Tuition fees include:

• Transportation within the greater Toronto area. School buses bring students from Holland Marsh/Newmarket, Alliston, Georgetown, Brampton, Mississauga, Etobicoke, Richmond Hill, and Orangeville. Public transit passes/tickets for Vaughan transit are provided for students from North York and sometimes parts of Brampton. Transportation routes may vary from year to year depending upon the number of students in a certain area. Therefore, parents may be required to provide some transportation in order to access our route.
• Extracurricular sports, drama, and music programs.
• Entrance fees and transportation for class day trips that enhance the classroom learning.
• Textbook rentals.
• Student activity fees for student council and the annual yearbook.
• Instrument rental, band and/or choir festival fees.
• First year students also receive a gym uniform, lock, and agenda.
• Service trips (Grades 9 & 11)

Possible additional fees:
(1, 2, and 3 are receiptable as a donation):

1. Volunteer assessment cheque of $850 dated July 1 must be submitted with the tuition cheques. This cheque will be returned in the spring provided the family contributes the minimum of 25 volunteer hours per family over the course of the school year. Note: Grandparent volunteer hours can also be applied to a family’s requirement.
2. Instrument rental: Students desiring exclusive use of an instrument will be levied an appropriate rental fee.
3. Christian Education Capital Levy.  Families enrolling students who have not had any foundational schooling experience in an approved independent Christian school similar to TDChristian will be subject to a “Christian Education Capital Levy” of $750/family for the first two years at TDChristian.
4. Overnight trips: i.e. senior French class trip to Quebec City, senior Geography class canoe trip, sport team out-of-town tournaments, music tour, drama festival. Overnight trips may be partially funded by a department budget. Student fundraising may also help to reduce the cost of some of these trips. School policy permits an additional fee of up to $60/day.

Procedures and Policies regarding Payment of Tuition:

1. Deposit cheques due and non-refundable as follows: $500 on the later of March 1 or date of acceptance plus $500 on June 1.
2. Balance of tuition to be paid in lump sum, two payments or ten payments from August to May.
3. Signed fee payment agreement form and all post-dated cheques for the next school year are due June 15.
4. Families accepted after June 1 are expected to submit a $1000 deposit cheque with their application and submit the signed Fee Payment agreement together with the remaining cheques within two weeks from the date of acceptance.
5. Post-dated cheque for volunteer assessment to be submitted with tuition cheques unless family has been granted an exemption at the discretion of the Financial Administrator
6. Tuition assistance may be available in exceptional circumstances. Please speak to our Financial Administrator before completing enrolment intentions and/or Fee Payment agreement.
7. A plan regarding any tuition arrears must be in place prior to the start of each school year.
8. A family is considered enrolled for the next school year when all of the above procedures have been completed. The August mailing, which goes to all enrolled families, may not be mailed where any of the above procedures remain outstanding.

2011/2012 Tuition Rates

Calculation of after-tax cost:
Tuition paid to a Christian school is considered by Revenue Canada to be made up of both tuition and donation. The calculation is complicated and the results vary from year to year. An estimation of $3,500 per student is considered to be tuition for purposes of this calculation. The donation portion of tuition when claimed upon filing of personal income tax returns receives a tax refund of approximately 40%.

Long-Term Supporter: A family in which there has been a Toronto District Christian High School tuition-paying parent for four or more years. Long-term supporter status may be granted earlier for parents demonstrating previous support of Christian high school education.

Children in Christian Primary: A family enrolling children and paying tuition to an associated Christian primary independent school.

Your family's total tuition is based on the number of children as well as eligibility for the discounts noted. For instance, a family with 2 students enrolled at TDChristian High School and also enrolling a child in an associated Christian primary school will have tuition at TDChristian High School assessed at $11,980 and will also pay the Christian primary whatever is assessed there.

Refund Policy

Tuition Fees:  The first $2000 of tuition is non-refundable; the remainder is refundable on a monthly prorated basis with a minimum of one week of notice prior to the start of a new month.  If one student leaves but the family remains, no refunds are due.  There may be exceptions granted for exceptional circumstances.

Prepayment of Tuition: If, within calendar year “A”, tuition is prepaid for a subsequent calendar year “B” the tuition is refundable, subject to the policies above, only up until December 31st of calendar year “A”.

For further information, please contact Meg Cate, Financial Assistant at (905) 851-1772 ext. 214.