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Merit-Based Scholarships
Laurel’s Dream... Dare... Do! Merit Scholarship Program offers up to $60,000 in merit awards each year to students who have distinguished themselves as outstanding scholars and displayed additional talents in their extracurricular areas such as leadership, dance, music, acting, art or volunteerism. Scholarships are renewable for up to three years and as long as the student annually functions at a high level of achievement academically and in her extracurricular endeavors.
In order to be considered for the Merit Scholar Scholarship, candidates must meet all requirements for admission to ninth grade at Laurel in addition to completing our merit application, recommendation form and essay.
download a Dream... Dare... Do! Merit Scholarship Program overview brochure
download a Dream... Dare... Do! Merit Scholarship Program Application
download a Dream... Dare... Do! Merit Scholarship Recommendation
- Merit application must be submitted by January 7, 2008.
- Merit Decisions will be mailed on January 18, 2008.
If you have additional questions, please contact the Admission Office
phone 216-464-0946
e-mail mlgeppert -at- laurelschool.org
Need-Based Financial Assistance
Laurel is committed to enrolling academically qualified students, regardless of their families' ability to afford full tuition. Our program supports our commitment to enrolling an economically diverse student body by assisting families in financing a Laurel education. For this academic school year, Laurel offered nearly $1.8 million in financial assistance, distributed to approximately one-third of the student body. Financial Assistance awards range from $1,000 to full tuition.
The admission process and need-based assistance award decisions are separate procedures. Once an applicant has been accepted for admission, candidates who have applied for financial assistance are considered by the Financial Assistance Committee based on demonstrated need, as revealed by the School and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS) in Pittsburgh, PA. The committee cannot guarantee that all candidates who qualify for financial assistance will receive assistance.
Feel free to visit the SSS forms portion of the NAIS web site where you can download and print valuable resources such as the Business/Farm statement, Additional School Request form, Spanish-version PFS worksheet, and the newly redesigned Family Guide to Financial Aid.
www.nais.org/financialaid/sss - information and announcements about SSS https://sss.ets.org/ - direct access to the Parents' Financial Statement (PFS) online
Application Calendar Deadlines for Need-Based Financial Assistance
| EARLY DECISION |
| December 21, 2007 |
- Complete Parent's Financial Statement (PFS) and submit online or mail to School and Student Service (SSS) for processing. Also send a copy directly to Mary Lisa Geppert, Director of Financial Assistance.
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January 15, 2008 |
- Send signed copy of 2006 IRS 1040, W2s and 1099s for parents and/or stepparents to Laurel School. (We realize that preparing income tax returns in advance of the IRS deadline represents an inconvenience, yet they are essential to the financial assistance process. No award will be considered final until all required documents are submitted.)
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January 18, 2008 |
- Financial assistance decisions are mailed to families.
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April 15, 2008 |
- Students on the financial assistance waitlist will be notified if funds become available.
- Late applicants for financial assistance will be considered if funds become available.
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| MARCH DECISION |
| January 15, 2008 |
- Complete Parent's Financial Statement (PFS) and submit online or mail to School and Student Service (SSS) for processing.
- Send signed copy of 2006 IRS 1040, W2s and 1099s for parents and/or stepparents to Laurel School. (We realize that preparing income tax returns in advance of the IRS deadline represents an inconvenience, yet they are essential to the financial assistance process. No award will be considered final until all required documents are submitted.)
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| March 4, 2008 |
- Financial assistance decisions are mailed to families.
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| April 15, 2008 |
- Students on the financial assistance waitlist will be notified if funds become available.
- Late applicants for financial assistance will be considered if funds become available.
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