Financial and Credit Card Transaction Policies
MOUNT ST. MICHAEL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- General Policy
Mount St. Michael Academy is a privately owned school conducted by the Marist Brothers. It is not endowed, nor does it receive any financial assistance from any agency. All current and extraordinary financial obligations must be met from tuition payments of the students enrolled and donations to the Annual Fund. Prompt payment of tuition and fees is required. Tuition is kept at the minimum and a reduction of these charges is seldom possible.
Students are accepted on a full-year basis. In the event a student becomes seriously ill and cannot attend classes for a period of four consecutive weeks, a tuition reduction of one half of the monthly tuition may be allowed. This reduction is granted on a month-by-month basis and must be requested monthly in writing. In case of suspension or dismissal or in case of voluntary withdrawal, no part of the tuition or other fees, paid to the date of the withdrawal from school, will be refunded.
Students who are in arrears in tuition payments may be suspended from all classes until such payments are brought up to date; moreover, these students may be barred from final examinations, attendance at ceremonies and any school activities. In addition, distribution of diplomas, grades, records, transcripts, yearbooks, student rings and awards will be delayed until all financial obligations are met.
If a student withdraws from Mount St. Michael voluntarily or due to the three-failure policy before the opening of school in September, all advance tuition monies paid before the date of withdrawal will be refunded to the payer. Registration and Student Activities Fees will be refunded as per the schedule below. Requests for refunds must be made in writing; such requests should be addressed to the Finance Office. If a student withdraws from school on the opening day of school or thereafter, no refund of fees and tuition will be made.
Parents and guardians are considered as agreeing to all financial regulations of the school when students are enrolled.
The tuition may be paid in ten installments. The first tuition installment is due August 1st for the following school year. The nine remaining payments are due on the first of the month beginning in September and ending in May. A late fee will be added to delinquent payments. The Registration Fee of $150 is due June 15th for the following year and the Student Activities Fee of $400 is due July 1st for the following year.
The Registration Fee is non-refundable after August 21st and the Student Activities Fee is non-refundable after September 1st.
All checks or money orders should be made payable to Mount St. Michael Academy. Visa, American Express, MasterCard and Discover are accepted. Credit card and debit card payments can also be made on-line at www.mtstmichael.org. A fee is charged for each check returned for insufficient funds. If two checks are returned for any reason, only cash, money orders, banks checks, Visa or MasterCard will be accepted. When timely payments of financial obligations are not made, Mount Saint Michael Academy may request payment by cash, money order, and bank checks, American Express, Visa or MasterCard only.
- Credit Card Policies
We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover for Credit Card payments on our Web. To ensure highest level of security we use a secure server. Please make certain that your Web browser supports 128-bit encryption. Gateway is provided by Verisign. Credit Card processing software is provided by Educational Networks.
- Return Policy
- For erroneous transactions of donations we have a return policy of 7 (seven) business days. Please contact our Finance Office at extension 227 for refund information.
- For erroneous transactions on tuition and fee payments we have a return policy of 14 (fourteen) business days. Please contact our Admissions Office at extension 227 refund information.
- For items purchased from the school store, you need to return the items purchased from the school. Used items are not accepted. If you are shipping the items back to the school store, you are responsible for the shipping charges. If the items are in their original packaging, there is no restocking fee. If the items are not in their original packaging, a 10% restocking fee may be charged. Please contact Mount St. Michael Bookstore at extension 242 or extension 249 for refund information.
When you call us at 718-515-6400 for your credit card transactions, please make certain to have with you any of these:
- Your Credit Card
- Your transaction receipt generated by our Web site.
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