Our Lady of the Lakes
Catholic School   

No. All tuition is billed and paid through FACTS Tuition Management.

Our Lady of the Lakes uses FACTS Management for tuition billing because: -Banking information is more secure. Our Lady of the Lakes will not have access to your bank account number, routing number or signature. -Parents will have 24 hour on-line access to their FACTS accounts and be able to make payments online or via phone.

Onced enrolled in the school you may immediately enroll in FACTS by going to our website and then click on the FACTS Login button found in the “Enrolling” section of the Admissions page.

If you were previously enrolled in FACTS, your agreement will roll over to the next school year. We ask that you log onto the FACTS system to verify your agreement information and payment plan selected.

100% due on June 15
10 month payment plan is available (June-March)
Semi annual due on June 15 and December 15

Our Lady of the Lakes offers a 10 month payment plan that runs from June - March.

Credit Card payments are accepted through the FACTS program. If you elect this option, you will be charged a convenience fee by FACTS. FACTS accepts MasterCard, American Express, Discover Card or Visa.

Yes, you may pay off your FACTS contract early. You may do so online or by calling FACTS at 800-624-7092.

A non-refundable fee of $600 per family is due at time of enrollment for K-12 families. A non-refundable fee of $200 per family is due at time of enrollment for Pre- Kindergarten families, if not enrolling multiple children in multiple grades. This enrollment fee will automatically be pulled from your FACTS account at the time of enrolling. Each Pre-K through 12 family is required to perform Laker credit hours each year. If the hours are not completed, $1,000 will be added for K-12 and $300 will be added for Pre-K, to your tuition balance for failure to complete credits on or after May 1 of the following year. Each Pre-K through 12 family is also responsible for selling $300 worth of raffle tickets for our annual raffle fundraiser. If tickets are not sold by the deadline, $300 will be pulled from your FACTS account.

Families must be contributing members of a Catholic Parish in order to qualify for in-parish tuition. If you a non-Lakes parishioner, a "Request for Catholic Tuition Rate Consideration" form must be completed, signed by your pastor and affixed with the parish seal, and then be submitted to the admissions office. If this request form is not returned, you will automatically be assessed our standard tuition rate. Our online enrollment form will ask for verification that you are a member of Our Lady of the Lakes Parish. Once your enrollment is submitted, this is verified at the parish office before acceptance.

The Archdiocese of Detroit extends need based tuition assistance grants to Catholic and non-Catholic families with children in Grades K-12 attending Catholic Schools. All Tuition Assistance awards will be made by the school and the amounts awarded are at the discretion of your child’s school. Please refer to the Archdiocese of Detroit website at AOD.org – click on Catholic Schools , Parent Resources, and then Tuition Assistance. The FACTS application is available on the AOD website. A link to this can be found on our Financial Aid page.

Yes, an online FACTS Application must be completed by each family applying. Awards are based solely on financial need. Receiving an award in previous years does not guarantee an award for the current enrollment year.

Parish membership records are reviewed to verify that the listed requirements, with an emphasis on regular Mass attendance, have been met. If the above requirements have not been met, an out-of-Parish status is applied.

All families are expected to make tuition payments according to their payment plan selection. School families who miss a payment due to insufficient funds, will automatically be charged a minimum of $30.00 missed payment fee by FACTS and may incur a similar penalty from their own banking institution. School families failing to pay tuition according to the agreement they have made with the parish will be informed that their child/children will not be readmitted to our school. All families must be current in their payment of tuition: By August 20: If not current, students will not be admitted on the first day of school.
By December 20: If not current, students will not be readmitted on the first day of class in January following the Christmas vacation.
By April 1: If not current, re-enrollment will not be offered for the following year.
By May 20: If not current, students will not receive report cards and student records will not be released by the school administration.

If your family experiences a temporary financial hardship and cannot make a scheduled payment, please contact Karen Romkema at 248-623-0340 or [email protected] .

HOLIDAYS, IN-SERVICE DAYS, INCLEMENT WEATHER, GOVERNMENT ORDER
Your tuition guarantees a reservation for your child for the academic year as designated on the school calendar. No credit/refund will be owed if the School must close because of government order, inclement weather, or other emergency. Likewise, tuition will not be discounted for holidays or in-service days. No refund, credit, or discount shall be issued if the School moves to remote instruction due to a local health emergency, inclement weather, building problem, or similar unforeseen event. 

TUITION REFUNDS
Families withdrawing students prior to the first day of school shall be charged and administrative fee according to the schedule below:
     ● If you withdraw before July 1, you will be assessed an administrative fee in the amount of $500 per family
     ● If you withdraw between July 1 and July 31, you will be assessed an administrative fee in the amount of $1,000 per family
     ● If you withdraw between August 1 and the day before the first day of school, you will be assessed an administrative fee in the amount of $1,500 per family

WITHDRAWAL AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Withdrawal does not release you from the terms of this Agreement, unless, in the determination of the Principal, extenuating circumstances justify your release from this Agreement. Absent approval by the Principal, no tuition deduction or credit will be made for withdrawals. Tuition through the last day of the school year will remain due and payable. In addition, if you withdraw between the first and last day of school, you will be assessed an administrative fee in the amount of $1,500 per family.