Tuition and Financial Assistance

Our Tuition and Financial Assistance Video recording addresses tuition, extra expenses, deposits, payment plans, 529 accounts, and more. We also address the financial assistance program at SSSAS. This informative video answers many questions.

Financial Assistance questions may be sent to FA@sssas.org or call 703-212-2707.

Student billing questions—including tuition payments, lunch, extended day, transportation, and trips—may be directed to the BusinessOffice@sssas.org Student Accounts at 703-212-2727.

Start a Financial Assistance Application with Clarity

Start an SSSAS Admission Application

An email will be sent to families currently receiving assistance in early October announcing the opening of the season. The deadline for returning family applications is November 1.

The FA application deadline for new families applying for admission to SSSAS is February 1. Financial assistance is not available for Early Saints or Junior Kindergarten.

Families are required to apply for financial assistance each year, as awards are offered based on demonstrated need and only when the current school account is paid in full.

Returning students applications are due November 1, 2025.

Returning Families Update Their Existing Clarity Financial Assistance Account

Prospective student applications are due February 1, 2026.

Start a Financial Assistance Application

If you are applying for FA for more than one child, you need to fill out only one application per family. 

All families are required to upload copies of the most recent pay stubs for all parents listed on the application and to complete the IRS Form 4506c within the application to consent to tax transcripts being sent to Clarity and SSSAS. Additional supporting materials may be requested after the application is submitted.

SSSAS takes the privacy and security of your personal information very seriously. Clarity is certified for both GDPR and SOC2 and uses enterprise-level security standards, including end-to-end encryption of all personally identifiable information. For more information, please refer to Clarity’s Privacy Policy.

Details can be added to the comments section, uploaded to your application as a miscellaneous document or submitted in a letter to the Financial Assistance Committee at FA@sssas.org.

Families with divorced or separated parents are asked to submit two separate financial assistance applications—one from each parent. These applications remain confidential, and parents will not have access to each other’s information. This requirement applies to any parent involved in the child’s life, regardless of their interest in enrollment or existing financial arrangements.  

Returning families will receive financial award information within the re-enrollment contract at the end of January.

Financial assistance decisions for prospective students will be included in admission offers communicated on February 27, 2026. The enrollment contracts will reflect the awarded financial assistance.

Appeals are considered if there is new information or an error was made on the initial application.

Families can expect a similar level of assistance from year to year, assuming no significant change in their financial profile. This includes families who enrolled with no assistance. 

Families should plan for additional expenses such as books, global engagement trips, Advanced Placement (AP) tests, an Upper School laptop, and certain athletic equipment. You can find more details, along with information about optional programs like after-care and transportation, in our webinar.

Semi-annual, quarterly, and monthly payments can be made via automatic bank drafts or credit card. Monthly plans may start as early as July or as late as September, with all payments completed by June.

Changes to your scheduled payments can be made easily by calling Blackbaud Tuition Management at 888-868-8828 or the Business Office at 703-212-2730.

Blackbaud Tuition Management can adjust your account up to five business days before a scheduled payment. Incidental charges are added to your Blackbaud Tuition account on a monthly basis.

Payments from 529 plans can be made to cover tuition charges. The annual calendar year limit is $10,000 per student. Payments can be made through your tuition account.

Alternatively, checks including student name and grade level, should be made out to St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School and mailed to the Business Office at 400 Fontaine Street, Alexandria, VA 22302.

Yes. Transportation options are available to help families get their children to and from school. Options include a free inter-campus shuttle, free shuttles to and from the Metro and a fee-based bus service to the major local jurisdictions: Alexandria, Fairfax, Arlington, and Prince William Counties in Virginia; Prince George’s County in Maryland; and the District of Columbia. 

View our Transportation page

Extended Day care options for Lower School and Middle School students is available for a fee. Students enrolled in Extended Day may also enroll in enrichment activities.

Additionally, Lower School Vacation Club is an on-campus option provided on select days when school is not in session. 

Yes! At St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes, our Middle and Upper Schools offer a wide range of enrichment opportunities, including athletics, clubs, performing arts, leadership programs, and more. Our team can share how we support your specific interests.

At the Lower School, after-school enrichment programs are offered on campus from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. These one-hour weekly classes, led by our teachers, run for seven weeks each trimester and include an additional fee. After-care is also available for an added charge for families who need supervision after enrichment.

Yes, St. Stephen's and St. Agnes school has a robust summer program named Summertimes. Offering more than 100 different sessions of camps and summer academic classes, Summertimes has something for everyone! 

Summertimes