Admissions

At St. Frances of Rome School, we have partnered with FACTS Management to process tuition payments. The company will process the payments automatically from a banking account or a debit/credit card.
Please note that there is an additional 3% service fee if using a debit/credit card. 

FACTS allows families to set up annual, bi-annually, monthly, biweekly, or weekly payments. 
To make adjustments to your payment schedule, please contact the Tuition Coordinator via email at jhuizar@sfr-school.org

If a payment returns, FACTS will automatically add a $30 Return Payment Fee to the family's FACTS account.
The Tuition Coordinator will be in contact with families regarding their missed payment(s). Families will have up to one week to make the necessary arrangements to fulfill their past-due balance and return payment fee(s). If the amount is not fulfilled by then, an interruption of attendance may take place for the students. We appreciate all the efforts and sacrifices families make to provide quality education for the students. 

To help families, St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds gives a $1,000 tuition discount from the start. The tuition on the form has this parish assistance already applied. We recognize that some families will require further assistance to be able to give their children the best education by enrolling them in our school. When a family registers their child, they are asked to fill out financial information in FACTS. The FACTS management system helps us determine how much financial aid a family may need. 

There is both before-school and after-school care available for your child. Before-school care begins at 7 am and after-school care is available from 2:40 pm until 6 pm. Costs are as follows:

• Before-school care: $5 a day per child 
• After-school care: $5 from 2:40 pm - 3:40 pm and $10 from 3:40 pm - 6:00 pm

The required enrollment ages are as follows for Prek - First Grade. Your child's birthday must be on or before September 1st. 
 

St. Frances of Rome School has Preschool for All available; in short, your child may qualify for free half-day Prek (8 am - 11 am). Families qualify based on financial need. To qualify, a family needs to be screened in a 60 minutes process (30 minutes for the parents, 30 minutes for the child) via Zoom. Families that qualify may also, with extra payment, keep their child in Prek for the full day.

For more information or if you are interested in registering your child for Preschool contact the school office at 708-652-2272 Ex: 302

We do have a hot meals program. A hot lunch is available each day to students. There is a fee for this; however, some families may qualify for financial assistance with the hot meals programs.

Update: For the 2022-2023 school year, the State of Illinois is providing free lunch to all students, including students attending a private school such as St. Frances of Rome School. 

Students may bring lunches made from home to the school. Parents cannot bring lunches to the students during the day.  If a homemade lunch is forgotten, the school will provide the student with a free lunch this school year. 

Fundraising events are no longer a requirement for families. However, in order to provide the best education at an affordable price, we need the help of parents to raise funds for the school. We encourage families to participate in the following fundraising events: 

• Chocolate sale 
• Raffles 
• Walkathon

Yes, as the education and formation of St. Frances of Rome is the work of parents, teachers, staff, and the parish community, we require that each family give 15 hours of their time helping with school and/or parish events.  Any hour not completed will be an additional fee that the parents must pay by May 2023. This fee will be added to families FACTS account under PCP. 

Yes, parents that would like to help as volunteers at school and/or parish events must complete all the necessary requirements before the event. To have volunteer hours count towards PCP the volunteer must be compliant and approved by the Site Administrator. These requirements are implemented by the Archdiocese of Chicago for the safety of the student and volunteers. 

Click here to download the updated volunteer requirements page. 

Yes, students in grades K-8 must wear appropriate uniforms and shoes. Please view the requirements here.
Students must also wear gym uniforms on the days the class is assigned to them. 
 

Please contact us with any additional questions at 708-652-2277 Ext. 103.