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Summit School actively seeks students with academic promise and a range of talents, skills and interests to apply for admission.  Summit School is committed to providing assistance to families with demonstrated financial need.  Our Tuition Assistance program and the Arizona Tax Credit Scholarships make a Summit education more affordable for current and newly enrolled families who demonstrate need.

 

Tuition Assistance for Grades K-8: FAQ

Q. What is FACTS?

FACTS is the nation’s leading provider of tuition management, grant and aid assessment and school payment processing for private schools. Summit School uses FACTS Tuition Management for collection of tuition and fees and FACTS Grant and Aid to verify financial need in the financial aid process.

Q. When can I apply for Tuition Assistance? When will I learn about my award?

Once your child has been offered enrollment from Summit School, you may complete the FACTS Grant and Aid Application prior to completing your enrollment packet, but your application will not be reviewed until your enrollment and payment have been received. The Summit School Tuition Assistance Committee will review completed applications on a rolling basis.  Applications received after April 30, 2021, will be considered dependent upon remaining available funding.

 

 

Application and Documents Due Date: Award Decision Date:
January 29, 2021 February 25, 2021
February 26, 2021 March 25, 2021
March 31, 2021 April 29, 2021
April 30, 2021 May 27, 2021

 

Q. How do I apply for Tuition Assistance?

Families applying for financial aid must complete an online FACTS application at https://online.factsmgt.com/aid and submit the necessary supporting documents directly to FACTS. Summit School’s Tuition Assistance Committee then reviews the results provided by FACTS prior to determining tuition assistance award offers.

Once an online application has been filed with FACTS, the supporting documents must be uploaded to your FACTS account:

  • Copies of 2020 Federal tax forms including all supporting tax schedules. (If 2020 taxes have not yet been filed, please submit 2019 tax return and 12/31/2020 pay statements and 2020 W2s for both parents. The 2020 tax return is still due by 4/19/21 and upon receipt any award may be modified based upon the 2020 tax return information.)
  • Copies of your most recent W-2 forms for both parents.
  • Copies of supporting documentation for Social Security Income, Welfare, Child Support, Food Stamps, Workers’ Compensation, and TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families).

Questions about the process? Call a FACTS Customer Care Representative at 1-866-315-9262.

The following supporting documentation needs to be provided to the Summit School Business Office:

  • A letter that explains the circumstances regarding your request for assistance, include all special circumstances that impacts your ability to pay tuition.
  • Print out of tax credit available awards for the 2021-22 school year.

Q. I am a Summit parent. Do I have to re-apply annually for Tuition Assistance?

Yes. Parents must re-apply for Tuition Assistance each year, as financial circumstances may change from year to year. If you completed an application previously and remember your user name and password, the demographics will auto-populate but no financial information will populate. Otherwise, you may start over with a new application each year.

Q. What do I do once I have been awarded Tuition Assistance?

Families have two weeks to accept or decline the tuition assistance offer.

 

If the award is accepted, the family must complete a 2020-21 Institute for Better Education (IBE) application by visiting www.ibescholarships.org.

Summit School funds student tuition assistance awards from AZ Private School tax credit contributions make by parents and community members on behalf of Summit School.  Summit strongly encourages families to solicit tax credit donations on behalf of their child(ren) thru any of the Student Tuition Organizations (STO), such as IBE. Tax credit awards assist parents in funding remaining tuition that may be due.

If you decline your tuition assistance award and withdraw your child(ren) prior to the accept/decline due date stated in your award letter, the $700 enrollment payment will be refunded via check. No refunds will be honored after the accept/decline date of the award letter.

Q. To whom do I turn to if I have questions about the process?

Summit School’s Director of Business Operations, Carrie Slade, may be reached at 480-403-9505 or Carrie.Slade@SummitSchoolAZ.org.

Preschool Scholarships

Summit School preschool program selected to partner with Quality First (QF) to offer scholarships that make high quality preschool a reality for more families. Summit has been rated a 5 star program by Quality First, which is their highest recognition.

Education is the gift that lasts forever. Summit School NAEYC accredited preschool is proud to have been chosen to partner with Quality First and the Arizona Department of Education. Through these programs Summit is able to offer a limited number of preschool scholarships to qualified families.  Quality First typically notifies Summit School of available scholarships in May for the following school year.

Qualifying families are responsible to pay the tuition not covered by the scholarship, and for before and after school programming, if needed. Quality First also requires regular student attendance to retain the scholarship.

 

Preschool quality First Scholarship FAQ

Q. What is the scholarship qualification process?

To qualify for a Quality First Preschool Scholarship, a family’s current gross income must not exceed the state mandated limits shown on the Quality First Application. The application below is for the 2021-22 school year only. At this time, we do not have any more Quality First Preschool Scholarships available for the 2020-21 school year. In May 2021, we will find out if we have any Quality First Preschool Scholarships for the 2021-22 school year.

FY20-Family-Application-English

 

Q. How do I apply for a Quality First Preschool Scholarship?

At this time, we do not have any more Quality First Preschool Scholarships available for the 2020-21 school year. In May 2021, we will find out if we have any Quality First Preschool Scholarships for the 2021-22 school year.

Families applying for a Quality First Preschool Scholarship must complete a scholarship application and submit the necessary supporting documents directly to the Summit School Admissions Office. A scholarship application will not be reviewed until all required documents, as stated in the Quality First application, are submitted.

 

Q. What happens after I qualify for a Quality First Scholarship?

The next step is to apply to Summit School. Please follow the steps outlined in our Admissions Process.

If your child is offered enrollment to Summit, and you choose to accept, you will then complete an enrollment packet, submit a non-refundable enrollment payment of $400 which is applied toward the total tuition owed, select a payment plan, and sign a Quality First Scholarship award letter.

Q. To whom do I turn to if I have questions about the process?

Summit School’s Director of Admissions may be reached at 480-403-9506 or Admissions@SummitSchoolAZ.org.

 

Did you know Arizona has a tax credit program that helps families offset the cost of private school education? This tax credit program allows families to find the learning environment that best fits their child’s needs while removing the financial obstacle. The program allows Arizona taxpayers to contribute a portion of their Arizona tax liability to a School Tuition Organization (STO) and take a dollar-for-dollar tax credit on their state income tax return. To utilize this program, all you have to do is simply apply to a STO and solicit donations to that STO from anyone with an Arizona tax liability, encouraging them to recommend your child as the beneficiary.  Once awarded, the recommended funds are sent to Summit School monthly helping to pay your tuition. This is such a win-win situation because donors have a choice in how their state tax dollars are spent which means you have a choice to send your child to Summit School.  Since the donors get a dollar-for-dollar tax credit, that means if they owe $500 in taxes to Arizona and make a $500 contribution to a STO, their tax liability is now $0.  Learn more by watching the video below!

 

VISIT IBE

Additional School Tuition Organizations (STO)

Please visit the Arizona Department of Education’s ESA Website https://www.azed.gov/esa for questions about the ESA application process, funding, and updated information. You may also call the ESA Support Line at 602-364-1969.

Testimonial

“Summit provided me with a strong academic foundation and leadership skills that I have been able to take with me through high school, college, and beyond. Having my parents send me to Summit was the extra edge that I didn’t even realize I needed, and I am still benefiting today from everything I learned there!”

OSASO IGHODARO, CLASS OF 2013 

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of Summit students benefit from Arizona Tax Credit Scholarships

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