Scholarship Information

  1. About the Program

    2. Congregation Beth Israel in Malden has created a special fund to subsidize the cost of approved Jewish day schools, up to 50% or $7,000 per child for children in grades K - 12, and up to 100% or $5,000 per child for children in Nursery and Pre-K, as well as the cost of approved Jewish Day Camps, up to 50% per child, for children of members of the congregation. Families that receive day school scholarships are expected to participate in synagogue services and activities.

  2. Guidelines for Participation

    3. The synagogue has set specific guidelines for participation in its programs to strengthen the mutual commitment between the congregation and its members. Recipients of scholarships are expected to make a good faith effort to attend the following services and activities:

    • Shabbat morning: every week
    • Weekday Shacharit (Sunday through Friday): at least once per week
    • Weekday Mincha/Maariv (Sunday through Friday): at least once per week
    • Chanukah party
    • Purim Se’udah
    • Shabbatons: at least one per year
    • Lectures and video presentations; at least two per year

    These guidelines exclude cases where attendance is prevented because of illness, severe weather or out-of-town travel.

  3. Eligibility

    4. Scholarships will be awarded to applicants who:

    • Are active members of the congregation in good standing.
    • Are current residents of Malden or immediate environs at the time of application.**
    • Adhere to the guidelines for participation as listed in section 2.

    Note: Failure to adhere to the guidelines listed in section 2 may result in the decline or delay of future tuition applications. The Scholarship Committee reserves the right to review the participation of the applicants on a semi-annual basis. If there are any concerns in regards to your status of participation, you will be notified by the Scholarship Committee.

    ** The Scholarship Committee reserves the right to extend exceptions to this requirement in situations where the applicant is an active member whose presence is beneficial to the community, even if he/she is not a resident of Malden or its immediate environs.

  4. Required documents

    5. Before scholarship funds can be disbursed, recipients must provide

    • One tuition application PER CHILD (Preferably, but not restricted to, filled out and submitted electronically from the new form on the synagogue’s website).
    • A paid invoice or receipt from the day school.
    • A record of any other financial assistance received for the same tuition.

  5. Parameters

    6. The Jewish School Tuition Subsidy was designed to assist our congregants in paying for their children’s “fundamental” Jewish education. At Jewish schools, this education begins with nursery. Once a child has graduated high school, the education he/she receives is considered beyond the “fundamental” Jewish education, as it is more occupation-driven.

    Therefore, Scholarships will be awarded for tuition of children who are:

    • Attending a Jewish School deemed acceptable by the Rabbi and Scholarship Committee
    • In the grades Nursery – 12.

  6. Application Deadlines

    7. Schools plan each year well in advance of the end of the previous. Parents who enroll their children typically know before the end of their school year in which school their child is enrolled, and what they are obligated to pay for tuition. It is also common for parents to be required to begin paying tuition over the summer. However, there are rare instances where parents might not know that information until much closer to the start of the school year. Therefore, there will be two deadlines for applications.

    Early applications: All applications received by June 30 of a given year will be processed and grants awarded by the end of August the same year.

    Late applications: All applications received by September 30 of a given year will be processed and grants awarded by the end of November the same year.

    In an effort to maintain fairness across the board, the Scholarship Committee will do its best to maintain an equivalent percentage amount for each grant across the early and late applications, but will disburse the grants for the earlier applicants in a timely fashion.

Click here to download a Jewish Day School Scholarship application form!

Click here to download a Jewish Day Camp Scholarship application form!

Applications can be mailed to:

Congregation Beth Israel, ATTN: Scholarship Program, 10 Dexter Street, Malden, MA 02148