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Admissions & Tuition
Admissions for 2012-13 School Year
Admission policies regarding age for children entering Trinity Catholic will be the same as those for the Oswego City School District and NYS Commissioner's Regulations. Children entering kindergarten must be five (5) years of age on or before December 1 of that year. Children entering first grade must be six (6) years of age on or before December 1 of that year.
For the admission of kindergarten or first grade children, parents must present:
1. The children's birth certificates or some legal verification of the children's birth. 2. Proof of immunization against DTP, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, HEP-B, varicella (chicken-pox). Baptismal certificate, if Catholic.
Admission will be denied, according to State Law, to children who have not been immunized unless they are exempt under the provisions of the law for medical or religious reasons. The immunization law applies not only at the usual entry levels, kindergarten or first grade, but also to students transferring into a school at other grade levels.
Applications for admission are available beginning in February of every year.
Transfer Procedures
When students transfer to other schools, parents must formally register at the new schools before the students' records may be released to the new schools. Upon receiving the new schools' written request, Trinity Catholic forwards the following items to the requesting schools:
1. A copy of the permanent record card
2. Cumulative folder
3. Health record
Application Fees
There is a non-refundable application fee of $75.00 which must be submitted at the same time application forms are turned into the office. If application forms are received in the office by March 16, the application fee will be deducted from the amount of tuition owed. After that date, the application fee will be in addition to the full amount of tuition.
K-6 Tuition 2012-2013
Trinity Catholic School is in the Syracuse Diocese. The tuition rate is determined by the Trinity Catholic School Board in coordination with the Catholic School Office. The 2010-2011 tuition charges are as follows: for affiliated families (i.e. those who are registered members of any Catholic parish in the Northern Region of the Diocese of Syracuse) the yearly tuition charges are :
First child............................. $3765.00
Second child......................... $3445.00
Third & additional child........$3294.00
For families not affiliated with a Catholic parish in the Northern Region, the tuition charges are as follows:
First child............................. $4765.00
Second child......................... $4765.00
Third & additional child........$4765.00
Preschool Tuition 2012 - 2013
2 Day Program for 3 year olds $1200.00
3 Day Program for 3 year olds $1635.00
3 Day Program for 4 year olds $1635.00
5 Day Program for 4 year olds $2115.00
Registration Fee-$75.00 per child
*****ALL PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE HALF-DAY*****
Tuition Payment plans for 2012-2013
Several payment plans are available to spread the costs out over the course of the year. A 5% discount is applied to tuition paid in full before August 1, 2012.
TUITION ASSISTANCE
For the 2011-12 school year, over 60% of our K - 6 students were awarded tuition assistance. That assistance came from two main sources:
Tuition Assistance Program (TAP): This is Diocesan tuition assistance for Catholic School Education funded by the Hope Appeal. It is based on financial need. Tuition Assistance application forms are available at all Catholic Schools and at the Catholic School Office. Forms must be completed for financial aid consideration and submitted by March 16, 2012 for the 2012-2013 school year.
Trinity Catholic School's Annual Fund: These are school-based awards that are given to students based on need, academic achievement, and family volunteer service. The Annual Fund also gives assistance to all families who have more than one child enrolled at Trinity. Applications for these scholarships become available in the spring of each year.
For a printable K-6 admission application, click here.
For a printable Pre-K admission application, click here.