strongest commitment to the Parish in the following
manner:
- Catholics who are
registered in St. Madeleine Sophie Parish and attending St. Madeleine Sophie
Church with children already in St. Madeleine Sophie School and are current
on financial commitment.
- Catholics who are
registered in St. Madeleine Sophie Parish and attending St. Madeleine Sophie
Church.
- Non-Catholics with
children in school.
- Practicing Catholics
out-of-Parish.
- Non-Catholics new to the
school.
When the number of applicants -
eligible per rules of admission above - exceed the number of vacancies, the
Principal, with advice from the Administrative Team, will decide who is to be
admitted according to the following guidelines (not ranked in order):
- Active in Parish
- Active in other areas, other
parishes or ministries
- Balancing of class needs as
determined by Principal
Tuition
Philosophy
It is our intent to
ensure that every parish child has the opportunity to attend our
Catholic elementary school. At the same time, it is the responsibility
of parish leadership to make sure that resources remain
available to continue offering quality programs to meet the needs
of others in the community as well. In that vein, we have
set tuition reflective of the amount the parish will expend to
educate each child. We ask that each family with the means make
that commitment. For those who find that impossible, yet are still
desirous of the program we offer, we have established a matrix
that allows for a reduction in tuition based upon family income
and family size. In those cases where the matrix would still
require an over extension of family resources, we extend the opportunity
to meet with a tuition review committee to explore additional
assistance.
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