Financial Aid
The Melrose School awards financial grants on the basis of need. The School uses the services of the School and Students Service by NAIS (SSS) in Randolph, Massachusetts. SSS is an organization that provides Melrose with an analysis of your family’s finances and suggests your contribution for educational expenses. We subscribe to the principles of SSS and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. We will do our best to meet documented need, but our own Financial Aid budget may dictate flexibility. At The Melrose School, financial aid is not awarded to students entering the Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs. Please note both prospective and returning families must make applications for financial aid every year.
Below is a calendar of important dates regarding the Financial Aid Application process. Please note that failure to follow these deadlines will lessen your child’s consideration for Financial Aid.
December 10, 2010
1. Board of Trustee Parent Meeting at 7:30pm
2. Financial Aid packet sent to parents on December 13, 2010
January 3, 2011 – Deadline for Submitting the following documents:
1. Preliminary Financial Aid Form due back to The Melrose School. If you submit this form after January 3, 2011 you will lessen your family’s opportunity to receive aid. Please email the Office Administrator at office@melrose.edu for a copy of this form.
2. Parent’s Financial Statement (PFS) due to School and Student Services by NAIS. PLEASE complete the PFS online at sss.nais.org. This must be completed no later than January 3, 2011 to ensure that the Report on Family Contribution (RFC) arrives at Melrose by January 14, 2011.
3. SSS will make a RFC available to Melrose online within two or three days of receiving a family’s PFS online, and within two to three weeks of receiving it by mail. Please observe all deadlines.
4. Indicate our school code (5005) in the appropriate blank on the PFS.
5. Use the SSS “help line” at (800) 344-8328, if you have questions as you complete the PFS.
January 17, 2012 – Deadline for submitting the following documents to The Melrose School:
1. 2010 IRS forms, including 1040’s, W-2’s, and all schedules.
2. The Non-custodial Parent’s Financial Statement, if applicable.
3. The Business/Farm Statement, if your family owns either.
4. Photocopies will not be returned. Please keep your original. Email copies will not be accepted.
February 1, 2012
2011-2012 Re-Enrollment Agreements and Financial Aid Decision letters will be mailed.
March 1, 2012
2012- 2013 Re-Enrollment Agreements, Financial Aid Acceptances, and Enrollment Deposits are due back to Melrose.
We stress that an independent school education requires the active financial support of both biological parents, if applicable. We pledge to treat all submitted documents with the utmost confidentiality. We are committed to providing a Melrose education to as many superior scholars and citizens as possible, regardless of their family’s means. Your timely application means we can give your daughter or son the consideration she or he deserves.
After March 1, 2012
Financial aid applications for new families are accepted on an ongoing basis and enrollment and aplications are received. Please follow the directions listed above.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office Administrator at office@melrose.edu or (845) 279-2406