Financial Aid - Calvary Christian Academy - Dover, Delaware

Calvary Christian Academy partners with Indepent School Management's FAST program to complete Financial Aid Assessments.  Please click the logo above to complete your application online.

The Board of Trustees has adopted the policy of funding most of the school’s annual operating expenses with tuition dollars. This decision means that tuition controls, in large part, the quality of the education Calvary Christian Academy is able to offer. While recognizing that some sacrifice is appropriate for something as crucial as children’s education, the Board acknowledges that financial assistance will be necessary to build and maintain the sort of student body Calvary Christian Academy aspires to have.  Financial aid is critical program, which provides stability for the whole student body. 

In order for us to allocate our resources wisely and fairly, we have enlisted the help of Independent School Management's FAST(Financial Aid for School Tuition) program. ISM's FASTdoes not decide whether financial assistance will be given or how much to give; rather FASTprovides a need-based financial aid analysis service. FASTprovides the school with a report, which includes a recommendation of what a family should reasonably contribute toward tuition. All information from FASTis kept confidential. Applications are reviewed by the confidential Financial Aid Committee and the committee recommends to the Headmaster allocation of financial aid resources for the next year. Upon approval by the Headmaster, financial aid offers are sent to families.

While no financial aid procedure can be entirely equitable—there are simply too many individual factors and extenuating circumstances—the process that has been established has served Calvary Christian Academy well..

PROCEDURES FOR PARENTS:

1. Parents are asked to access the  F.A.S.T. Program website specifically for Calvary Christian Academy applicants. Once there, Click the Get Started button at the bottom of the first page. All your financial information should be entered directly through the secure server. Space is also provided to fill out additional information that may be pertinent to your application. In addition, a copy of your most recent tax return should be mailed directly to FAST.
2. There will be a fee of $36 required to process this application. Once completed the application will be available immediately for the Financial Aid Committee’s review. You may be contacted by the Business Office if additional information is needed.

PROCEDURES FOR CALVARY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY:

1. Once the application is entered the Financial Aid Committee can access your application.
2. The Calvary Christian Academy's Financial Aid Committee then meets to review each family’s completed online application. The Board of Trustees allocates a certain amount of total aid to the committee and gives guidelines about how this should be divided between returning and new students.
3. The Financial Aid Committee recommends to the Headmaster allocation of financial aid resources for the next year. Upon approval by the Headmaster financial aid offers are sent to families.

It is Calvary Christian Academy’s desire to extend financial aid offers before families are required to sign and secure contracts, whether reenrollment contracts or new contracts. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. The most frequent cause of such delays is late application for financial aid. Families may contact Calvary Christian Academy’s Business Manager to request extensions, but these cannot always be granted.

The Financial Aid Committee consists of the Administrator, Business Manager, and Admissions Director.