St. James Regional Catholic School admits students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all of the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to its students. St. James Regional Catholic School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, its admission policy, or in any school-administered program.*
 
Those applying for Pre K3 must be 3 years of age by September 1st, 2024
Those applying for Pre K4 must be 4 years of age by  September 1st, 2024
Those applying for Kindergarten must be 5 years of age by  September 1st, 2024
Those applying for First Grade must be 6 years of age by  September 1st, 2024**
 
Children must be fully toilet-trained.  

The necessary forms and certificates required for admission are:

1. SJRCS Registration Form
2. Birth certificate
3. Baptismal certificate (if applicable; regardless of home parish)
4. Certificate of immunization that must be updated and available for confirmation
5. Registration fee - Paid through FACTs
   • To create a FACTs account use link under "Current Families"

• Parent Permission Forms & Handbook Agreement Signed
  • complete these Google Form under Current Families
• Health History Form 
• Pennsylvania Physician’s Exam Form (Grades K & 6)
• Pennsylvania Dentist’s Exam Form (Grades K, 3 & 7)

If your child is transferring from another school, you will also need:

• A signed Student Records Request for SJRCS to obtain 
  • Health & Dental Records
  • Personal Health History 1305A
  • Standardized test scores
  • Transcript of grades/Report Cards
  • Academic evaluations
  • Discipline & Attendance Records
• Students transfering in primary & middle school grades will need to interview with the principal before admission

Immunization Requirements - Guidelines are set by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia does not allow exemptions for religious belief or philosophical/strong moral or ethical conviction. If your child is exempt for medical reasons, he/she may be excluded from school during an outbreak of vaccine preventable disease. Please click the box below for necessary forms and policy rationales.

Medical Forms and Policies
 

• 4 doses of tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis. This is usually given as DTP or DTaP or if medically advisable, DT or Td(1 dose on or after the 4^th birthday)
• 4 doses of polio (4^th dose on or after 4^th birthday and at least 6 month after previous dose given. A fourth dose is not necessary if the third dose was administered at age 4 years or older and at least 6 months after the previous dose).
• 2 does of measles, mumps, rubella (usually given as MMR)
• 3 doses of hepatitis B
• 2 doses of varicella (chickenpox) or evidence of immunity

Immunization Guidelines 
 

*St. James Regional Catholic School reserves the right to decline admission or impose reasonable conditions of attendance if indicated by circumstance.

**St. James Regional Catholic School follows the Ridley School District’s age requirements for admission. 

• Any three mornings M, W, F*       $3,380  

• Any three full days   M, W, F*        $4,470
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• Five mornings only       $4,230

• Five full days                  $5,970

Kindergarten - 8th Grade Program Tuition

Contributing Parishioners

• One Child - $4,595

• Two Children - $6,720 

• Three children - $7,445

• Four or more children - $7,595

Please note: $1,000.00 will be added for each child if you are not approved to receive your parish subsidy scholarship. Kindergarten subsidy not available for St. Gabriel's, St. Rose of Lima or St. George's.
 

Non-Catholic Families

• Per child - $5,920

• Two Children - $11,840

• Three Children - $13,515

• Four Children or more - $14,615

• Registration fee is $150.00 per family. Please note that the registration fee is nonrefundable. This fee is charged through our FACTs Tuition account.

• Tuition is paid over 11 months, July through May. The total tuition will be divided accordingly and billed each month on the 1st OR 15th of each month.

Our school serves a variety of purposes, including the academic, social and physical development of the students.  However, the primary purpose of our school is religious.  We exist for the purpose of evangelization and catechesis, that is, the proclamation of the Gospel and formation of the entire school community of Faith.  Our school offers a complete Catholic religious education program and makes every effort to develop the Faith in all the students so that they may live a full Christian life.

Non-Catholic students may be admitted to our school under the following conditions:
a. The permission of the Governing Pastors is obtained.
b. Adequate facilities and space are available, without denying the admission of
eligible Catholic students.
c. The parents or guardians agree in writing to permit their child(ren) to attend Religion classes and Religious functions that are offered as part of the school program.
d. The parents or guardians commit themselves in writing to accept and to promote the philosophy, goals, objectives, and regulations of our school.
e. The parents/guardians agree in writing to assume responsibility for all financial obligations.