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The Conway Christian application process is designed to provide a thorough but personal experience. The process helps us get to know each applicant personally and gives each applicant a clear understanding of the educational opportunities and expectations of Conway Christian.

Eagles,

This year’s re-enrollment, tuition scale and plans for our financial future is way more involved than previous years, to say the least.  I apologize for the length of this email, but it’s necessary to make sure we are all on the same page. To preface, our Board of Trustees has spent hours and hours researching, discussing and debating our approach to the future as it relates to participating in the new LEARNS legislation that allows families to access funds via the Educational Freedom Account (EFA). Our primary objective has been to anticipate how it will impact our mission and core values, reduce the tuition burden for families, school capacity, future tuition rates and employee compensation.

Our decision to not participate this year bought us valuable time to learn more about the program. We used our time to visit with the political/legislative decision makers along with other schools who have been participating for this first semester. We have been blessed by this opportunity to learn and believe we have a very solid plan as we move forward. The following bullet points lay out our plan.

The Board of Trustees has made the decision to opt into the EFA beginning next year, the 2024-25 school year. This will allow funds to be available for all first time Kindergarten and First Grade students, along with children of active first responders and military servicemen and women. In addition students with learning needs (official diagnosis from medical professionals required) and those who have been in foster care, either currently or previously also qualify. Detailed information can be found online at the Department of Education site. Funds, currently valued at $6,600 per student, are based on your personal application and awarded on an annual basis.

With this decision the Board of Trustees wants all of our constituents to understand that we will only participate in this program as it allows us to continue to operate autonomously with our mission and core values in place. We will always be a private school whose dedication to Christian education will not waiver. If this program ever changes, and infringes on our rights as a private Christian employer/educational institution, then we will immediately pull out of the program (schools can opt in and out on an annual basis). With that being said we encourage anyone who qualifies for next year, and in the future, to set aside at least one year’s tuition (if financially possible) in case the school would no longer participate in the program.

Beginning in the 2025-26 school year the EFA program will be available to all students Kindergarten through 12th grade (preschool is not included in the EFA). As we enter the 2025-26 school year CCS will annually address tuition rates with our primary focus on increasing faculty/staff compensation to be as competitive as possible with the current market place. So the bottom line is that beginning with the 2025-26 school year our school will be more affordable for all parents, who participate in the EFA program, while we focus on right pricing our tuition for faculty/staff compensation.

As we’ve always stated, quality is much more important to us than quantity. We anticipate this decision will increase inquiries and applications over the coming years so in response to our decision we have slightly adjusted our admissions process to make sure we always partner with the best “mission fit” families. We have also begun to evaluate the capacity of our school, as we already have waiting pools in several grades and anticipate those to increase in the coming years. As we begin our new Strategic Plan process this spring we will seek feedback from our constituency on what the balance between continued school growth looks like based on best practices in education (i.e. class size, teacher compensation, extra-curricular activities, etc.)

The 2024-25 tuition scale is now available online. As always the tuition increase, on average $35-45 per student per month for next year, is directly related to our annual operating budget that pays for teacher salaries/benefits and the costs to operate our school. Like last year we had to take into account the impact of inflation on our annual operations. The deadline for re-enrollment is Friday, February 16th. All you need to do to secure your spot for next year is to pay the re-enrollment fee by that date. If you have any questions regarding the financial aid process please feel free to reach out to our business office.

The school will implement three things, beginning now, to assist you in this new endeavor. First, Mr. Arthur Bennett will be our point person in regards to the EFA. You may contact him, and he may be contacting you, to assist with the EFA application and distribution to the school. Second, there is a “kickoff” town hall meeting scheduled for this coming Monday, January 22nd at 6:00 (in the auditorium) for all families who have questions about the EFA program and how it will impact our school in the coming years. Please make plans to join us regardless of whether you qualify in year one or not. Third, in the next few weeks we will reveal a dedicated webpage for all things EFA.

Thank you for partnering with us in our biblically-directed, college preparatory education.

We are as excited as we’ve ever been about the future of Conway Christian.

If you have any questions please contact a member of our business office or admissions team.

Grateful for your Partnership,

Conway Christian Board of Trustees

 

 

  • Annual Payments: This plan includes a discount, as reflected in the chart above.  Payment is due by August 5th.

  • Semi-Annual Payments: This plan consists of 2 equal payments each year and includes a discount, as reflected in the chart above.  Payments are due by August 5th and January 5th.

  • 10 Monthly Payments: This plan consists of 10 equal automated payments, August through May.  Payments may be made on the 1st or 15th of each month.

  • 12 Monthly Payments: This plan consists of 12 equal automated payments, June through May.  Payments may be made on the 1st or 15th of each month.

New Student Application Fee       $100    
Annual Student Enrollment Fee   $250
New Student Application Fee is paid in full via Online Application.
New Student Enrollment Fee is paid in full via Online Enrollment.   
Returning Student Enrollment Fee is paid via FACTS Family Tuition Account.
All Fees are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE

Conway Christian School requires all families to establish a FACTS Tuition Management account during the enrollment process, regardless of the payment plan selected.  After completion of the enrollment process, families can access their FACTS account via their Parentsweb login.  All family billing will be completed through the FACTS system: https://con-ar.client.renweb.com/pw/

 

If you are applying to Conway Christian School in Conway, South Carolina, please apply at www.conwaychristian.com.