Financial aid awards are applied to tuition only. Any optional charges such as after school care and enrichment course fees (C.A.M.P.), catered school lunch, and other incidental expenses are excluded from aid. Families must be in good financial standing with the school to be considered for financial aid.

Approximately 22% of all our students (Junior Kindergarten–6th Grade) receive financial aid.

Financial aid applications are reviewed by the Financial Aid Committee and are processed by the Business Office. All information required for the application process is kept in strictest confidence.

No. A family's financial status is not part of admission criteria.
After a child has been accepted, a Financial Aid Committee then reviews requests and grants aid on the basis of demonstrated financial need.

Ravenna Financial Aid charges a fee of $60 for processing the Parents’ Financial Statement. You may download a copy of the report or request that a copy of the report be sent to you.

A number of factors are used to determine financial need, so it is impossible to specify income levels or other criteria that would guarantee a student receive financial aid. Income, assets, taxes, family size, unusual expenses, parents' ages and number of family members in tuition-paying schools are just some of the factors used in the equation to determine financial need.

"Demonstrated need" is defined as the difference between the amount a family can be expected to contribute to the cost of the student's education and the amount of annual tuition at Hanahau‘oli. To consider individual students for financial aid fairly, the school assesses each family's financial situation with the help of Ravenna Financial Aid, an outside agency used by independent schools nationwide. Every family applying for aid completes a Parents' Financial Statement (PFS) and sends it to Ravenna for processing, along with supporting documents. A calculation of financial need is then sent to Hanahau‘oli.

The information received guides the Financial Aid Committee in making its decision, but is by no means the sole factor used with making a decision about financial aid. Complexities and unusual circumstances of each family situation are acknowledged and considered in the final decision.

In determining need, consideration is given to a family's net income before taxes and to some extent net worth. These figures are balanced against taxes, educational expenses of other children, unusual debts, medical expenses, cost of living, etc. Therefore, families must fully explain all unusual circumstances that they feel the Financial Aid Committee should be aware of when making an award decision.

Download this informational PDF for assistance with the Ravenna Financial Aid application.

We believe that both parents hold an ethical obligation to contribute to their children's educational expenses, whether or not they have a legal obligation to do so. Therefore, we consider the assets and earnings potential of both natural or adoptive parents, if living, when making any financial aid award. As a result, Parents’ Financial Statements (PFS) and all supporting documents are required from both parents every year.

• Hanahau‘oli School will not be bound by any divorce agreement specifying a parents' responsibility for educational expenses since we were not a party to the agreement. Likewise, Hanahau‘oli cannot be bound by the assertion that one parent has disclaimed responsibility for the student.

• If either parent has remarried, the needs analysis considers the assets and earnings potential of the stepparent as well, keeping in mind the stepparent's responsibility to his or her own children.

• Hanahau‘oli considers the obligations of the parents to their new family situations in determining the award, but will not become involved in allocating the award on a proportional basis to the families involved. The responsibility for all communication and payments ultimately lies with the custodial parent.

• In cases where one parent has had no contact with the student for more than seven years, the requirement that both parents apply for assistance may be waived. The guiding principle is "lack of contact," which must be documented by the custodial parent.

• In cases where the involvement of the non-custodial parent is not in the best interest of the student (abuse, incest, addiction, etc.), the requirement will be waived upon receipt of acceptable documentation from a disinterested third party.

Notifications of financial aid awards are usually mailed within a week after a student is offered admission. The process may take longer if there are complicated or extenuating circumstances in the family situation. We would not expect a family who has been offered admission and applied for financial aid to make a decision about enrolling until the financial aid offer is known.

Family financial circumstances can change. Therefore, we require families to re-apply for financial aid each year.