Tuition policies.

Below is our standard policy relating to tuition payments. For a PDF of this policy, click here. And please keep in mind that tuition assistance is available; for an application form and an instruction sheet, click here.

Policies relating to tuition payments:

• Standard tuition rates apply to all students admitted to the school.
• Tuition for the year is due September 1st. To assist Pacific Academy families, the following options are available:
  

  Annual Payment - Payment may be made by cash, cheque or money order. Any cheques for Annual payment should be dated September 1st and submitted to the business office at least two weeks before the first day of classes.

  Monthly Payments - Payment of 10% of the annual tuition is due on the first of each of the 10 months that school is in session (September to June). These payments must be made by pre-authorized debit. In the event that the pre-authorized debit is rejected by the family's financial institution, a $50 late payment fee will be charged.

• Students will not be readmitted until all financial obligations are met.
• If an account is outstanding as of June 30, students' names will be removed from the class lists.
• Continued failure to meet the above-stated obligations to the school ON TIME may result in re-registration being refused.
• When a student is suspended, expelled or asked to withdraw, tuition for the balance of the year remains due.
• When a student voluntarily withdraws from the school for any reason, one full calendar month's notice must be given or 10% of the annual tuition fee paid.
• When a student leaves Pacific Academy for any reason, including graduation, all unpaid accounts remain due to the school.
• A student fee is required to cover the costs of damaged or lost school property or, in some cases, field trips or unexpected expenses that may be incurred during the school year. This amount must be topped-up at the beginning of each school year.
• Inability to comply with any of the above policies must be communicated to the Director of Finance and alternate arrangements may be available if extenuating circumstances exist.

Admission/application policies.

Once we have received your information, you’ll be contacted by mail and informed of the status of your application. Pacific Academy does not have an application deadline, but offers seats when they become available. Applications for admission in September are accepted 11 months in advance, i.e. the first working day in October of the previous year.

If and when there is the possibility of a seat being available, you will be contacted to schedule an interview. Interviews for kindergarten start in early February, and interviews for grades 1 - 12 begin in April after re-registration of current students is completed.

Once acceptance has been confirmed we require: (a) a non-refundable $150 registration fee per child, (b) a completed direct monthly payment authorization form or a post-dated cheque for the entire year's tuition, and (c) a post-dated cheque for the student damage deposit.

If a student is not accepted, a new application is not necessary every year, provided you contact the Registrar's Office in writing prior to October 1st to notify us of your wish that the student's name remain on the wait list. A copy of the student's year-end report card must accompany your notification. If we do not hear from you before October 1st, we’ll automatically discard the application.

Registration priority categories:

1. Students presently enrolled.

2. Students who, or whose parent(s), regularly attend a Pentecostal or similar charismatic Christian church, or students who, or whose parent(s), regularly attend an evangelical Christian church and have experienced the infilling of the Holy Spirit as evidenced by the sign of speaking in tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance (Acts 2:4).

3. Students who, or whose parent(s), regularly attend an evangelical Christian church.

Constitutionally, Pacific Academy must strive to fulfill the mandate that 75% of our student body be from category 2. Siblings of students presently enrolled are given priority within categories 2 and 3.