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Dear Parents:
 
Catholic Schools Week will soon be here, and it is the perfect time to reflect on the reasons you are sending your child to St. Benedict Catholic School.  The gift of a formal Catholic education requires sacrifice, and both the St. Benedict Finance Board and your Pastors wholeheartedly commend you for accepting the challenge of ensuring that your child will grow in the knowledge of the Catholic faith within our school.  The gift of a formal Catholic education requires sacrifice, and both the St. Benedict Finance Board and your Pastors wholeheartedly commend you for accepting the challenge of ensuring that your child will grow in the knowledge of the Catholic faith within our school.
 
The Catholicity of our school is of prime importance to us and is based on disseminating the teachings of Jesus Christ to all of our students so that we can support your work at home in continuing to hand on the Catholic faith.   We do this in the following ways:

• We hire good role models who not only believe in the values handed on to us by Jesus, but also practice these values in their personal lives.  This helps to ensure that your child will experience a religious atmosphere both in the school building and in his or her classroom.
• Each day begins and ends with prayer, and includes daily religion instruction as well as special prayer services that commemorate both religious and civic events.
• Students attend Mass weekly and have the opportunity to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation during the seasons of Advent and Lent. 
• We encourage our students to practice the spiritual and corporal works of mercy on a regular basis, and help them to do this by including these ‘works of mercy’ in our activities throughout the year. 

The cost of operating St. Benedict Catholic School is more than $2,500,000 per year. We have tried to balance this cost in light of the financial ability of our school parents who wish to send their children.  With this in mind, the Finance Board and your Pastors are endeavoring to make St. Benedict Catholic School affordable to our school families. Please find the tuition schedule for the 2024-2025 academic year and tuition assistance information in the tables below.
                    
The St. Benedict School Tuition is $6,166.00 for each child.

* St. Benedict Catholic School parents are encouraged to contact the school office to apply for tuition scholarships available through Ohio Educational Choice (EdChoice) Scholarship Program and The Cleveland Scholarship Program. The programs provide students who are entering kindergarten through 12th grade scholarship opportunities based on their household income level or designated school district status.

* St. Benedict Catholic School families who desire financial assistance should apply by using FACTS. The Diocese of Cleveland provides tuition assistance through this program. Applications are available in the St. Benedict School Office and on our website at www.stbenedictohio.org.

Participating Parishioner Tuition
Fr. John and Fr. Lou are making an effort to make St. Benedict Catholic School more affordable to the participating parishioners of St. Martin of Tours Church, St. Monica Church, St. Therese Church, SS Peter and Paul, and other area Catholic churches. It is our hope that families that require financial assistance, will make use of the financial aid that is available from both the Diocese of Cleveland and from our parishes. Last year there was some confusion about what defines a “participating parishioner” rate; we need clarity and ask that any family requesting this assistance contact their parish and ask for a letter that will verify that they are “participating parishioners”. This letter will need to be submitted with the registration paperwork.
                    
*We have used the term Participating Parishioners throughout this document. A Participating Parishioner is defined as a family that attends Weekend Mass on a regular basis (submits a Sunday envelope that indicates Mass attendance regardless if a contribution is made) and a family that is an active participant in the life of the Parish. The individual parish office will verify the Participating Parishioner status.

We hope this information will be a valuable tool as you plan your child’s education.   On behalf of our parishes, we look forward to seeing you during Catholic Schools’ Week.  Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

Yours in Christ,
Father Luigi Miola                                   Father John J Mullee                     
Treasurer                                                   President

2024-2025 Formal Registration Letter