• Home
  • About
    • About
    • Policies
  • Submissions
    • Op-eds
    • News / Announcements
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

eJewish Philanthropy

Your Jewish Philanthropy Resource

  • News Bits
  • Jewish Education
  • Readers Forum
  • Research
  • Show Search
Hide Search
You are here: Home / Education / Boston Area Jewish Parents Get School Tuition Help

Boston Area Jewish Parents Get School Tuition Help

November 6, 2011 By eJP

Combined Jewish Philanthropies will expand its successful affordability program that has made it possible for more families to send their children to Jewish Day School. The program, “Discover Day School” now offers qualifying families “CJP Discover Day School Checks” to cover up to $6,000 toward tuition at any of Greater Boston’s 10 K-8 Jewish day schools. CJP launched the Discover Day School program last year, offering $4,000 (up to 25 percent of tuition) for families enrolling their children in Jewish Day School kindergarten.

To qualify, families must be new to day school, decline any school-based financial assistance and have a “middle tier” annual income (on average, between $100,000 and $240,000). If the families continue to qualify, they will be eligible for additional Discover Day School Checks for up to three consecutive years of day school through 8th grade.

In its launch year, the program has helped 10 percent of the current kindergarten cohort attend Jewish day school. More than 3,500 unique visitors came to DiscoverDaySchool.org, a website that serves as a gateway to important information about Greater Boston’s day schools, financial assistance options and special education services. While the program targets middle tier families, it helps bring more children of all economic backgrounds into Jewish day schools by freeing up funds from each school’s financial aid program.

More information, including to learn if your family qualifies, information about day school education and links to Greater Boston’s Jewish day schools, is available at DiscoverDaySchool.org.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)

Filed Under: Education, In the Media

Click here to Email This Post Email This Post to friends or colleagues!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Dr. Marc N. Kramer says

    November 7, 2011 at 5:00 pm

    Boston’s Jewish community – its leaders, funders and professionals – are saluted for their proactive and visionary approach to day school affordability. Yeshar koach to all involved. May we all learn from and be inspired by this story.

Primary Sidebar

Join The Conversation

What's the best way to follow important issues affecting the Jewish philanthropic world? Our Daily Update keeps you on top of the latest news, trends and opinions shaping the landscape, providing an invaluable source for inspiration and learning.
Sign Up Now
For Email Marketing you can trust.

Continue The Conversation

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Recent Comments

  • Bruce Powell on An Invitation To Transparency: Reflections on an Open Salary Spreadsheet
  • Sara Rigler on Announcement: Catherine Reed named CEO of American Friends of Magen David Adom
  • Donna Burkat on The Blessings in 2020’s Losses
  • swindmueller on Where Do We Go From Here?
    Reflections On 2021
    A Jewish Response to These Uncertain Times
  • Alan Henkin on Where Do We Go From Here?
    Reflections On 2021
    A Jewish Response to These Uncertain Times

Most Read Recent Posts

  • Jewish Agency Accuses Evangelical Contractors of “Numerous Violations” but Denies They Evangelized New Immigrants
  • Breaking: Birthright Israel & Onward Israel Seek to Join Forces to Strengthen Jewish Diaspora Ties with Israel
  • An Invitation To Transparency: Reflections on an Open Salary Spreadsheet
  • Why One Zoom Class Has Generated a Following
  • The Blessings in 2020’s Losses

Categories

The Way Back Machine

Footer

What We Do

eJewish Philanthropy highlights news, resources and thought pieces on issues facing our Jewish philanthropic world in order to create dialogue and advance the conversation. Learn more.

Top 40 Philanthropy Blogs, Websites & Influencers in 2020

Copyright © 2021 · eJewish Philanthropy · All Rights Reserved