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Fees and Levies
The inclusive standard fee for 2010 is $2,718 per student, payable in 9 monthly instalments of $302 from March to November. Payments can be made by BPay, EFTPOS, cheque, cash, credit card, direct debit from your nominated account or by using the Centrepay service provided by Centrelink.
Tuition fees are charged to partly meet the cost of tuition, purchasing and replacing class sets of textbooks, materials and consumables used in all subjects, excursions, bus hire and venue hire, school competition entry fees, sports carnivals and training of sports teams, the Physical Education aquatics program, Refl ection Days, College Feast Days, Liturgies, Commencement and Thanksgiving Masses, levies charged to the school by the Catholic Education Office and locker hire. The tuition fee also covers levies for students who participate in a College team/s such as soccer, netball, cricket, hockey, basketball, waterpolo, touch football, debating, rockclimbing etc.
Activities that are NOT covered by the tuition fee and which will be invoiced separately are year group camps for Years 7 to 9, as well as Outdoor Education camps and Science Extended camps in Years 9 & 10 and Music camps.
Books and Stationery
Birchalls provide all Back to School requirements for student text books and stationery. Birchalls have a well established Back to School operation at the Royal Hobart Showgrounds where parents and students can select their text and stationery requirements. Each school has a dedicated area for text books and specific stationery requirements, which is organized in year group order. There is also a large area dedicated to general Back to School stationery items. This allows parents and students to select what they require, knowing what they have available from previous years.
For 2010, Birchalls are open between 11th January and 13th February 2010 at the Showgrounds. Parents and students can choose their Text Book and Stationery requirements at any time during this five week period.
Payment
Fee accounts are issued at the start of each month from March to November. Payment can be made to the College office by BPay, EFTPOS, cheque, cash, direct debit or CentrePay. Special arrangements can be made for payment by instalment for families who are experiencing financial hardship.
Family Discount
Fee discounts are available for families with three or more children in Catholic schools. The scale of discounts at MacKillop is:
3 children in Catholic schools 12.5% discount
4 children in Catholic schools 25% discount
5 children in Catholic schools 40% discount
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