Enrollment Procedures
St. Paul Lutheran School
300 W. Pecan Blvd
McAllen, Texas 78501
956/682-2345
We welcome your interest in St. Paul Lutheran School. Below you will find procedures for final enrollment, costs, and other information we feel will help prospective parents.
1. The following steps outline the process leading up to final acceptance:
a. The parents and prospective student will meet with the Principal;
b. A completed application form and the $25.00 fee are submitted. Student records including a copy of the most recent report card and testing results should be included;
c. The prospective student will be placed on the waiting list until an opening occurs;
d. When there is an opening, the family will be contacted about enrollment;
e. The student will be tested by a member if the teaching staff;
f. The registration fee and registration form are submitted by the family;
g. The student begins attending class.
2. The following criteria will be used to determine the order of acceptance from the waiting list:
a. At least one parent of the prospective student is a member of St. Paul;
b. A sibling of the prospective student is currently a school member;
c. The prospective student family is a member of another Lutheran Church;
d. The prospective student is a former student or sibling of former student;
e. Other prospective students are placed in the order the applications were received.
3. The non-refundable Registration Fee for 2010-2011 is $250.00 and is payable at the time the Registration Form is submitted. Registration cannot be completed unless the fee is included and a Testing time has been scheduled.
4. Tuition Fees for the 2010-2011 school year will be due on the 15th of each of the ten months, July through April. Regular tuition payments will be as follows:
Kinder & | 2nd Child above Kinder | Ea. child after | |
Testing Fee | $25.00 | $25.00 | $25.00 |
Full Tuition (Grades 1-8, per month) | $450.00** | $435.00** | $420.00** |
Textbook User/Workbook Fee (per year) | $250.00 | $250.00 | $250.00 |
Sports Fees | $ 35.00 5th-8th grade(due beginning of ea. sport) | ||
Uniform Shirt Fee | $18.00 each | ||
**Fees Subject to change
5. Students will be in uniform compliance or otherwise will be made to buy a uniform in order to be in compliance with school uniform policy and will be charged to family account. We expect parents to ensure that their child is in compliance with the dress code, therefore NO parent contact will be made in order to assure little interference with instructional time.
6. At the time of final registration, each school family will be required to choose a tuition payment plan: 1.) Full payment of tuition by July 15, 2010; This payment will be made directly to the school and will entitle you to a discount of 2%; 2.) Two tuition payments, ˝ on July 15, 2010 and the second ˝ by January 15, 2011; 3.) Ten automatic monthly payments through the FACTS Payment Plan. Payments will start July, 2010. Payments can be made on the 5th of the month; or 4.) Monthly billing (if approved) plus a $20 Service Fee.
7. Cafeteria meals chosen will be billed before the 1st for the following month.
8. A late fee of $30.00 will be assessed for payments billed by the 1st and not received in the office by the 15th of a month or the next business day when the 15th falls on a closed school day.
9. For children ages twelve months to four years old, please contact the Preschool/Child Care Director, Mary Markham at 682-2201 for current fees and programs. Also, contact that number if you are in need of Child Care before school or after school.
10. Students will be randomly assigned to classrooms when more than one classroom is offered keeping in mind an even boy-girl ratio. Parents may request a teacher only when an older child was in that teachers’ class and a written request is made to the Day School Board. Requests to the Board will not automatically be accepted.
11. Fees may be paid directly to the cashier in the central office or dropped in the mail slot at the central office door. A penalty fee of $30.00 will be charged for all checks returned because of non-sufficient funds.
12. Tuition assistance is available upon application by the family and approval by the Day School Board on a semester basis.
13. The St. Paul Lutheran School Endowment Fund has been established for student scholarship with earned interest used for tuition assistance. If you wish to contribute to the Fund to help others gain a Christian education, make your check payable to “St. Paul Lutheran School Scholarship Endowment”.
14. Any student admitted in the 1st semester must pay an additional ˝ monthly tuition amount since billing normally over ten months. Full monthly billing for these late enrollees will continue through May.
NEW FAMILIES MUST RETURN THE REGISTRATION FORM & FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF $250.00 PER STUDENT AND APPLICATION & FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF $25.00 PER. FAMILY.