SCHOOL FEE ACCOUNTS

School fee accounts should be finalised by 10 December 2021. In preparation for 2022 please be advised of the following:

PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES BY INSTALMENT

EXISTING FAMILIES IN OUR SCHOOL WITH INSTALMENTS

• If you are currently paying instalments there is no need to complete another Request to Pay by Instalment as your request carries over from year to year, unless you wish to amend the frequency of your payments e.g. weekly to fortnightly, etc.
• Your first school fee statement in 2022 will have the dates that your payments are due and the amount. Please ensure you have updated your payment amount if it is different to the previous year, otherwise you will become behind in your payments. It is encouraged to set up an automatic payment to ensure the school fee payments happen on time.

EXISTING FAMILIES IN OUR SCHOOL WITHOUT INSTALMENTS

• If you would like to pay school fees by instalments in 2022 and have previously not taken up this option for payment, please complete a Request to Pay by Instalment form as soon as possible. The form is attached below and is also available on the St Brigid's website.
• On completion of the request either return it to the school office or you can email it directly to instalments@dow.catholic.edu.au.
• Following receipt of the request, instalments will be generated on your school fee account during the process of invoicing 2022 school fees. Your school fee statement will provide a list of scheduled payments indicating the amount and their due date depending on the frequency you have chosen.
• It is important to note that if you currently have a child or children at another school in the Diocese (e.g. high school) and you are paying by instalments at this location, you will not need to complete another request form. The instalment request carries over from school to school with the same payment frequency.

PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES NO INSTALMENT

If you do not have an instalment plan set up, upon receipt of the first statement in February 2022, you will have 30 days to pay the balance in full.

If you would like to speak confidentially to the Principal regarding your school fee account, please contact the school office so an appointment can be arranged.

If you have any other questions regarding school fees, please contact the school office.

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

Arriving Late to School

If your child is late to school they must enter through the front door of the office. This door is locked and we ask that parents phone the school office before the child exits the car so that we can record  explanation in Compass for the late arrival and then safely walk them into school.

Parents are not required to come into the office with students to sign in.

Departing School Early

All students departing early from school leave through the office to be signed out. A phone call prior to the departure time will allow us to call the child from their classroom and they can be waiting in the office at the time of departure.

Please phone the office when you arrive at the front of the school and we will bring the children out.

Explaining Absences

If your child is absent please do one of the following:

• Explain the absence in the Compass portal, entering the reason for the absence (selecting from the drop-down list) and providing further information in the details/comment box; 
• Email the school with the reason/details for the absence; or
• Phone the school with the reason/details for the absence.

Unexplained Absences

Unexplained absence notes will be sent to parents/carers for the previous two weeks. Parents will have to advise of the reason for the absence in the ways outlined above. An unexplained absence is recorded as unjustified after 7 days without explanation.

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