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 second 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 $15,800 per-child, per year) continues to rise. As a result of the community’s vision and ongoing generosity, tuition for the 2010-11 school year remains much lower than other schools. As always, financial assistance is available.

Tuition is determined in January by the HBHA Board of Trustees for the following school year.  Click here for 2010-11 Re-enrollment & Financial Assistance forms. 

Tuition for 2010-11:

Kindergarten-Grade 12     $6,700

Book Fees:

Kindergarten     $175
 
Grades 1-5       $200

Grades 6-8       $325
 
Grades 9-12     $440
 
Other Fees:

PTO/Yearbook  $ 60
 
Activity Fee     $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 ($15,800 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 Financial Assistance Application
• Complete and submit the School and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS) form.  You may apply online at https://sss.ets.org/. HBHA's SSS school code is: 4055.
• Submit to HBHA a copy of your prior year’s federal income tax return.

Please contact Gary Hedberg HBHA’s Chief Financial Officer, with any questions related to Financial Assistance.