St. Dorothy Rectory
4910 Township Line
Drexel Hill, PA 19026
January 2017
Dear Parents,
Enclosed is a School Registration Notice, the School Tuition Policy, and the 2017-2018 Tuition Table which contains the tuition costs for next year. Please complete this notice and return it to the School or the Rectory by March 1, 2017. Please make sure the e-mail address of the family member managing tuition payments is listed on the Registration Notice in the space provided and the secondary e-mail address is also provided if you would like notices sent to a second parent/guardian. Also, please make sure the phone numbers are current and correct, and identify any new students by writing a “Y” in the space provided. Four payment options will be offered for the 2017-2018 school year as follows:
1) Two payment (minimum) plan (no discount, not recommended) One half of the annual tuition must be paid before school starts in September and the other half of the annual tuition must be paid before school starts in January. Until those two minimum payments obligations are met, students are not considered officially enrolled in St. Dorothy for that half of the school year. Please see the attached School Tuition Policy for more details.
2) St. Dorothy School will continue to make available the Quarterly Payment Plan with a 3% discount that spreads the tuition cost over the entire calendar year. Families that utilize this plan avoid having to save for the 2nd half of the year tuition payment during the 4 month period between September 1st and January 1st. That 4 month time period has proven to be challenging for several families. This 3% discount is again available to those families that make all 4 quarterly payments on time.
3) One Payment Plan - A 5% discount is again available to those families that pay their tuition in full by 8/1/17.
4) 10 month payment plan with a 3% discount. This is a new plan offering for the 2017-2018 school year, However, in order to qualify for this plan a family must authorize Smart Tuition to make 10 monthly, automatic ACH debits (withdrawals) against their checking, savings, or credit card account beginning on 4/1/17 and ending on 1/1/18. Your ACH debit authorization is provided to Smart Tuition simply by re-enrolling in Smart Tuition (re-enrollment instructions are attached), selecting the 10 month payment plan option, and providing your personal information related to ACH debits. In the event that a family selects this option and subsequently cancels or makes a change to the to the ACH debit instructions that results in a deviation from the spirit of this 10 payment agreement, then the entire annual tuition will revert back to the undiscounted tuition rate. Note that a 2.85% bank service fee will apply to all credit card AND debit card transactions. No fee will be assessed for ACH debit transactions against checking or savings accounts. (The routing numbers and account numbers for checking account are right on the bottom of the checks anyway.) Note that a $30 fee will continue to be charged for checks that cannot be processed due to insufficient funds.
1) Returning families will be automatically enrolled in Smart Tuition’s database using the same payment plan that you requested last year unless you re-enroll utilizing Smart Tuition’s website www.enrollwithsmart.com before 3/1/17 and request a different payment plan (as previously explained above under the 10 payment plan). Again, re-enrollment instructions are attached. Questions about enrollment, re-enrollment, or changing payment plans should be directed to Smart Tuition’s Customer Service Team at 888.868.8828. For all other school related questions please call the school at 610-789-4100. Thank you.