Financial Aid
Applying for Financial Aid at Aurora School
Aurora School seeks to provide educational opportunities for students who might require tuition assistance. Financial aid is awarded on the basis of need and availability for both continuing and new students. Our annual goal is to allocate an amount equal to 9% of the school's gross receipts for tuition assistance. The source of funding includes tuition revenue, fundraising, and foundation support. The Aurora Scholarship Endowment Fund was established in 1996 to develop a dependable source for financial aid in the future.
| Step 1 | due January 2011 | Complete and mail the School and Student Service (SSS) form |
| Step 2 | due January 28, 2011 | Submit the Aurora Application for Tuition Assistance form, copies of your most recent W2 forms, copy of your SSS application, and copies of federal tax returns from the last 3 years |
| Step 3 | on March 11, 2011 | The school will notify you of your tuition assistance award with your enrollment contract |
To receive a financial aid packet, please contact our Admissions Director, Lisa Piccione at 510.428.2606 x204 or at or pick one up from the school's front office.
All forms must be completely filled out, signed and turned in by the above-stated deadlines in order to be considered for financial assistance. If parents are separated, divorced or otherwise filing separate tax forms, copies of all the above must be submitted by both parties unless court orders granting sole custody to one parent are provided.
All information is confidential and is protected as such by the Aurora School Tuition Assistance Committee.
Fee waivers for the enrollment application fee and SSS processing fee will be considered in cases of financial hardship. The decision is made at the discretion of the Tuition Assistance Committee.
NAIS website - online SSS Forms and Resources for Families
You can go directly to the National Association of Independent School (NAIS) website where you can download and print valuable resources such as the Business/Farm statement, Additional School Request forms, a Spanish-version of the Parents' Financial Statement (PFS) worksheet, and the newly redesigned Family Guide to Financial Aid. You can access these forms directly at:
School and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS) is a comprehensive financial aid services solution. SSS provides schools with an objective methodology for calculating a family's ability to contribute to educational expenses. For more information, go to:
For more details about SSS and direct access to the PFS Online website, go to: www.ets.org
This page is also available as a formatted and downloadable Financial Aid Information Sheet 