Private education; a small portion of the price.
Tuition
PLEASE NOTE: we are VERY FLEXIBLE about payment plans and options that make tuition work for family budgets. PLEASE CALL if you have any questions about your personal situation -- we can usually find a way to make things work!
For Elementary (grades 2-5):
— classes are before school
—supplement (do not supplant) public, charter, private school or home school core courses
— this column is for young students only. Our academic college-prep programs start in 6th grade (see Core Curricula and High School classes)
Humanities Foundations + WW
(grades 2-5):
Tuition: only $37/hour
$2800 total; no additional fees
1 hour classes
8:00 Tuesdays & Thursdays
High School classes
(grades 9-12):
Tuition:
$6650 1st class; full year only
+ $2800 each additional full year class
Block schedule:
90 minute classes
MDHS A or B days
Supplant public school classes
International HS transcript credits in English/ELA, history, and French
Compare
How much do you pay per hour for lessons (piano, guitar, skating, swimming, dance)?
North Fork classes are only:
$37/hour = Writing Workshop/Humanities or Math Workshop
$34/ hour = Elementary French
$28/hour = 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Year Programs
$60/hour = one accredited High school class
$39/hour = two accredited High school classes
$31/hour = three accredited High school classes
Financial Aid
Families wishing to be considered for financial aid must annually submit a Parents' Financial Statement. Parents are also required to submit their most recent tax information.
The goal of the Financial Aid Committee is to insure that each family's financial contribution toward tuition is a feasible annual contribution. The deadline for all financial aid applications is May 30.
Payment Plans
Tuition paid in 12 monthly installments (June 1 - May 1).
Tuition paid in two installments (two-thirds by September 15; balance by December 15).
Tuition paid in one installment (due September 15).
“This is a win-win for everyone involved — for the public schools and the students... You do everything that you say you do!”
Tom Farley (Team Leader, AdvancED Accreditation Team, visiting The North Fork School in February, 2015); retired Deputy Idaho State Superintendent of Schools.
Billing Policy
When you decide to send your child to a private school, you are agreeing to pay for your portion of the expenses of making that opportunity available to the community for the entire school year. Although NFS billings are divided into September and December payments, this is merely for the convenience of families’ financial planning; it does not indicate first semester/second semester charges.
Tuition does not simply cover an hourly rate for teachers, as if we were teaching swimming or gymnastics. The yearly expenses of the school must be covered, whether or not students finish the year. This is also true for students who join classes late in the year: a simple pro-ration based on monthly division of the fees is not adequate to cover our costs. All parents must read & sign the agreement on the Family Registration Form to indicate that they understand this billing policy.
“When I enrolled my son in North Fork’s math program, money was tight: it was hard to come up with, and it was worth every penny.
After high school graduation, my son studied computer science in college. His transition from the North Fork curriculum to college-level math was seamless. Today he works in Silicon Valley, thanks in part to the sound foundation he received at North Fork School.
I recommend the North Fork School curriculum without reservation. Any parents who want to give their child a competitive academic advantage in the world outside of our little Valley would do well to consider the North Fork School.”
— Anne McKee, McCall
photo licensed by Creative Commons: Money, Money, Money by peddhapati
“Jeez... Thank you for putting me in Writer’s Workshop. I learned more there than in my English 102 class right now. I learned how to create a well-done and well-cited research paper in 4th grade and Marie did a 500,000x better job than my current college instructor.
If you’re going to pay $6,000 for school then go with North Fork. Because this [college course] is a pretty pathetic class. I wish I would have realized what these classes were about because I could have easily tested out of these college-level English classes with knowledge I learned in 4th and 5th grade....”
— (name withheld to protect innocent college instructors...)