Tuition Support
Berkshire Waldorf School is known as a thought leader in creating an intentionally diverse school community. To that end, we offer tuition assistance to keep the school accessible to as many families as possible.
Tuition support requests are a separate, parallel process to your application for admission. Awards are offered once your student has been accepted to a program.
As a nonprofit, we ask that families give their children’s education high priority in their financial planning, including contributions from both parents/guardians, and considering help from extended family or outside grants and scholarships, such as the Jack Cooke Kent scholarship for 7th graders.
Tuition support applications are due each year on February 1 for the following school year.
- For applying families, if you anticipate needing tuition support, it’s important to indicate this on your child/ren’s school application. Applications without this indication may not be eligible for tuition support after the fact.
- If you are applying to school for more than one child, you only need to submit one tuition support application per school year, which will include all prospective students in your family.
- Follow the links below to complete a financial aid application online in TADS by February 1.
Once BWS tuition support funds are allocated, we may not be able to provide additional support beyond these deadlines.
Apply Annually by February 1
Available for Early Childhood*-Grade 8. Berkshire Waldorf School uses a national service, TADS, to process financial aid applications. TADS applies standard criteria, including family income, assets, expenses and other individual circumstances such as family size, to assess need. The Berkshire Waldorf School Tuition Assistance Committee uses this information to allocate resources annually. To qualify, families must reapply each year.
*Tuition support is not available for the youngest Toddler Nursery. There is limited support for children under 6 years old.
How to Apply
To apply for Tuition Support for the upcoming school year, please complete your required TADS form online and pay the $45 fee. The submission deadline is February 1 for returning students and for new applicants.
Next, submit any additional documents directly to TADS, and select Berkshire Waldorf School to receive TADS results. If your family will have students in both Berkshire Waldorf School and Berkshire Waldorf High School, please submit your family application once via TADS, indicating both BWS and BWHS to receive reporting. As sibling schools, we will partner to create a family tuition rate across both schools.
Berkshire Waldorf School’s Tuition Support Committee considers each application with care. Their goal is to award annual aid with an equitable balance of school resources.
Our enrollment office notifies families of their award via email after February 15 for returning families, and after March 15 for new applicants.
For general questions about the Admissions or Tuition Support process, contact our Admissions & Enrollment Office:
Enrollment Manager Dayle Welch: dwelch@berkshirewaldorfschool.org (413) 528-4015 x. 112
Admissions Director Robyn Coe: admissions@berkshirewaldorfschool.org (413) 528-4015 x. 106
Business Manager Janet Lee: jlee@berkshirewaldorfschool.org (413) 528-4015 x. 102
Berkshire Waldorf School is an independent coeducational school accredited by the Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE), and is a member school of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) and the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN). We welcome students of every race, creed, religion, culture, gender identity, and national origin.
All tuition information is kept completely confidential by Berkshire Waldorf School and we expect families to hold the same confidence in regards to their financial relationship with the school.
