Fee Schedule 2008-2009
LATE FEE: In an effort to eliminate first day confusion, there will be a $25 late fee assessed to any family whose registration materials have not arrived at the Midrasha office by September 1, 2008.
Members Affiliated with Midrasha-Sponsoring Synagogues:
• Sunday morning or midweek Tanach/Talmud tuition $675
• Tuesday night Mystical Visions only (no Sun. or T/T) $340
• Unsubsidized cost of Etgar/Kesher Retreats $920
• Subsidized cost of Etgar/Kesher Retreats $660
Unaffiliated Families:
• Sunday morning or midweek Tanach/Talmud tuition $925
• Unsubsidized cost of Etgar/Kesher Retreats $965
• Subsidized cost of Etgar/Kesher Retreats $705
All Families:
• Midweek Tanach/Talmud Text Class in addition to Sun. $310
• Tuesday night Mystical Visions in addition to Sun. or T/T $155
• Gesharim (8th grade) fee, required $200
• Rites of Passage I or II $200
Abraham’s Vision Intergroup Education for Muslim and Jewish 11th & 12th Grade Students:
• If enrolled at Midrasha in Berkeley $ no charge
• If enrolled at a different Midrasha $155
• If not enrolled at any Midrasha $255
There is a sibling discount of $30 for the 2nd or 3rd student concurrently enrolled from the same family.
Please contact the Midrasha bookkeeper, Desmid Lyon, desmid@midrasha.org or
843-4667, with any questions on the above fees or if you need to set up a payment plan or request a financial aid application.
We ask that your check accompany your registration form, made payable to MIDRASHA.
Please make sure that the student’s name is marked on the check.
Explanation of Fees
Midrasha is a community school. It is supported by a partnership of synagogues, parents and the Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay’s Center for Jewish Living and Learning. Each synagogue pays a set amount per student to fulfill its institutional responsibility to support Midrasha. In addition, a substantial part of our operating budget comes directly from the Jewish Community Federation and Foundation of the Greater East Bay. It costs $1663 per year to educate each student and our tuition is $675. As you can see in the fee structure above, this amount is heavily subsidized by Federation grants and subsidies ($223/student), synagogues ($250/student) and our fundraising efforts ($515/student). Since synagogues contribute financially towards each student’s education at Midrasha, synagogue members pay a tuition lower than that of unaffiliated students. The difference in tuition between $675 for affiliated students and $925 for unaffiliated students represents the amount we would have received from their synagogue if they were affiliated.
-All students are billed directly by Midrasha for both classes and retreats. Checks should be made payable to Midrasha.
- There are additional Etgar and Kesher fees for 9th – 12th graders. These fees help to cover the cost of the camp weekend retreats. You will be billed for the cost of the retreats along with your Midrasha tuition. Fees are NOT prorated for missed weekends. The maximally-subsidized cost is $660. The partially-subsidized cost of the weekend retreats for the Etgar and Kesher programs is $920.
- The difference between $660 and $920 is subsidized by the Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay. Due to the increasing popularity of these programs, the subsidy dollars are stretched over many more families from year to year. Families that can afford to pay the unsubsidized fee are encouraged to do so. The difference in tuition between $660/$920 for affiliated students and $705/$965 for unaffiliated students represents the amount we would have received from their synagogue if they were affiliated.
- A select number of 11th graders participate in the Hadracha leadership training program. There is a $200 fee for Hadracha, which will be billed directly by the Center for Jewish Living and Learning.
- Gesharim (8th grade) students are billed $200, which covers curriculum materials, the Gesharim retreat, the day at Angel Island and other special programs. The fee is charged to all 8th graders, whether or not they participate in the retreat and special programs, since the fees also fund curriculum materials and the Gesharim coordinator.
- Financial concerns should never be a reason to not attend Midrasha or participate in the retreat programs. Scholarship aid is available. Our annual fundraising Seudah, Silent Auction and generous donations through our annual fall appeal make this financial aid possible. Contact the Midrasha office for a scholarship aid form. Please note that any student attending Midrasha for 5 sessions is liable for tuition for the entire year. If you are unsure about your participation in the program, feel free to come and see what it’s like for the first 4 weeks. However, please fill out all registration materials even if you are just “trying it out.” We are required to have emergency contact information and signatures for every student who is onsite.
- Please make your check for tuition and retreat fees payable to MIDRASHA. Note that due to IRS regulations which went into effect January 1, 2007 we CANNOT accept any tuition check which says “donation” anywhere on the check. Any check containing tuition only, or tuition and a donation, which is marked “donation”, will be mailed back to you with a request for a new check. Please save us the cost of mailing your check back to you and do not write the word “donation” anywhere on your tuition check. If your check includes tuition in full plus a donation (but is NOT marked donation), or if you send us a separate donation check, we will send you a tax receipt in the mail for the donation amount.
