学费

学费包括什么?
所有常规的学生节目都包含在学费中. Our tuition is intended to be all-inclusive; our goal is for families not to encounter unexpected costs over the course of the academic year. 学费包括体育费用, 所有需要的班级旅行，包括那些可能涉及飞机旅行, 教科书, 表演艺术, 还有很多其他活动. 
 
学费不包括午餐(学校提供免费午餐) 购买午餐计划 一些家庭使用), 个人学习用品, 以及选择AP课程的学生的AP考试费用. Some elective activities such as school dances or overnight trips for Model UN may involve an additional cost for those students who choose to participate.
 
All 5th-9th grade students are provided a school-owned Chromebook for use for their schoolwork. 从10年级开始, 学生可以继续使用学校提供的Chromebook, or may choose to BYOD (bring your own device) to enhance their access to more sophisticated school-provided student software subscriptions such as Adobe Creative Suite or Microsoft Excel that are used in many 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 visual art and science courses.
 
另外, there is a fee associated with our culminating experiential learning program that happens at the end of every school year, 强调周. The cost of this required end-of-year program is not included in tuition; the fees for this week vary depending on the nature of the activity/trip students choose. 选择一周的费用通常在30美元到700美元之间.

星座学习选修课程
通过我们星座学习的会员, 一个独立的在线学校联盟, 十大网赌靠谱网址平台高年级学生可以选修TFS不提供的课程. 一些迷你课程是免费的, 而是学期或一年的课程，比如普通话, 美国手语, or AP Psychology involve an additional fee paid by families who opt to enroll their student in a Constellation Learning elective course. 

十大网赌靠谱网址平台寻求在我们独特的教育环境中茁壮成长的学生, 谁将把我们的学校项目探索到最充分, 他们毕业后将改变世界. 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 strives to maintain a student body that represents a wide range of backgrounds, 文化, 各行各业, 以及财政状况.
 
对大多数家庭来说，我们很感激, 独立学校教育代表着一笔巨大的财政承诺, 一个需要优先考虑教育比其他费用. 协助家庭达成教育目标, Tandem Friends makes adjustments to tuition if families complete the financial aid application and their unique financial circumstances fall within the qualifying range. These tuition adjustments make it possible for many families to enroll one or several children at our school.
 
Tandem Friends的财政援助是由我们的运营预算提供的. 每年, 财政援助的可用性取决于几个因素，包括:我们的年度预算, 我们预计的入学人数, 申请助学金学费调整的家庭数量, 以及每个家庭独特的经济状况. 财政援助委员会使用FAST, 我们的财政援助评估计划, to take these elements into account and endeavors to equitably and objectively maximize each family's tuition adjustment while staying within our budget. 而学校能提供的经济援助是有限的, we do our best to meet the needs of families who apply to the school and whose financial circumstances qualify them for a financial aid tuition adjustment as assessed by FAST.
 
经济援助学费调整每年进行评估，并以需求为基础. Families seeking tuition reduction are asked to renew their financial information in their financial aid application each winter.
 
在TFS获得经济援助意味着一个家庭一年的学费减少. 学费减免不影响其他学校相关费用. It does not mean a family receives an allocation of funds and it is not a loan that would need to be paid back. Families should also budget for additional school-related expenses such as the cost of 个人学习用品, 午餐费用(学生可以自带或自己买午餐), 辅导费用(如适用), AP考试费用(如适用).