Tuition Assistance
Effort Is the Price of Admission.
A path for the committed. A three-step model built on mutual investment. The work decides the seat. The financials are figured out together.
The Three-Step Model
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Step One
Monetary Contribution
Every family contributes. The amount is honest, proportional, and sustainable.
X• Prep operates with a non-negotiable truth: excellence has a real cost. World-class coaches, credentialed master educators, adaptive technology, elite competition schedules, college-prep infrastructure. None of this exists without meaningful financial investment.
Every enrolled family makes a monetary contribution of what their capacity supports. There is no zero option. Every family that participates must contribute what they are able.
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Step Two
Service Contribution
Optional. For families with the skills and time to trade real work for tuition offset.
If your household has the skills, time, and consistent availability to contribute beyond dollars, X• Prep offers structured service roles that offset a portion of tuition. These are not token volunteer hours. They are accountable, deliverable-based roles that directly support the X• Prep experience.
Service roles are subject to availability, skill verification, and annual performance review. Two pathways and three tiers are detailed in Section 05 below.
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Step Three
Tuition Grants
For select families who have maxed Steps 1 and 2, this closes the remaining gap.
For families who have determined their honest monetary contribution and committed to any available service trades, X• Prep offers need-based grant funding to close the remaining gap.
Step 2 in Detail
Two Ways to Serve.
Step 2 has two pathways. Internal service inside X• Prep, or community service through the Foundation or a partner organization. Same tier structure. Same standard.
Pathway A · Internal Service
Service trade roles within X• Prep. Classroom aides, instructors, assistant coaches, admin and marketing team, facility care, team media.
Pathway B · Community Service
Volunteer or paid service with the X• Prep Foundation (PTO, Booster Club, Jr. Bison) or approved community partner organizations.
Tier 01 · Light
Light Roles
Internal
Classroom aide
Team admin assistant
Team statistician
Community
PTO / Booster / Jr. Bison member
Partner organization volunteer
Tier 02 · Moderate
Moderate Roles
Internal
Innovator Lab instructor
Assistant coach
Marketing or admin team member
Team photographer or videographer
Facility and grounds care
Community
PTO / Booster / Jr. Bison officer
Partner organization staff or contributor
Tier 03 · Heavy
Heavy Roles
Internal
Select admin or marketing leadership
Community
PTO / Booster / Jr. Bison president
Senior leadership at a partner organization
Pathways can be combined across family members. A spouse taking on a service trade role at the school and a parent serving on Booster Club or volunteering at a partner organization can all contribute toward the family's combined service offset.
Service contributions supplement monetary contribution. They do not replace it. All service is verified by a letter from the relevant administrator confirming the family member is in good standing and actively contributing. Verification is renewed annually. Offset amounts are estimates and will be formalized in your assistance agreement during final enrollment. Families must remain in good standing on their monetary commitment to access service trade options.
The Commitment Standard
A Higher Standard. Not a Lower One.
Assistance recipients are held to a higher standard of commitment, not a lower one. Accepting assistance means accepting the responsibility that comes with it. Students on assistance are expected to demonstrate exceptional academic effort, model the Bison Mentality, and serve as examples of what this program makes possible.
Assistance can be reviewed and adjusted at any time if commitment standards are not met. This is not punitive. It is the foundation of a program built on mutual respect and earned opportunity.
The Process
Step 01
Apply for Admission
Submit the standard X• Prep admission application. Assistance is not part of this step. Acceptance is decided on the student alone.
Start Application →Step 02
Submit Financial Information
After application submission, families requesting assistance complete a confidential financial questionnaire.
Step 03
Assistance Interview
One conversation. Honest numbers on both sides. We talk through monetary contribution, service options, and grant funding to build a path that works.
Sequential. Confidential. Independent of admission.
Your Seat Is Waiting
If You Are Committed, We Will Find a Way.
Start with the application. The financial conversation comes after the application. The first step is starting the conversation.
Begin Application →