The unusually low tuition at Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy is closely linked to the Academy Access Program (AAP), an imaginative approach to school funding and family involvement. AAP was instituted to reduce the high cost of living Jewishly, empower HBHA families to increase their tzedakah (charitable giving), and dramatically reshape how we fund the school.

 

AAP has enabled the school to meet expenses through a combination of generous community funding, tuition, and parents’, family members’ and friends’ voluntary contributions. AAP is in its third year and we know you can help us make it a successful and long-term funding model for our school and others like HBHA across the country.

 

We thank parents and community donors for helping us establish the AAP which enabled us to cut tuition by nearly 50%. While tuition through AAP has decreased, our cost to provide this top-quality education (currently $16,000 per-child, per year) continues to rise. As a result of the community’s vision and ongoing generosity, tuition for the 2012-13 school year remains much lower than other schools. As always, financial assistance is available.

 

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Tuition is determined in December by the HBHA Board of Trustees for the following school year.  

Tuition for 2012-13:    Kindergarten-Grade 12 $6,850	Tuition for 2013-14:    Kindergarten-Grade 12 $7,250
Book Fees for 2012-13:	Book Fees for 2013-14:
Kindergarten $175	Kindergarten $175
Grades 1-5 $200	Grades 1-5 $200
Grades 6-8 $325	Grades 6-8 $325
Grades 9-12 $440	Grades 9-12 $440
Other Fees for 2012-13:	Other Fees for 2013-14:
PTO (per family): $25	Technology fee (per student): $25
Yearbook (per family): $40	PTO (per family): $25
Activity Fee (per student): $115	Yearbook (per family): $40
	Activity Fee (per student): $115

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

 

The Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy is committed to educate all Jewish children whose families wish to give them the gift of excellent general and Jewish academics at HBHA. We know that the decision to give your child a Jewish day school education is an important and costly one. HBHA’s tuition and fees cover only a portion of what it costs to educate each child ($16,000 per child, per year); yet even our newly reduced tuition can be a stretch for some families. We welcome and encourage families for whom full tuition is out of reach to apply for financial assistance.

 

HBHA's Financial Assistance Committee is headed by an individual who is not an HBHA parent. The process is confidential, with applications being coded to preserve applicants’ anonymity.

 

Applying for financial assistance requires the following steps:

• Complete and submit to HBHA the appropriate financial assistance application located on the upper right of this page.
• Complete and submit the School and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS) form. To apply online, click here. HBHA's SSS school code is: 4055.
• Submit to HBHA a copy of your prior year’s federal income tax return by April 30.

Please contact Gary Hedberg, HBHA’s Chief Financial Officer, with any questions related to Financial Assistance at ghedberg@hbha.edu or 913-327-8153.

 

Additional financial assistance is available to HBHA students through the Morris Fingersh Scholarship Fund. Requests for applications must be sent in writing to Kehilath Israel Synagogue, Attn: Mary Lea Greenwood, 10501 Conser, Overland Park, KS 66212. These requests will be accepted from March 15th to April 15th.