Dear Parents and Families of Faith Lutheran
School,
In order to better meet the needs of our school families, we
are moving to a new system to manage our enrollment and tuition. The system,
called TADS, will allow our families to enroll in the school, manage their
contact information, and manage their tuition accounts with Faith Lutheran
online. This will not only make it more convenient for you, as much of the
enrollment and tuition payment activity can be done from home, but also greatly
reduce work and costs in our school office. TADS is a well established and
secure school enrollment and tuition management firm used by several schools
here in Anchorage as well as many of our WELS schools.
The process necessary to get our school families enrolled and
in the program will take several steps. You will be contacted by TADS in the
next few days to go online, set up your user password, and enter your basic
information for enrollment. I am sorry to say that even if you have already
filled out enrollment paperwork they will still ask you to resubmit some
information. This is necessary to get your family entered into the system. (In
subsequent years the process will be much easier as you will have already set up
an account.)
After your enrollment is completed we at Faith will customize
your tuition agreement and you will again be contacted when the agreement is
ready to be signed by you. School families will be given several options for
tuition payment including choosing the time of the month to make the payment and
method. Credit card payments will require an additional fee, but electronic
payments from your bank will not. Milk, sports fees, before and aftercare,
uniform purchases, and any additional fees will all be managed through TADS.
Cash and check payments can still be made to the school if
necessary.
Please look for an email coming from TADS soon asking you to
set up your enrollment account. Please feel free to contact me as well if you
have any questions or need assistance. Though getting use to the new system will
take some time, I am confident that TADS will make our tuition and enrollment
management easier for both the school and the school families.
Thank you. God bless your remaining summer days and
preparations for the new school year.
-Principal Bryan Schneck