Financial Aid

BMHS FINANCIAL AID (FACTS)

FACTS Application Link: online.factsmgt.com
Application Deadline: Friday, December 2, 2022

Note: Late applications will still be considered, but in the order in which they are received after the deadline.  If financial aid has been exhausted by the time the financial aid committee has received and reviewed your application, your application will be placed on a waiting list until funds become available (not guaranteed). 

SEE STEPS BELOW:

• Create an account via FACTS using online.factsmgt.com.
• Upload all of the required documents in FACTS:
  • 2021 w2 (due with the application on December 2nd)
  • 2021 tax return (due with the application on December 2nd)
  • 2 recent pay stubs (due with the application on December 2nd)
  • 4506-T Form (due with the application on December 2nd)
  • 2022 w2 (due February 2023)
  • 2022 tax return (due April 2023)
• Submit your full, complete application.
  • Incomplete applications will not be considered.  Please ensure that you’ve filled out the application in its entirety so as not to delay the process.
• Receive a decision from our Financial Aid/Scholarships Committee!
  • Incoming Freshman will receive a decision by Friday, February 17, 2023.
  • Returning BMHS families will receive a decision by Friday, February 24, 2023.

TADS/The Fitzgerald Program Application Link: https://adwcatholicschools.org/tuition-assistance/

TADS/The Fitzgerald Program Application Deadline: Friday, December 2, 2022

• Offers tuition assistance to Catholic or non-Catholic students applying to or currently enrolled in a Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Washington
• Grants are offered on the basis of family need
• Bishop McNamara’s school code: 51069
• Apply (online-only) at TADS Financial Aid & Assessment (see link above)
• There is an application fee due to TADS at the time of submission.
• Notifications of awards will be sent to families in early March.  Awards will be added to the BMHS Enrollment Contract thereafter.

For additional information about TADS, please reach out to the Archdiocesan Manager of Funding & Enrollment at 301-853-5356, tuitionassistanceprogram@adw.org.

FACTS Application Link: online.factsmgt.com

Application Deadline: Friday, December 2, 2022

TADS/The Fitzgerald Program Application Link: https://adwcatholicschools.org/tuition-assistance

TADS Application Deadline: Friday, December 2, 2022

Bishop McNamara’s school code: 51069

For additional information about TADS, please reach out to the Archdiocesan Manager of Funding & Enrollment at 301-853-5356, tuitionassistanceprogram@adw.org

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  ALL BMHS families who wish to be considered for financial aid must apply for BMHS Financial Aid every year. Bishop McNamara reserves the right to adjust your student’s award if material discrepancies are found in your final tax returns and the information provided on your financial aid application. 

• Additionally, families who wish to be considered for ADW Financial Aid (via TADS or The Fitzgerald Program) must apply each year.

• In addition to BMHS Financial Aid, current Bishop McNamara families who are experiencing financial hardship have the opportunity to apply for our Family Support Fund.
   

Family Support Fund Application Link

• If you currently have a student enrolled in the 10th through 12th grades at Bishop McNamara and your family has been financially impacted by the recent economic downturn, please complete the Application for Financial Assistance Family Support Fund at the link below.  Please note that Family Support Fund aid is a one-time award.

• Please be as detailed as possible, and use the last field to submit documentation to support your application.  We will do all we can to gather data from all families in need, and then to distribute emergency funds based on the resources available to us.  The review process will take place once every month. We will notify families as soon as possible.  We are in this together!  #BMHSFAMILYSUPPORT

• Thank you and may God bless you and your family!

INCOMING FRESHMAN ONLY

• Families of prospective freshmen will receive their financial aid packages via U.S. Mail (mailed out Thursday, February 16, 2023) and via MACCESS on Friday, February 17, 2023.

RETURNING STUDENTS

• Families of returning students will receive their financial aid decisions via Re-Enrollment Contract on Friday, February 24, 2023.

Financial aid decisions are determined by our Financial Aid and Scholarships Committee on the basis of need. We receive a great deal of financial aid applications each year, and the committee endeavors to assist as many families as possible.

Late applications will still be considered, but in the order in which they are received after the deadline.  If financial aid has been exhausted by the time the financial aid committee has received and reviewed your application, your application will be placed on a waiting list until funds become available (not guaranteed). 

FACTS has an excellent customer support team that can help!  They can be reached via phone at (866)441-4637.

• Moreau candidates are identified based on the Moreau Scholarship Application and the Principal Verification and Recommendation Form (certifying that the student is in the Top 10% of their 8th grade class).  The Moreau Scholarship is renewable each year, provided the student maintains a 3.0 or higher GPA.
• Students will sit for the Moreau exam here at BMHS in January of 2023, and the top 8 scorers are awarded in the following ways: 
  • 1st and 2nd Highest Scorers: 100% Tuition awarded
  • 3rd and 4th highest scorers: 75% Tuition awarded
  • 5th and 6th highest scorers: 50% Tuition awarded 
  • 7th and 8th highest scorers: 25% Tuition awarded

Presidential Scholarship awardees are selected by the Financial Aid and Scholarships committee based on students’ GPAs and dedication to academic excellence throughout the school year.  The Presidential Scholarship is renewed each year, provided the student maintains a 3.0 or higher GPA.

Donor/External scholarship recipients are selected (based on set criteria) by our Financial Aid and Scholarships committee along with the support of the donors and external organizations.  

For most of these scholarships, there is only one recipient.  In certain cases, there are two to three recipients, which is at the discretion of the Donor or organization that sponsors the scholarship.