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Scholarships & Financial Aid
Director: Ms. Martha Dion

Like all programs at St. Rita of Cascia High School, our Scholarships & Financial Aid Program is guided by the Augustinian Core Values of Veritas, Unitas, and Caritas--Truth, Unity, and Love.  We believe that the experience of an excellent Catholic Augustinian Education should be made available to as many young men as possible throughout the Chicagoland area.  Through the generosity of our alumni and benefactors, we are able to extend the Academic Scholarships, Unitas Service & Involvement Awards, Legacy Scholarships and the Financial Aid Packages. 

Academic Scholarships

• St. Rita is a Catholic school—a center of learning within the context of Christianity, a journey ever closer toward ultimate truth, respect for one another and all of God's creation. 

• Academic Scholarships are awarded on the basis of the results of the January 12th St. Rita Entrance Examination.

• Students with the top 2 scores are each awarded a $2,500 Academic Scholarship. 
  This scholarship is renewable each year, provided renewal standards are met, for a total value of $10,000.

• Students who score in the 95th percentile or above are awarded a $1,250 Academic Scholarship.
  This scholarship is renewable each year, provided renewal standards are met, for a total value of $5,000.

• Students who score in the 88th to 94th percentile are awarded a $1,000 non-renewable Academic Scholarship for their Freshmen year.

• 2008-2009 Timeline for Academic Scholarships

              January 10
              Take the Class of 2013 Entrance Exam at St. Rita High School to qualify

              February 15
              Acceptance Letters and Entrance Exam Results mailed out

Unitas Service & Involvement Awards
(Formerly Known as the Cascian Award)

• Whether it is the single-mindedness of common academic endeavor, the unity of our school family, or the shared identity of being a Ritaman for life, the call to community is insistent and demanding.  St. Rita is a place where young men form friendships and develop values that last a life time.

• Applications for the Unitas Service and Involvement Awards are available at registration.  Amounts of the Unitas Service & Involvement Award vary based on a young man's academic achievement, behavior, attendance, extracurricular involvement, and service to school and community.

• 2008-2009 Timeline for Unitas Award

            January 10
            Take the Class of 2013 Entrance Exam at St. Rita High School to qualify

            February 15
            Acceptance Letters and Entrance Exam Results mailed out

            February 27 & March 5
            Unitas Award Applications available at Freshmen Registration
            Registration fee due

            March 19
            Complete Unitas Award Application Due to Director of Scholarships/Financial Aid

            Mid May
            Unitas Service & Involvement Award Letters mailed

Financial Aid        

• More than any one word (love, concern, devotion, compassion, caring) can express caritas, is that impulse of the Spirit of Jesus that is expressed in hundreds of ways.

• There must be demonstrated financial need by information supplied on the Application for Financial Aid.

• These Applications along with financial statements are submitted and reviewed by F.A.C.T.S. Grant and Aid Assessment and the findings are submitted to the Director of Scholarships & Financial Aid.

• All required forms and procedures must be completed by the published deadlines.

• Students must maintain passing grades; failures or multiple "D" grades may eliminate them from program participation.

• Freshman class applicants are required to have taken our entrance exam.

• 2008-2009 Timeline for Financial Aid

              January 10
              Take the Class of 2013 Entrance Exam at St. Rita High School to qualify

              February 15
              Acceptance Letters and Entrance Exam Results mailed out

              February 27 & March 5
              Financial Aid Applications available at Freshman Registration
              Registration fee due

              March 19
              Complete Financial Aid Application with copy of 2007 Tax Form Due
              to F.A.C.T.S. Grant and Aid Assessment Company

              Mid May
              Financial Aid Package Letters mailed
   

  "Augustinian Legacy Scholarship" 
  $$1,000 Automatic Freshman Scholarship
  starting Fall 2009 For Sons & Grandsons of
  St. Rita & Mendel Graduates 
  Contact Craig Ferguson at
  773-925-7428 for details.

Under IHSA rules, St. Rita does not offer athletic scholarships.