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Financial Information and Updates
Holy Cross School Finance Welcome Letter
2025-2026 Course & Book Fees
Need-Based Financial Assistance Update:
Please note that all merit and Need-Based Financial Assistance awarded by Holy Cross School was communicated via email to both the student and parent emails on May 15, 2025. If you did not receive an award letter, then your son did not receive assistance for the upcoming school year. Need-Based Financial Assistance was awarded to students who had a calculated financial need resulting from the Blackbaud Financial Aid application process. All scholarships have been reflected in Blackbaud Tuition Management. If you have further questions, then please contact Sue Ducros at sducros@holycrosstigers.com or 504-942-2430.
Outside Scholarship Update:
Please refer to Holy Cross’s website for further information on available outside scholarships (Tuition, Scholarships & Financial Assistance - Holy Cross School). For all outside scholarships, your son MUST be enrolled as a student for the upcoming year at Holy Cross in order to be eligible for the below scholarships. If your son is not enrolled for the upcoming school year, then the Partnerships below will not award the scholarship.
LA Gator Scholarship: On June 12, 2025 the Louisiana Legislature did not approve funding for the LA Gator scholarship program. The Louisiana Government approved a budget only to continue to support the current voucher program and did not approve the additional funding requested to support a more lenient-publicly funded private education program which would have funded the LA Gator Scholarship. Holy Cross School Leadership is as disappointed by this news as our families.
ACE Scholarship: The 2025-2026 ACE Scholarship award notifications have been sent to families for the 2025-2026 school year. ACE Scholarship amounts will be applied in Tuition Management prior to EOD June 13, 2025.
Important Notes for Families Provided by ACE:
- A large number of students who were incorrectly deemed prior school ineligible. ACE is currently awaiting LDOE to recheck these students’ eligibility. If deemed income and prior school eligible, these students will be awarded.
- Parents should be using the phone number and email noted above for any questions/concerns.
- If a family needs to decline a child’s ACE award, they can do so in FACTS.
- ACE may make more awards if more funding becomes available; therefore, continue to families with incomplete applications are strongly encouraged to complete the application as soon as possible.
- For this reason and the reason for incorrect prior school eligibility determinations, ACE has not sent out any denials.
Any questions regarding ACE Scholarships should be directed to the ACE support team at lasupport@acescholarships.org or 856-746-6521.
ARETE Scholarship: The 2025-2026 Arete Scholarship award notifications have been sent to families for the 2025-2026 school year. Arete Scholarship amounts will be applied in Tuition Management prior to EOD June 13, 2025.
If you plan to move your child to another school, then please contact Arete at maryhw@aretescholars.org to let them know which participating school your child will be attending. If your school of choice is not a current participating school, then please direct them to the website to complete a participation agreement at AreteScholars.org.
Son of a Saint Scholarship: Son of a Saint Scholarship amounts were also recently communicated and will be applied in Tuition Management prior to EOD June 13, 2025.
Holy Cross Work Study Program:
Holy Cross Work Study Program is available to those students who applied for Need-Based Financial Assistance. A minimum of 50 hours is required to participate in the Work Study Program, and failure to comply with this minimum will result in the inability to receive Need-Based Financial Assistance or participate in the program in future years. A mandatory parent and student meeting is required before the program can be commenced to review the program guidelines. Please contact Eric Desormeaux for additional information at edesormeaux@holycrosstigers.com or 504-942-3100.
Delinquent Tuition Status:
Students whose tuition accounts are delinquent as of July 31, 2025 or thereafter will not be able to attend Orientation and will be suspended from school (no school or extracurricular activities) until the tuition and fees are paid in full. There will not be any opportunities to further extend payment dates.
Magnus Health:
The required forms in Magnus Health have been updated for the Financial Responsible Party Social Security Card Upload requirement. This request is only required for those families who pay tuition and fees on a monthly payment plan in Blackbaud Tuition Management. If you pay annually or bi-annually, this is not required so when prompted, please answer “No". The image below is what you will see within Magnus Health.
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