Financial Aid Checklist

List of 3 items.

• 1. Financial aid online application: Due Jan. 28, 2026

  1. Set up an IRS account
  (This is required as part of an Enhanced Tax Verification process.)

  • Visit IRS.gov and click ‘Sign-In’.
  • Click ‘Sign in to individual account’. 
  • Click ‘Sign in’ or ‘Create an Account’. 
  • Follow the steps to verify identity and complete account sign up  (requires official ID and a selfie.)

  
  2. Complete the ‘Clarity’ Financial Aid Application
  It will ask for information about family, income, and expenses. You can save your work on your application and return to it at a later date. Submit one per household.*  

  • Visit app.clarityapp.com and click ‘Sign-In’.
  • Submit the application.
  • Complete the 4506c form to give Clarity permission to  pull your prior year tax returns directly from the IRS (this means you won’t have to add them yourself.)

  
  * If parents are divorced or never married and share custody, each parent must complete an application with all required documents and comply with all requirements of the financial aid process.

• 2. Submit required supporting documents for your application: Jan. 28, 2026

  Upload document(s) to Clarity.

  • October 2025 Bank Statement(s)
    Upload to Clarity a copy of your 2025 statement for each of your checking, savings, and money market account(s).

   

• 3. Financial aid notification

  Applicant families will be notified about financial assistance awards concurrently with notification of admission to the school. Middle School (Grades 6-8) decision notification February 20, 2026 and Lower School (Grades K-5) decision notification February 27, 2026.