学费 & 可购性

Our 学费援助 Committee reviews all completed tuition assistance files and makes decisions based upon each family’s demonstrated need using calculations from the tuition assistance application hosted by 清晰的学费. The Committee may require additional documentation, such as bank statements and monthly budgets, if more information is needed in order to understand a family’s financial situation. 

A family needs to submit an tuition assistance application and required documentation to 清晰的学费 截止日期如下: 

• 2023年12月22日 -现时家庭
• 2024年1月9日 -未来家庭

If the $60 application fee presents a financial hardship for your family, 请不要犹豫给我发邮件 tuitionassistance@dctdsj.com or call Laura Martinez at (650) 470–7732 to request a fee waiver.

如欲了解更多信息，请在 拉文纳 for the 学费援助 information session on November 14, 2023.

学费援助 applications open early August.  To begin your tuition assistance application on Clarity, visit http://auth.clarityapp.com/en/signup/ 

请注意:
- Families who have several children applying to Castilleja only have to complete one tuition assistance application.
- In cases of separated or divorced parents, each parent needs to complete a tuition assistance application and send their own set of required documents.

客户支持:
For questions please contact 清晰的学费 Family Support (English or Spanish):  suppport@clarity.com or (206) 210-3752.

常见问题

Will I still need to apply every year?
是的, you will need to submit a Clarity application each year in order to qualify for financial aid; however, Clarity retains your information from previous applications, 所以重新申请就更容易了.

Can I complete my Clarity application on my phone or tablet?
是的! Clarity’s application is fully mobile-friendly so you have access wherever you are. 

我什么时候需要申请?
You must submit your full completed application by 2024年1月9日.

Castilleja’s tuition assistance recipients represent a broad range of income levels, 从不到20美元起,000到500多美元,000, and we realize that each family has a unique financial situation.

The following case studies are presented for illustrative purposes and are meant to encourage families from a wide range of financial circumstances to apply.

	案例1	案例2	案例3	例4
父母 就业	父母双方都有工作	单亲	2父母1有工作	父母双方都有工作
儿童人数	2在私立学校	1在私立学校	1在私立学校	3名(私立学校2名)
总收入	$334,656	$84,800	$285,231	$535,912
净值: -房屋净值 -储蓄/投资	$641,380   $3,000	$0 $5,000	$688,233 $600,000	$1,444,227 $850,000
奖	$49,800	$56,000	$45,500	$19,500
父母的贡献	$6,700	$500	$11,000	$37,000

 

• Castilleja considers tuition assistance to be the single most important vehicle to maintain an economically diverse student population. We recognize the increasing burden tuition places on families and the tuition assistance committee works to ensure that Castilleja is an affordable option.

• 学费援助 is distributed to qualifying families of students in grades 6-12. The School strives to meet 100% of a family's need as determined by 清晰的学费 以及所有其他证明文件.

• 学费援助 awards do not need to be repaid, but it is required that recipients re-apply for tuition assistance annually. 在大多数情况下, a student's tuition payment will remain at the same level, 调整学费增长. 在极少数情况下, usually due to a dramatic change in financial circumstances, 奖励金额会有很大的变化吗.

• A supplemental student activity and support budget exists to enable students to participate in all aspects of school life on an equitable basis.

• Castilleja will give priority to families who have previously received aid prior to making any new commitments.

• When a parent does not work and there are no preschool children or aging parents at home, the school will impute an annual income of at least $30,000 to the non-working parent/guardian.

• 父母 with legal parental rights must submit all of the required financial aid application documents in order for their child to be considered for a tuition grant.

Families can be assured that all information concerning financial aid is held in the strictest of confidence by Castilleja School. Only those persons directly involved in the financial aid decision-making process or in its administration will review this information.