Registration Fee

2021 Academic Year: (August 20, 2021 – June 3, 2022)

• New student: $110 due in advance to reserve a classroom slot
• Re-enroll fee: $100 due in advance to reserve a re-enrollment slot

2021 Summer Program: (June 7-August 20, 2021)

• New student: $35 due upon first time registration
• Re-enroll fee: $25 due upon re-registration

Registration fees are non refundable and non transferable.

Preschool Tuition Rates (Effective August 23, 2021 - August 19, 2022)

Two-year-old Classes: (PreK-2)

First Child: $182.00 per week       Second Child: $157.00       Third Child: $102.00

Three and Four-year-old Classes: (PreK-3 and PreK-4)

First Child: $167.00 per week        Second Child: $147.00         Third Child: $92.00

Note: Children remain in the same class for the entire school year and are not promoted,
regardless of when their birthdays fall, to the next age level class until the last
week of August of the proceeding fall. Note: Rates do not decrease mid year
when a two-year-old child turns three.

Financial Policies

• Children will not be allowed to attend class if their accounts are more than six days delinquent.
• Late Payment Fee: Preschool tuition is due in advance each Monday. After 9:00 a.m.
  on Tuesdays a $5 per day late fee will be charged.
• Weekly tuition provides childcare from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., a hot lunch, and two snacks.
• Preschool breakfast snacks are served from 8:20 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. each day.
• The oldest child in each family is considered the first child.
• FWCS allows a 2% tuition discount per student when a family’s academic year tuition
  fees are paid in full by July 10.
• NSF Check Fee: A $20 charge is made for each insufficient funds check. After two returned
  checks the school reserves the right to require all future payments to be made in cash.
• Late Pick-up Fee: Pick-up time is no later than 6:00 p.m. After 6:01 p.m., an
  additional charge of $10.00 per 15 minutes or fraction thereof will be assessed.
• Tuition rates do not decrease mid year when a two-year-old child turns three.
• A 2% service charge is added to all credit charge payments we receive. This fee does
  not apply to debit/check card payments.
• Note: A service fee is added to all on-line payments made on our website.

Registration Fee:

$110.00 per student before April 2.
$150.00 per student after April 1.

• • Registration fees are non refundable and non transferable.

Book Rental/Materials Fee: K–8th………………..$425 per student (due June 1)

• Book rental/material fees are due June 1 and are nonrefundable and non transferable.

Annual K-8 Tuitions: (First installment due on July 1)

• K-5th Grades:
  • 1st Child - $4,725…10 installments of $472.50
  • 10% Discount Each for Multiple Children
• 6th-8th Grades:
  • $4,925…10 installments of $492.50
  • 10% Discount Each for Multiple Children

FWCS Tuition Assistance Scholarship: FWCS will be offering up to fifteen need-based
scholarships for the new school year to assist families in need. These scholarships will range from
$250-625 per family and will be awarded in April by the FWCS School Committee. Applications will
be available online and from the office from February to the first of April.

• Ten tuition installment payments are due on July 1 and September 1 through May 1.

Hot Lunches: Annual plan is $600 (Ten $60 installments) for 173 lunches or $5 per lunch ordered
as needed.

K-8 Child Care Rates: 10% Discount Each on Multiple Children -(Snack provided at 3:15 p.m.)

After School Drop-in Child Care: 10% Discount Each on Multiple Children

Drop-in care is available on all regular school days from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. or on half-days
from 11:30 to 6:00 p.m. The daily p.m. drop-in rate is $10.00. A $3.00 per day billing fee is
added if the office has to bill you.

Early Morning A.M. Childcare: 10% Discount Each on Multiple Children

FWCS provides early morning K-8 childcare from 7:00 to 7:30 a.m. This can be paid by the
year for $400 or 10 monthly installments of $40. A.M. drop-in care is available at the rate of
$3.00 per day. A $3.00 per day billing charge is added if the office has to bill you.

Holiday/Non-Attendance Day Childcare: 10% Discount Each on Multiple Children

K-8 Childcare on holidays and non-attendance days is provided on a drop-in day-to-day basis.
The daily first child rate is $34 per day. This fee covers hot lunches, off campus activities, etc.
A $3.00 per day billing fee is added if the office has to bill you.

First Wesleyan Christian School gladly accepts the. North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship.   Please call the school office to discuss what the scholarship does and does not cover, and how the N.C.O.P.S. helps make non-public, Christian education affordable.

To hold costs and clerical work to a minimum FWCS will only sell single daily lunch tickets in emergencies.
Thus, both (1) lunch and (2) milk/juice only tickets will be sold either in an annual plan or in blocks of
tickets/credits. Classroom teachers will keep a running tally of these credits. Students who purchase blocks
of tickets may then pick and choose the days they wish to eat a school lunch or drink milk or juice.

Specific Policies Regarding K-8 Hot Lunches

1. Annual (170 day) Lunch Plan:
   • 170 days of lunch and one drink—$600.
   • Will be paid in ten $60 installments along with tuition installments.
   • No adjustments will be made for absences except in cases of extended illnesses. Note: There
     are 173 lunches served during the academic year so we have allowed for three absences.
   • If a student chooses not to eat the main plate—he may have two drinks and bring a sack lunch.
2. Annual Milk/Juice (170 day) Plan:
   • Students will be given one milk or juice daily under this plan. Those wishing two drinks per
     day should buy two 170 day milk/juice plans for $220.
3. Blocks of Lunch or Drink Tickets:
   • Lunch tickets will only be sold in blocks of 10, 30, 50, or 170 tickets/credits.
   • Drink tickets are only sold in blocks of 30, 50, or 170 tickets/credits.
   • There will be either a refund or credit carried over at year’s end for unused tickets/credits.
4. Emergency Lunches:
   • The school will not be selling daily lunch tickets except in emergencies when students either
     forget to bring their lunches from home or run out of prepaid credits.
   • Single day emergency lunch tickets will cost $5.00 if paid the same day. If the office has to
     bill the parent, the cost will be $6.00 per day/meal.
   • No emergency drinks will be billed or given out on credit. Students not purchasing entire
     lunches will be given cups to use in obtaining water from the water fountain.
5. Lunches on Non-Attendance Days:
   • All K-8 children attending child care on K-8 non-attendance days, holidays, and K-8 summer
     care will receive free lunches as part of their daily or weekly day care rates.