Admissions

Registering for the School Year

Registration for new families must begin with the school principals and be completed at the Business Office. All new students and parents must meet with the school principal.

If you have attended the LMC Early Education Orientation at the Elementary School or an Open House at the Middle/High School, a meeting with the principal is not necessary. Registration can take place by mail or at the Business Office with all the necessary completed forms listed below.

If you have not attended either of the two gatherings above, please make an appointment with the principal and bring the following completed forms with you:

Application Form, most current standardized testing scores and report card for each student. The principal’s signature will authorize admission.
Enrollment Contract - Indicate desired option, complete address, sign and date.
Parish Certification of Contribution - Catholic contributing parishioners should have this form signed by their pastor.
SCRIP Profit Sharing Enrollment Form - SCRIP program enrollment form. What is SCRIP?
A check payable to LMC in the amount of $275.00 (non-refundable).

Tuition Information

Tuition costs are not available online. For information, please call the Lake Michigan Catholic Business office at 269-983-5529.

Financial Aid
Financial Aid is made available through the efforts of the Twin City Area Catholic School fund, KDSA, the Bishop's Scholarship Fund, and private donations. It is the intent of the Diocese of Kalamazoo and LMC school system to assist in any way possible all who desire a Catholic education. Click the links below to download or print the financial aid forms.

Lake Michigan Catholic Financial Aid Form - Part I
Lake Michigan Catholic Financial Aid Form - CSTAS - Part II

Multi-student Discount
For the 2007/2008 academic year, Lake Michigan Catholic Schools will maintain the multi-student discount program:

1^st & 2^nd student – 100% tuition
3^rd student in the family, tuition will be 60% of the stated fee
4^th + students in the family will be no tuition fees, but a $100 book & supply fee (JK-6) will apply

For purposes of fee determination, students are classified from highest to lowest grade level.

Bishop’s Scholarship Fund
In 2003, the Office of Schools of the Diocese of Kalamazoo created the Bishop’s Scholarship Fund established to:

Financially assist families so that their children are able to afford a Catholic School education for grades K-8
Increase enrollment at our Catholic Schools
Assist our schools in sustaining and increasing their enrollment through on-going scholarship funds

Lake Michigan Catholic Schools will be notified annually of the allocation granted to our school. Families inquiring about the Bishop’s Scholarship Program are asked to submit financial disclosures to their local Catholic school office. All applications for funding must be returned to the school administrator by August 15^th. Levels of assistance and the best allocation of these funds are to be determined by the school administrator. The amount of assistance will be determined by economic need and will consider the availability of other funds which the family might receive.

If you are interested in applying for consideration for the Bishop’s Scholarship Program, please contact the Business Office @ 983-5529. The Bishop’s Scholarship Financial Disclosure Grant Application will be forwarded to you for completion. The application process and information is confidential. These applications should be returned to the Business Office NO LATER than August 15, 2007.

Note: Grant monies are provided to Catholic High School students through the Diocesan K.D.S.A. funds. These funds are administered by the school and processed through the school’s financial aid form included in your registration packet.

Tuition Reduction Incentive Program (T.R.I.P.) 2008-09 Update
Lake Michigan Catholic Schools will provide a financial incentive in the form of a one time tuition credit of $2,000 to current families for each new family you bring into the Lake Michigan Catholic Schools during the 2008-2009 school year.

You have an opportunity to spread our mission:

Nourishing the human spirit ~ mind, body and soul ~ through Jesus Christ

In doing so, you have an excellent opportunity to reduce your tuition for the 2008-2009 school year. Nearly forty new students have entered the school since the inception of the program two years ago!

The Details:

For each new family recruited into the Laker family in 2008-2009, current LMC families will receive a $2,000 credit on their tuition for the 2008-2009 school year.
Credits are applied on a per family basis, not on a per student basis.
The credit may be applied to tuition only. Fees and books (where applicable) must be paid.
Newly recruited families will be required to sign an affidavit identifying the sponsoring family to receive the tuition credit.
Tuition credits cannot be transferred from one family to another without approval of the Executive Director.
Tuition credits may not be carried over from one school year to the next.
There will be no residual credit applied above and beyond the amount due for the 2008-2009 school year.
The actual cash value of the tuition credit is zero dollars. Any benefits from the program are in the form of tuition credits for the Lake Michigan Catholic Schools.
Families who have departed LMC and later decide to return are not eligible to be sponsored for the incentive. An exception would be made for those families who relocate and qualify for a refund per our tuition policy and move back to our area at a later date.
Full tuition credits will be awarded until the final count date in September for enrollment established by the Diocese of Kalamazoo. Credits will be pro-rated on the basis of remaining school days after this date.
In the event of a split family (children in the Lake Michigan Catholic Schools and other districts) the admission of another child from the split family to the Lake Michigan Catholic Schools is not an eligible event for the incentive.

Tuition Refund Policy

To facilitate sound budget practices, there will be absolutely no refunds of tuition, withdrawal or dismissal, granted to any family enrolled in the school. Except for students moving out of the service area of LMC, the obligation to pay fees and tuition remains unconditional. Prorated tuition will be refunded to those families moving out of the service area (within 50 miles of 915 Pleasant Street, St. Joseph, MI) upon receipt of new school's request for transfer of student's records form. In adherence of this policy, all families will be required to sign a legal enrollment contract each academic year and will receive a copy of the contract and a copy of this policy.

CCEC Policy # 3240.4