Catholic schools are the private parochial schools which include both secular education and faith based instruction.
As with most private schools, there are tuition and fees associated with the attendance. Most of the schools offer discounts for the parents or parish members with multiple children studying at the school.
Several types of Catholic school grants are generally available to the students studying to help them in improving their technology, to purchase materials or to develop an innovative learning environment.
The grants for the students are generally available from foundations, federal government, private organizations and the dioceses to cover education covering social justice, environment, technology, mathematics, science and in the other curriculum areas.
There are parents who generally believe in the fact that the child’s academic education must be blended with the religious studies. Such parents will prefer the catholic schools instead of the public schools.
Some families find it hard to make the payment for the private catholic schools education. Compared with the public schools, Catholic schools do not have as much to offer student in the way of grants to fund their education.
Some of the Catholic schools grants are discussed below.
State Funded Voucher Program:
Several state funded programs were challenged in the earlier days, but still we have the state funded opportunity available to assist us with the payment of the catholic school tuition.
Tuition assistance for the students who live in Orleans Parish is offered by Louisiana Students Scholarship for Educational Excellence Programs. It meets the low income requirements of the students. The students are offered assistance by Ohio EdChoice Scholarship Programs to attend the private school course.
Voucher Programs and Regional Scholarships:
We can get tuition assistance based on regional basis. Students are offered scholarships by Leigh Valley Children Educational Opportunity Funds to attend the private school classes. Northwest Ohio Scholarship Funds provide tuition helps to the families who meet the low income requirements. Funds issued by the businessmen and local leaders are offered by Parents Advancing Choice in Educations to help with the private school tuition.
Children’s Scholarship Funds:
Assistance for the student’s tuition fee in K-8 is offered by Children’s Scholarship Fund.
Generally, the scholarships are offered to the students who are transferred from the public school to private school or to the students entering the kindergarten in private school. Depending on our family size and income, we will receive the tuition assistance.
Awards are offered in the first come, first serve manner and it averages around $1,500.
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholar Program:
It is generally built on the foundation, that by offering exceptional students with the financial guidance and resource, they will be in a position to excel to full potential.
The application for this program is generally made when the students are in seventh grade, with the program entrance available in the eighth grade and then it being continued throughout high school.
Private schools are awarded with funds, when the public school fails to meet the potential necessities of the students.
Build Teacher Knowledge Grant:
The teachers of Catholic schools can extend their knowledge and education base by making use of the money granted.
Some of the grants offered by the Catholic schools are teacher focus, which generally means the organization needs its teachers to make use of the money granted to continue education.
Grant money which supports the continuing education principles for the teachers, which will have a general impact on how the students learn.
Related article: Christian School Grants
