If you were unable to attend the meeting regarding the changes to the service scholarship program, the notes below will update you on what is new for the 2018-2019 school year.

           2018-2019 Registration
  • Registration Packet
  • Application fee for first time applicants is $75.00
  • March-April registration fee is $75.00
  • May-June registration fee is $100.00 
  • July registration fee is $125.00

    EdChoice Scholarship Program
  • Meeting in February
  • Forms submitted to ELCS and ODE March 31
  • Window closes April 30
  • Forms available tonight if needed
  • Second window will open in summer 2018


​What has NOT changed

          1. Tuition amounts have not changed

  • Full tuition for K-8 remains at $5050.00
  • Full tuition for 9-12 remains at $6000.00
  • Tuition reduction opportunities are available to all families of full-time students through service to ELCS

    2. Reduction amounts have not changed

  • Maximum tuition reduction for K-8 is $1800.00
  • Minimum tuition for K-8 is $3250.00
  • Maximum tuition reduction for 9-12 is $2664.00
  • Minimum tuition for 9-12 is $3336.00 ($14)

           3. Service opportunities have not changed

  • Service opportunities  provided throughout year
  • Families determine their amount of service 
  • Service must be approved, documented, tracked
  • Monthly invoices emailed (15th of each month)

What HAS changed
Hours not Points
Service Hours Administrators (SHAs)
  1. Important Summer Events 2018
  2. Sign Up
  3. Tracking
  4. Maximum Hours Offered
  5. Wage per Hour
  6. Service Opportunities (Removed/Added)
  7. Fundraising Opportunities
  8. Unserved Hours

1. Hours not Points
  • Service tracked/awarded in hours not points
  • Tracked and represented in Renweb as hours
  • Must be pre-approved by a SHA in advance

2. Service Hours Administrators (SHAs) 
  • All service must be pre-approved by an SHA
  • Agreement made in advance of the task
  • SHA must sign off on service once completed
  • SHA submit data to office monthly

 Service Hours Administrators (SHAs) :
  • PTF:  P. Anthony
  • B&G:  K. Smith
  • Athletics:  J. Wilson-Diaz
  • IT:  J. Williams
  • PR/Fundraising:  P. Miller & K. Williams
  • Finance:  Marc Moore
  • Other:  P. Bouscher, S. Mackall, S. Forsythe

3. Important Summer Events
  • Master Calendar posted in June to elchristian.org
  • Service Plan Night in July (tuition plan/More Blessed)

4. Sign Up for a Service Opportunity
  • Announced through One Call and Facebook 
  • Posted on elchristian.org 
  • Posted under “Community”
  • Select job, enter contact information, submit
  • SHA overseeing the task will contact to confirm

    5. Tracking of Service Hours
  • Personal tracking form, not submitted
  • SHAs track all service approved by them
  • SHAs submit monthly report to office
  • Office catalogue hours served in Renweb
  • Hours represented on monthly email invoice

    6. Maximum Hours Offered
  • K-8 families can serve a maximum of 50 hours
  • 9-12 families can serve a maximum of 74 hours
  • Multiple children, maximum of 130 hours

    7. Wage per Hour
  • Each hour of service will reduce tuition by $36.00
  • K-8:  50 hours x $36.00 = $1800.00 reduction
  • 9-12:  74 hours x $36.00 = $2664.00 reduction

    8. Service Opportunities (Removed)
  • Hours will not be awarded for attendance at the following:
  • PTF meetings, School Board Meetings, Open House, Orientation, Parent-Teacher Conferences
  • Unless it is a planning meeting for a fundraiser

    8. Service Opportunities (Added)
  • Hours will be awarded for the following:
  • Work days, transporting students, chaperoning events, field trips, school cleaning, shoveling walkways, plowing lot, mowing grass, etc…
  • As determined and approved by the SHAs

    9. Fundraising worth Time and a Half!
  • Encourage fund raising for general operations
  • Service done at a fundraiser worth time + ½ 
  • 2 hours at fundraiser, awarded 3 hours


Very limited  extra scholarship opportunities
Request forms are available in the office
Forms must be submitted by May 24 (last day)


Multiple child discounts are available
Multiple child discounts upon request
Forms must be submitted by May 24 (last day)

10. Unserved Hours Paid Back
  • Hours tracked very closely, monthly invoices
  • Final analysis done end of May
  • Hours not served will be converted back into cash owed to ELCS at rate of $36.00 per hour 
  • Families will be billed for the balance due


1. Tuition amounts have not changed
2. Tuition reduction amounts have not changed
3. Ample service opportunities will be provided

Hours not Points
Service Hours Administrators (SHAs)
    1. Important Summer Events 2018
    2. Sign Up
    3. Tracking
    4. Maximum Hours Offered
    5. Wage per Hour
    6. Service Opportunities (Removed/Added)
    7. Fundraising Opportunities
    8. Unserved Hours

East Liverpool Christian School
46682 Florence Street       East Liverpool, OH  43920       330.385.5588       elcsoffice@elchristian.org