ADMISSIONS

Come For A Visit

Plan a visit to Our Lady of Mercy High School in one or more of the following ways:

Our FALL and SPRING OPEN HOUSES are great ways for prospective students and families to familiarize themselves with Mercy. Our students lead tours, providing you with opportunities to meet faculty, current parents, student leaders and club moderators. Classroom demonstrations and curriculum discussions are an integral part of these occasions. Open house dates for the 2010-11 school year are Thursday, October 28, 2010 from 6:00-7:30pm , and Sunday, April 3, 2011 from 1-2:30pm .

Are you in 6th grade, and thinking about becoming a Mercy Girl? Then please join us for our 6TH GRADE FUN DAY on Saturday, October 23rd, from 1:00-2:30pm.
We recommend that all prospective students take part in our SHADOW PROGRAM, experiencing a day at Mercy through a current student’s eyes. You will spend the day with a student in the grade you will enter, one who has similar interests as you do. You will attend all classes together; even have lunch in our café, provided by us.
Family TOURS can be arranged for prospective students and their families. Just contact the Director of Admissions to schedule one.

Application Process

All students must sit for an ENTRANCE EXAM, this year scheduled for Saturday, November 6, 2010, and Saturday, December 4, 2010 from 8:30AM until noon. Registration is highly encouraged, although walk-ins are welcome. Results from this exam are used for placement along with the previous two years of report cards and previous standardized test scores. Our Lady of Mercy High School 8th graders are not required to take an Entrance Exam to enter Mercy's 9th grade. Students transferring into grades 10-12 must also provide teacher or counselor recommendations and be interviewed.
ACCEPTANCE LETTERS TO STUDENTS and REGISTRATION LETTERS TO PARENTS will be mailed in a timely manner.
From this point, Mercy conducts a ROLLING ADMISSIONS POLICY until we reach capacity. Please contact the Admissions Office for more information.

Tuition

2010-2011 school year: $7,900 for grades seven and eight, and $8,100 for grades 9-12. There are multiple tuition payment options available. A Tuition Payment Plan Agreement will be mailed to you in a package with your tuition bill.

Tuition Assistance

It is our goal that no young woman be denied the opportunity to become part of the Circle of Mercy for financial reasons. Tuition assistance is available based on the individual family's ability to pay. In 2009-10 over $900,000 was awarded in tuition assistance to eligible families.

Our Lady of Mercy High School is working with www.tuitionaid.com (TADS), which is a website for all Accepted and Registered Students at Mercy to apply for financial aid. TADS will evaluate financial need and make recommendations to OLMHS for tuition assistance. Families can fill out a confidential online application and the company will send the information to Mrs. Margaret Hickey, Mercy’s Director of Finance, for review. For more information, you can contact Mrs. Hickey at phickey@mercyhs.com, or 288-7120, ext. 307.

The deadline for financial aid applications is March 15, 2011. You are required to apply every year for aid, therefore, if you have previously received aid, you must complete another application for the 2010-
2011 school year at www.tuitionaid.com using our school code #32069. If you have not previously received aid, but feel that circumstances have changed and you need some assistance you must complete an application as well. Anyone filing later will be considered , but there is no guarantee that funds will be available. If you have any questions about the application process, please feel free to contact Mrs. Hickey at 288- 7120, ext. 307 or via email at phickey@mercyhs.com.

Half of the funding is provided by Our Lady of Mercy High School. The remainder of the aid is provided by income from the Endowment Fund and donations for tuition assistance, including subsidy money from the Sisters of Mercy.

Academic Scholarship Program

Partial scholarships are offered through the Mercy Academic Scholarship Program for students with exceptional academic ability as they enter ninth grade.

Download the Mercy High School Application.

Community Service

Learn more about Community Service at Mercy, and see the importance it has for our students.

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