Is a Christian Education Too Expensive?

Hi I'm Dr. Cy Smith, Superintendent at Mansfield Christian school and perhaps you're considering a Christian school for your child but thinking to yourself, you know it's just too expensive I'm not sure we can afford it. If you're at all considering a Christian school especially Mansfield Christian, I would challenge that thinking ask you to consider a few important points concerning the cost of Christian education. What exactly is the tuition at Mansfield Christian School? Well the range is certainly between 5,000 and 6,000 depending on lower elementary versus the high school so those are some basic numbers to consider that you might be looking at. But private schools even at this level just like colleges and other advanced private institutions offer financial aid or what we call tuition assistance. The program that we use is called FACTS, FACTS, Facts grant and aid or Facts tuition management company. And we have all the information about FACTS online and what families do is they go to our website again MCSFLAMES.ORG and they find out the information on FACTS and they fill out the form and they apply for tuition assistance. And at Mansfield Christian all the tuition assistance is need based the more you need the more you get. And we award scholarships from our central office based on what you need in order to make it work for your particular family. We also solicit donors for these kinds of services. Many families like to give to the school for scholarships to help families in need. So those are two immediate and important ways that you can certainly receive tuition assistance or financial aid. Also there's a number of discounts There's discounts for timely payment of your registration fees. There's also discounts for paid in full. So there's other ways that you can just again save money right on top. Then there's also the Scrip program that we run. It's a completely separate program based on gift cards or buying gift certificates through the school and families receive a percentage back off their tuition, goes right towards their tuition. So a number of families will come in in advance of their child even going here and start to receive or start to bank credit for their children's tuition and some families that are really diligent can earn as much as fifty percent of their tuition by using Scrip faithfully and diligently and banking that for tuition credit. So that's a great program I would encourage you to certainly look into. You know regardless that the incentives and the discounts this again is really about investing in your child long-term. How important are those values in your home and is it important enough to start making those sacrifices perhaps to send your child to a Christian school? Is the home and the church enough or will you need again some help to make sure your child shares your values? You and I both know as parents that time just goes too quickly and all too soon your children even if they're young are going to be grown, gone, and out of your house and they're are going to be making some important life decisions. On what basis will they be making those decisions? Do they have all the training and the teaching that they need to make those decisions from God's perspective in the way that you hope they make them? And perhaps a Christian school can help you make sure and can help you do that. So again if you're thinking it's too expensive I would challenge you to at least look into Mansfield Christian School. Confirm this by completing the registration the application forms and we'd love to talk with you about this and try to make sure that this is possible for you and your family. Thank you.