Continuous Enrollment FAQ's

What is Continuous Enrollment?
Continuous enrollment is a straightforward concept that other schools around the nation have been using to streamline the re-enrollment process. Here at Sacred Heart School Havertown, continuous enrollment assumes that once a student is enrolled at Sacred Heart School Havertown, the student will continue his/her education at Sacred Heart School Havertown until graduation from eighth grade unless the School is notified otherwise.
 
Why Continuous Enrollment?
The majority of the children who are enrolled at SHS will graduate from SHS. And so in light of this situation, the question arises, why ask families to complete re-enrollment paperwork year after year? By moving to continuous enrollment, we hope to eliminate now and in the future, the paperwork and steps required by our parents each year as part of the enrollment process. The continuous enrollment system will simplify the process for our families and allow the School to maximize its resources and more wisely use the parents’ tuition dollars.
 
How does it work?
For next school year (2022-23), we are Continuous Enrollment. This year and every year thereafter, parents will not need to do or sign anything. A communication will be sent by the Main Office reminding families of continuous enrollment and the Opt-Out process. The only time a parent will need to complete paperwork is, if for personal reasons, the students will not be returning to school, for instance, if a family is moving. The Opt-Out form to notify the School can be found on our website. Most of our families will have the convenience of ignoring this message and doing absolutely nothing. It will be that simple.
 
What is the deadline for letting SHS know that a student will not be re-enrolling for 2022-2023 school year?
Parents are asked to please let the School know that the student will not be re-enrolling by completing the Opt- Out form which is available on our School website under Admissions by January 14, 2022.
  
I have questions who can I contact?
If a parent has additional questions after reading the FAQs, please email Karen Lindley, our Director of Advancement , at klindley@sh-school.org.
 
What is the re-registration fee for the 2022-23 school year?
The re-registration fee for the 2022-2023  school year is $100.00 per family. The re-registration fee will be included in the tuition rates. This change in the collection of the re-registration fee will also help simplify the process. There will no longer be a need to send in a separate re-registration check each year since it will be included in your monthly tuition bill.
 
How will the (continuous) re-enrollment fee be processed?
For the 2022-2023 school year, the registration fee will now be incorporated into the Tuition Rate Schedule and be charged along with the March tuition payment.
 
How will I be notified what the tuition is going to be for future years?
Tuition rates will be communicated through the School’s website and sent via Option C in January.
 
When can I apply for tuition assistance?
Most financial aid applications are administered through an online application process using FACTS Grant & Aid starting in October or November of each year. There is an application fee charged by FACTS for processing and verifying an application for aid.
 
I will be applying for tuition assistance, what if I do not know what my tuition will be? Since financial aid grants are awarded in the Summer months  all families are required to continue to make the same monthly tuition payment  that you have been making for the 2022-2023 school year. Once the school is made aware of  the financial aid grants that students will be  receiving, the families’ monthly tuition payments will be corrected.
 
What do I need to do if I am enrolling an additional child?
If a current school family is enrolling a new student, the parent is to complete the registration forms for that child. Forms can be found on our website or sent home with your student.