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. 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.
Those applying for Pre K3 must be three years of age by September 1st, 2020
Those applying for Pre K4 must be four years of age by September 1st, 2020
Those applying for Kindergarten must be five years of age by September 1st, 2020
Those applying for First Grade must be six years of age by September 1st, 2020
Children must be fully toilet-trained. The necessary forms and certificates required for admission are:
If your child is transferring from another school, you will also need:
Immunization Requirements - Guidelines via State of Pennsylvania. Please see Immunization handout for further details.
*Usually given as DTP or DTaP or if medically advisable, DT or Td
**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.
***Usually given as MMR
Immunization Guidelines
Tuition and Fees 2019-2020
All Tuition must be submitted on time. Please call Sue Eubanks at (610)583-3662 or email eubanks@stjamesregional.com to make other arrangements if necessary. Late payments risk the loss of access to the parent grading portal as well as your child not being able to attend class trips or participate in end of year graduations ceremonies.
Practicing Catholic Rate
Attends Mass each Sunday and uses Sunday envelopes (52 weeks) Please contact your parish to make sure your child will receive the subsidy and follow your parish subsidy policy.
No Practicing Catholic
Any family who is a non-practicing Catholic will be required to pay the parish subsidy of $1,000.00 per child. Please contact your parish to see what their subsidy policy is to receive the subsidy from your parish. If we are notified that your familiy is not eligible for the subsidy the $1,000.00 will be applied towards the tuition payments above.
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.