NOTE: We now have forms that you can fill out on-line - to open them, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click on the icon below to download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader:
You are considered officially enrolled when we receive the Church School Enrollment Form (CSEF) and the complete fees. If you send the form without the fees, or the fees without the form, you are NOT considered officially enrolled, and can face truancy charges if your child is not enrolled in another school.
Be sure to sign the forms! There are TWO places for your signature on the CSEF, and ONE place on the Admission Form. If *all three* of these sections are not signed, your forms and fees will be returned to you for your signature. You will not be considered officially enrolled until all forms have been properly signed and submitted along with the full fees.
There are TWO forms you need to fill out and mail in to Sacred Grove in order to be enrolled: (Our mailing address is Sacred Grove Academy, P.O. Box 3338, Phenix City, Alabama 36868)
1) Enrollment -- Each student is required to fill out a Church School Enrollment Form (regular form) or (PDF Form) (many thanks to AICSA - Alabama Independent Church School Association!) and mail it back in to Sacred Grove Academy with their fees. (BE SURE TO SIGN BOTH SECTION I *AND* SECTION III!!) A NOTE ABOUT THE ENROLLMENT FORM: You do not have to send in a new Enrollment Form every year when you re-enroll, as long as you are in the same public school district. However, IF YOU MOVE to a new residence *within* the state of Alabama, and you move into a different public school district, you MUST send in a new Enrollment Form for the new school district, immediately (don't wait for re- enrollment time!). You do not have to inform the previous school district that you have moved, but you do need to let the new one know that you are enrolled in a church school; otherwise you will be subject to truancy laws.
2) Admission -- Please also fill out an Admission Form (regular form) or (PDF form). (BE SURE TO SIGN THE
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Attendance Forms: PLEASE SEE SECTION ON ATTENDANCE FORMS FOR MORE DETAILS
Optional Records Transfer Form: -- You may fill out a Records Transfer Request form (NOTE - DO *NOT* MAIL THIS FORM TO SACRED GROVE!!) and mail it to the school from which your child is withdrawing. They will then send the records to Sacred Grove. This is an OPTIONAL step, and you can write your own letter, if you don't want to use ours with the Pagan Cover School in the header. Please note that if the former school mails us these records, we will automatically forward the records on to you when we receive them, unless you tell us otherwise! Please make a note of your wishes on your Admission Form. Please note: If you withdraw or are dropped from Sacred Grove and enroll in another school, which then requests your child's records from us, we cannot release any information until any fees or forms which are in arrears are received.
Enrollment Fee -- $25 per child (payable even if you re-enroll after withdrawing for a time)
Tuition -- $50 per year per family (no matter how many children)
So your initial cost will be $75 for one child, $100 for two children, $125 for three children, and so forth. Your renewal cost for each year, due by AUGUST 1, will be $50, no matter how many children are enrolled.
When should I enroll? -- Most families enroll in the summer for the upcoming school year. Just to make things easier, we base our school year around the standard academic year, which starts in the late summer or early fall. However, you can enroll at any point in the school year. Please note that all enrollments end on July 1.
What if I enroll late in the year? -- If you enroll between June 1 and December 31, your tuition fee will be the full $50. But sometimes families enroll in mid-winter or even early spring (January 1-May 30). If this is the case, your tuition fee per family will be only $25 ($10 for CST members). This will cover you till the following AUGUST 1, at which time you will need to renew and pay the full $50 ($35 for CST members) per family per year tuition fee. The enrollment fee of $25 per child must still be paid at the time of your initial enrollment. (Note: You can use PayPal [send fees to homeschool @ sacredgroveacademy . org] to pay for this, but you still need to mail in the hard copy of the forms.)
CST Membership Discounts:
Sacred Grove Academy is a church school operated under legal code 16-28-1, 16-28-3, 16-28-7, and 16-46-3 (church school law) of the State of Alabama.
