KYHS is committed to providing an education to all students who can flourish in and contribute to our program. Parents who apply for tuition assistance will receive an amount in accordance with the family’s finances. Families who wish to apply for assistance should please check off the appropriate box on the online application and click here to complete the online application.

 

The applications are processed by an outside company (FACTS Grant and Aid Assessment) and then reviewed by the tuition assistance committee. The application process for tuition assistance is conducted with dignity and discretion. Please make sure to send the required supporting documentation to FACTS. The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County assists us in providing tuition assistance to students who reside in the Boca Raton/ Delray areas.

"Sticker Shock is one of the main reasons that parents do not consider Jewish day school as an option for their children. Though widely acknowledged as safe environments that provide both a challenging educational program and inspiration to lead Jewishly committed lives, parents are hesitant to begin paying tuition before a child enters college. In addition, parents and children are fearful if they transfer to a Jewish day school, they will be unable to make up Judaic studies they missed in earlier grades.

 

Several years ago, Katz Yeshiva High School of South Florida received a gift from Susan and Scott Shay to create the Shay Scholars Endowment Fund. It awards a number of students who attended public or private middle schools a four-year merit-based partial scholarship to attend KYHS. Students are selected on the basis of their interest in academic and religious growth and their ability to handle the challenging dual-curriculum program.

 

They Shay family has created this fund to enable teenagers to experience what it believes is perhaps the most important experience in shaping Jewishly-committed adults. Scott Shay's first experience in Jewish day school was in his high school years, and he and his wife are committed to encouraging students and their parents to "make the jump" to day school from public to private schools. A similar scholarship has been created at two other yeshiva high schools nationwide.

 

How to apply (only available to students currently attending public or private non-Jewish day schools):

 

1) Students must write a 250-word essay on why they would like to attend a Jewish day school.

2) Essays must be e-mailed to Executive Director Shimmie Kaminetsky skaminetsky@yeshivahs.org.