School fees

As a public charter school, the Alberta Classical Academy does not charge tuition. However, like other public schools, families are required to pay some annual fees to cover program costs that are not funded by Alberta Education. Some additional fees may apply for school trips, optional extracurricular programs, bussing, utilizing the Full-Day Kindergarten Program, or attending after-school programs.

To view our School Fee Policy, click here.

2024 / 2025 Academic Year Fee Schedule

Following is a schedule of required fees at the Alberta Classical Academy:

  
      Kindergarten:
       
        Enrichment fee
        $120/year
      
        School Supply Program fee
        $45/year
      
        Total Required fees (Kindergarten Students):
         $165/year 
      
      Grades 1-9:
       
        Enrichment fee
        $185/year
      
        School Supply Program fee
        $70/year
      
        Home Library Program fee
        $40/year
      
        Total Required fees (Grades 1-9): 
         $295/year

Following is a schedule of optional fees at the Alberta Classical Academy:

  
      Kindergarten:
      
        Kindergarten Transportation fee, part-time
        $487.50/year
      
        Full-Time Kindergarten fee, Sep'24-Dec'24 (8:00am-6:00pm)
        $374/month
      
        Full-Time Kindergarten fee, Jan'25-June'25 (8:00am-6:00pm)
        $474/month
      
**As certain fees cannot be modified until 2025 due to a grant agreement with the Government of Alberta, as of January 1st 2025 full-time kindergarten will be $474 /month

        Grades 1-9:
        
Before School Program fee (8:00-8:25AM)
        $250/month
      
        After School Program fee (3:25-6:00PM)
        $600/month
      
        Before and After School Program fee
        $850/month
      
        Part-time Before School Program fee (2 days or less)
        $200/month
      
        Part-time After School Program fee (2 days or less)
        $400/month
      
        Part-time Before and After School Program fee (2 days or less)
        $550/month
      
        Drop-in fee (no space guaranteed)
        $40/day
      
        One-time Resource fee
        $85/year
      
        Transportation/bussing fee
        $975/year

Note that these fees include the reduction offered by the Alberta Government Child Care Affordability grant, if available.

**For families with multiple children, transportation/busing fees are capped at a maximum of $3,000/family per year.

Additional fees for activities such as fieldtrips may be presented to parents during the academic year, in such cases the fees presented will be on a cost-recovery basis.

Transportation Fee Payment Plan

For the 2024 / 2025 Academic Year all families, regardless of income, may request to pay transportation fees in installments rather than paying in full at the beginning of the year. Families with 3 or more children will pay no more than $3000/year.

Installments shall be as follows:

  
        Grades 1-9 and Kindergarten Two-way:
       
       Upon Registration (non-refundable)
       $275
     
       August 19
       $350
     
       November 15
       $350
      
        Kindergarten One-way:
       
       Upon Registration (non-refundable)
       $137.50
      
       August 19
       $175
      
       November 15
       $175

Fee Waivers and Financial Supports

The Calgary Classical Academy believes that all children should have the opportunity to access a traditional liberal arts education, irrespective of their background, socio-economic status, or postal code.

In addition to providing a tuition-free program and a transportation fee payment plan, low-income families may also apply for a partial fee waiver and other financial supports.

For qualifying families in the 2024/25 academic year, we offer:

50% Waiver for Field Trip fees for all mandatory students trips in a particular class/grade,
50% Waiver for Instructional Resource fees
50% Waiver for School Supply Program fees
50% Waiver for Home Library Program fees
100% Waiver of the November Transportation fee payment,
$100 Account Credit (To be issued no later than November 1st 2024, for each pupil enrolled as of October 1st, 2024)

Families that have a combined household income below the income thresholds for Canada Student Grant eligibility, for the maximum grant, as determined by the federal government.

  
        Family Size 
        Income Threshold
      
        (including parent(s))
      
        2
        $50,104
      
        3
        $61,365
      
        4
        $70,859
      
        5
        $79,222
      
        6
        $86,784
      
        7+
        $93,737

If the combined gross family income for all adults in the household from the previous year is below the amount for family size, all students from the family will qualify for the above listed financial supports. Should your family have a significant change in circumstances this year that would not be reflected in your previous year’s Notice of Assessment, please provide details in the notes section of the application form.

The only documentation required or accepted is the previous year’s Notice of Assessment from the Canada Revenue Agency for all adults in the household and all parents/legal guardians. Single adult households will qualify with submission of one parent’s Notice of Assessment.

Please do not submit any of the following, as they are not acceptable:

Paystubs
Employment Insurance documents
Workers Compensation documents