Tuition Assistance

We strive for total accessibility.

Echo Horizon School is committed to providing tuition assistance to those families with demonstrated need. Every family seeking tuition assistance must apply for assistance using FAST. In addition, you are required to complete/upload four documents, all of which will help us understand more fully the nature of your financial situation and your need for tuition assistance. These four documents are as follows and instructions on how to complete/upload each document are below:

1. Supplementary Financial Information (SFI) form
2. Letter of Circumstance
3. Last Paystub of 2025
4. Proof of Tuition Payment to Another School (if applicable)

You will also be asked to provide the amount of tuition assistance that you are requesting for each student for whom you are applying for tuition assistance. Please enter the corresponding amount(s) in FAST in the Questions section. Please note that there is no guarantee that Echo Horizon School will provide an award to you total the requested amount.

Finally, if this is your first year applying for tuition assistance at Echo Horizon, please make sure to complete the tax verification consent in FAST.  To know whether you have successfully completed the consent, when you go into your application, under all parent/guardian’s names, you will see "Waiting for IRS" or "Accepted" if the consent was successfully completed. If you need assistance completing the tax verification, please reach out to FAST Family Support at familysupport@ismfast.com. Please note that if you applied for tuition assistance at Echo Horizon last year and successfully completed the tax verification consent in FAST as part of last year’s tuition assistance process, you do not need to complete the tax verification consent again.

Directions for FAST Application

Complete the FAST application using 2024 year-end data by January 7th (returning families) or January 20th (new families).

• Submit your 2024 tax returns to FAST by January 7th (returning families) or January 20th (new families).
• Submit your 2025 tax returns to FAST by April 15, 2026.
• Please note: if you submit your 2025 tax returns before the due date (January 7th for returning families or
  January 20th for new families), you do not need to submit your 2024 tax returns.

 

1. Directions for Supplementary Financial Information (SFI) Form

• Upload completed SFI form using estimated 2026 data to FAST in the applicable location under Other Documents by January 7th (returning families) January 20th (new families). Please see the Supplementary Financial Information tab for directions on how to complete this form.
• Please click here to download the SFI form.

2. Directions for Letter of Circumstance

• Upload completed Letter of Circumstance to FAST in the applicable location under Other Documents by January 7th (returning families) January 20th (new families). Your Letter of Circumstance should please include a description of the reasons why you are applying for tuition assistance for the 2026-2027 school year. Echo’s recommendation in regards to the Letter of Circumstance is that it is always better to share more reasons/details than less; there is no minimum or maximum word amount. Please note that the Letter of Circumstance will be kept strictly confidential, just as with the other aspects of your tuition assistance application.

3. Directions for Last Paystub of 2025

• Upload a copy of each parent/guardian’s last paystub received in calendar year 2025, as applicable, to FAST in the applicable location under Other Documents by January 7th (returning families) January 20th (new families). Even if you complete the remainder of your application prior to your receipt of this paystub, please go back into your application and upload it.

4. Directions for Proof of Tuition Payment to Another School (if applicable)

• If you have a child who attends another independent school and/or preschool, please upload a copy of your last tuition invoice to FAST in the  applicable location under Other Documents by January 7th (returning families) January 20th (new families).