Convent of the Sacred Heart

Financial Aid

A Sacred Heart education is an investment in your daughter’s future. Providing an independent school education requires careful financial planning and considerable sacrifice for most families. The School is committed to making a Sacred Heart education affordable to all academically qualified students who demonstrate need.

Financial aid is available to all students in Grades K-12. Requests for financial aid have no bearing on admission decisions made by the Admission Committee and no student will be denied admission because of financial need.

Sacred Heart supports a financial aid budget that represents 12.5% of the School’s annual operating budget. The financial aid awards total more than $2.5 million and students receiving financial aid represent 17 percent of our student body.

To apply for financial aid:

Convent of the Sacred Heart, like many independent schools, uses the services of School and Student Services for Financial Aid, or SSS, to help in assessing need.

The following information is required to apply for financial aid:

Parent Financial Statement (PFS)-mailed to families by December 1, OR you may apply online at www.nais.org/financialaid/sss. Click on the SSS Online logo to begin the online process.
Note: Instructions for completing the PFS are available in Spanish and can be printed directly from the SSS website at www.nais.org/financialaid/sss. Click on the text on the left of the screen that says �PFS en espanol�.
All federal tax forms, including ALL schedules and W-2�s, and any applicable business returns.
Federal Form 4506, signed but undated (available in the Financial Aid Office).

The information you provide is kept confidential and shared only with the Financial Aid Committee. Financial Aid files are reviewed and allocations are made, only after a student is admitted. If a student is neither admitted nor placed in the wait pool, the financial aid file is shredded.

Required documents should be mailed to the addresses below no later than February 1. Please contact the Financial Aid Office at admission@cshgreenwich.org or call 203.532.3534 if you have any questions or need assistance in filling out the PFS form.

A. To School and Student Services (SSS) by February 1 (Helpline: 866.387.2601 or sssfinancialaidprogram@ets.org).

Mailing Address:
ETS PFS
Box 371478
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7478

1. Parent Financial Statement (PFS): All applicant for financial assistance must file the PFS with SSS either by mail or online www.nais.org/financialaid/sss.

a. Enter Convent of the Sacred Heart school code #2566 on line 7A. If you would like to receive a parent report, also enter code #9000. (There is an extra fee for a second report but we recommend you get a family report).
b. If parents are separated, divorced or never married, each must file, but they can file separately.
c. Check or money order: Include a check or money order payable to SSS for the required amount as listed in sectin 7B to be mailed wit the PFS. When applying online you need to pay via credit or debit card.
d. Make two copies: Keep one copy for your records and send a copy to CSH.

B. To CSH Financial Aid Office:

Mailing Address:
Office of Admission and Financial Aid
Convent of the Sacred Heart
1177 King Street
Greenwich, CT 06831

1. Federal Tax Forms and W-2�s: All applicants must submit a signed copy of their current and last year�s federal tax forms with w-2�s and all pages and all filed schedules attached, including any business schedules. If you own a business, please include a complete copy of the corporate or partnership return. If parents file separately, we require each parent�s tax return.
2. IRS 4506 Request for Copy of Transcript of Tax Form: Please sign and leave undated the IRS 4506. This form, when signed by you, entitles CSH to receive a copy of your 1040 directly from the IRS.
3. Copy of the PFS form filed with SSS.

All students are offered two tuition payment options:

Regular Schedule: A non-refundable deposit of 10% of the total tuition is due upon submission of the enrollment contract. This is deducted from the first semester’s tuition. The entire year’s tuition is due on July 1, but may be paid in two installments, July 1 and December 1.

Academic Management Service (AMS): A non-refundable deposit of 10% of the total tuition is due upon submission of the enrollment contract. For a minimal fee, Academic Management Service will spread the balance of the tuition over 10 monthly payments with no interest charge.