Tuition Payments & Fees
Tuition payments are due on the first day of each month, as your monthly statement will indicate. If a child is enrolled after the first day of the school year, a billing statement will be sent to the party responsible for payment within one week of the child’s first day of classes. The tuition schedule will be prorated to the date of the child’s first day of class. Payments for field trips are handled through classroom teachers. Fees for late student pick-ups are due on the day the charges are incurred. If you need a financial reimbursement receipt to submit to your place of employment, please notify the finance office in advance and a statement will be prepared. Please specify the information required by your employer.
CONTRACTS FOR ENROLLING NEXT YEAR
Re-enrollment contracts will be made available to current students in their Parent Portal (where online applications were completed) during the first week of January. All re-enrollment contracts are due to Nysmith (signed contract and Enrollment Fee) by January 31st. Access to online re-enrollment contracts may be denied after January 31st so we may determine how many openings we have in each grade, and thus, how many new applicants we may offer admission to for the following year. Please contact the Nysmith Admissions Office for further information.
LATE PICK UP CHARGES AND POLICIES
There is a late pick up charge for children in the instructional program who are not picked up within 15 minutes of dismissal time for preschool (2:45 PM) and 30 minutes for elementary and upper school students (3:30 PM). In this case, children will be sent to extended care for a charge of $12.00 per hour or any part of an hour.
For any child in extended care who is picked up after closing time (6:30 PM) there will be a charge of $1.00 per minute. After the fifth late pick-up, the charge becomes $5.00 per minute. Charges are automatically billed to parent accounts by Gaby Silver. If the child is not picked up and no one on our “authorized to pick up” list can be reached, our only option will be to call CPS (Child Protective Services).
ADDITIONAL FEES & MONEY
Anytime you need to send money or checks to school with your child, please seal the check or cash in an envelope and clearly mark the envelope to be delivered to the appropriate teacher or administrator. Tuition payments may be dropped off in the finance office or the front office. Please encourage your child to drop off any money or checks before classes begin. Children should also be discouraged from bringing extra money to school.
RETURNED CHECK FEE
There is a $25.00 charge for all returned checks.