Each year Sage Ridge School’s Board of
Trustees designates a certain percentage of the School’s
overall revenue budget to be used for financial aid
purposes. The goal is to ensure that a Sage Ridge education
is available to all qualified students regardless of their
parents’ financial resources.
Below please find the timeline for applying for financial
assistance for the 2009-2010 school year. The application
must be completed each year that financial assistance is
requested. Note that School & Student Services (SSS) has
made available the option of completing the Parent Financial
Statement (PFS) on line. The time frame for completing the
financial aid application is as follows:
February 13, 2009
New and Returning Families:
Parents’ Financial Statement (PFS)
must be completed and sent directly to School &
Student Services (SSS) along with the required fee.
At the same time, a copy of the PFS must be
sent by the parents to Sage Ridge School. The PFS
form can be obtained from the Sage Ridge School
Admission Office or accessed on line @
www.nais.org/files/SSSonline .
March 6, 2009
New andReturning Families: Acopy of all 1040 Federal Tax Returns and all
supporting schedules for 2008, along with
the PFS are due at Sage Ridge School for
all families applying for financial aid.
March 18, 2009
All returning contracts and financial
aid decisions mailed to all returning SRS families.
March 27, 2009
All Returning SRS Families’
enrollment contracts along with the
deposit are due back at Sage Ridge School.
April 1, 2009
New Families: Admission decisions and
financial assistancedecisions are mailed to newfamilies.
April 10, 2009
All new family contracts along
with the deposit are due back at Sage Ridge School.
April 15, 2009
New student Wait Pool Decisions Made
and Communicated to Parents.
Wait pools are unranked.
April 20, 2009
From this date forward, financial
assistance will be available on a funds available
basis related to the respective acceptance date.
Financial assistance is granted at
the same time to families who meet the established
deadlines; families who miss the deadlines for the
financial assistance application, or who do not
return the reenrollment contract with deposit by the
specified deadline, risk losing their award.
The Financial Aid Committee attempts to
distribute awards in the most equitable manner possible.
It is therefore imperative, that all deadlines for
financial aid information including a copy of the 2008
Federal Tax Return are met according to the stated time
line. Failure to do so may result in loss of opportunity to
obtain financial assistance. Each applicant is
evaluated on the basis of:
Funds available
Student’s academic performance and
behavior
Information provided on the PFS
Recommendation from School & Student
Services
Questions regarding financial assistance
should be directed to Carol Murphy, Director of
Admissions. Phone: 775-852-6222, ext. 503.
All Financial Aid Information is Strictly
Confidential
Admission decisions and financial aid awards
are separate transactions
Important Notes:
Sage Ridge School uses
Student and School Services (SSS) for Financial Aid to help determine need.
Parents must complete a
financial aid application annually.
In addition to the financial
aid application, copies of the
year’s IRS 1040 form must accompany the application.
Once FA is awarded, it is
the School’s intent to provide
assistance through graduation provided the student remains in good standing and the family
continues to meet financial need criteria.
