Director's Corner - Pre-Registration Update, FACTS Payments and Parish Vouchers

Pre-Registration Update

Thanks to all who have submitted their pre-registration form for the 2011-2012 academic year. We are excited about the opportunity to serve as your Catholic education partner.
I am excited to inform that we currently have 1255 students pre-registered for 2011-2012. If we add the 75 students who are currently enrolled and have yet to pre-register our projected first day enrollment would be 1333 students. Please remember our first day enrollment count in August 2010 was 1285 students. What wonderful news. Last year at about this time we were looking at 1225 students pre-registered and a projected enrollment of 1256. As last year, every effort is being utilized to maximize our enrollment by working with current families not pre-registered and new families still working through the important discernment process of enrolling in one of incredible schools. Please note the following:
• Our Kindergarten class will be the biggest in many years. We currently have 128 Kindergarten students pre-registered. I am reminded by both Mrs. Whitehouse and Mrs. Gross that there other potential kindergartners in the pipeline.

• The number of new students pre-registered is already 138 (76 of these students come from current families and 62 from new families). There are new students enrolled in every grade across OCS. The OCS family will grow with the addition of 60 new families. Both the new family and new student number will grow as we approach Registration (Tuesday, July 26th) and the first day of school (Wednesday, August 10th).
FACTS Update
Those families who informed us on their Pre-Registration Form that they would be meeting their tuition obligation via payments through FACTS, please note the following:



• Current FACTS Families – We roll your FACTS account over to the new academic year. We are almost to the point where we will be posting to your account the amount of tuition owed for 2011-2012 (family tuition amount minus tuition assistance). Once your account has been finalized, you will be notified by FACTS of your payment amount (monthly, quarterly or semi-annually) and when to expect their one time yearly fee of $38.00 to be deducted from your checking or savings account.

• New FACTS Users – OCS Tuition Policy states that all families are expected to meet their tuition obligation by one of these options: Full Payment at the time of Registration (less a 3% discount) or Monthly, Quarterly, or Semi-Annual Payments via FACTS. To set-up your FACTS account, please access the FACTS website through the OCS website at www.owensborocatholic.org/admissions. If you would like assistance, please visit the OCS Central Office. A computer is available for your use and we would be happy to help you through this important process. If there are questions, please contact us at 270.686.8896.



Parish Vouchers
There are a few families who have not turned in a Parish Voucher. It is imperative that the voucher be submitted at this time so that the appropriate tuition amount can be assessed to each family.
I appreciate all you do to help us fulfill our mission of excellence in Catholic faith formation and academics. As always, your comments and insights are important to me. I can be reached via phone at 852-8028 and email at ken.rasp@owensborocatholic.org.
God’s Peace!
Ken R. Rasp
OCS Director