Tuition
Application Process
Adult Tuition: $2,800
Children 6-12: $1,400
Children 0-5: Free
Step 1. Sign Up
Application and References. Acceptance letter sent by Iris.
Step 2. Payment Process
Step 2.1 Tuition Deposit
Due within 10 days of receiving your acceptance letter.
Once acceptance letter has been received each applicant (excluding children 0-5) must pay the tuition deposit of $200. This is necessary to hold your place in the school. Deposit fees are NON-REFUNDABLE if you should decide to withdraw.
Step 2.2 Pay remaining fees by April 25th, 2012.
• Pay the remaining $2600 per adult/ $1200 per child.
• Add all Extended Outreach Tuition Fees for each adult/ child
10 Day Bush Outreach - Mozambique: $400
International Outreach Fees: (varies / to be announced)
All tuition and outreach fees for HS must be paid in full one month before school starts.
Refund of outreach fees for the June school: July 1 is the last day to change outreaches and get a refund.
Step 2.3 Send us a Payment Notification EMAIL
• Send us an email notifying us of your payment to .
• On the Subject Line write: [School session number] Tuition Payment from [your name]
example: HS16 Tuition Payment from John Doe
• include your full name, address, phone and email address.
• in the Message Body, state the following:
1. School session - Deposit, Tuition, or Outreach code.
2. Include all details of how your payment was made (check, money order, credit card, wire transfer), any transaction numbers or special information, name of sending bank.
You will receive a receipt by email after the payment has cleared our bank. This normally takes several weeks. These steps will help us ensure that your funds arrive safely and are correctly matched up with your account. We will also be able to acknowledge their receipt.
TUITION PAYMENT RECEIPTS
Tuition payment receipts will be sent to students by email after the payments have been fully processed. This can take up to two weeks after the payments have been mailed or initiated. Therefore your patience is requested, and it is strongly recommended that you not wait until the last minute to pay if at all possible.
TUITION REFUNDS
WITHDRAWALS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS: If circumstances prohibit attending the school, tuition fees will be refunded LESS the amount of the tuition deposit AND any transaction fees related to the refund.
REFUNDS OF OUTREACH FEES: If a student is not permitted or is not able to attend an outreach, a full refund of the outreach portion of the tuition fees will be made by one of the methods outlined below. We must be notified of the decision to not attend an outreach a full month before the close of a school session in order for a student to receive a refund. If expenses have already been incurred on the student's behalf, then that portion of the outreach fee may not be refundable. Final determination will rest with the school administration.
EARLY DEPARTURES: We regret to inform you that we cannot give refunds to any student who leaves early from the Iris Harvest School of Missions for any reasons.
REFUND METHODS: One of the following methods will be used to make refunds. Where possible, refunds will be made in the same manner that the payment was made, and if transaction fees are incurred for wire transfers, credit card refunds and other methods, those costs will be deducted from the refund amount. All refunds will be made in US Dollars.
Payments Made By Others on Behalf of Students
If someone other than the student is making a payment on their behalf, it is very important that they clearly state in the transaction and by email, who the student is and the session number and other personal details as outlined in the email notification instructions above. Only the student will be notified of the payment and the student will receive a payment receipt by email after the payment has been fully processed. This can take 1-2 weeks.
SUPPORT DONATIONS FOR TUITION PAYMENTS ARE NOT TAX DEDUCTIBLE: At present, the Internal Revenue Service does not grant a tax deduction to donors or others who make direct or indirect tuition payments to Harvest School.
Questions regarding payment of tuition should be sent by email to . All other questions regarding school matters should be directed to .
PAYMENT OPTIONS
All payments should be made in US Dollars. Payments made in other currencies may incur extra charges.
General Questions:
Tuition Questions:
Check or Money Order
Mail checks and money orders (payable in US Dollars to IRIS MINISTRIES) to:
Iris Ministries
PO Box 493995
Redding, CA 96049-3995
USA
Note on the Memo line that the payment is for [School Session - Deposit, Tuition, or Outreach Code].
Credit Card Payments
- Click here to pay online
- Follow the instructions and enter all who are attending.
- Click add to cart and proceed to checkout.
Wire Transfer
US Dollar wire transfers may be made from almost any country in the world to the Iris Ministries USA bank account.
Please send an email to requesting wire transfer information. We will send you the instructions by return email. For security reasons we cannot include wire transfer instructions here.
Wire Transfers require additional fees for transaction.
1. INTERNATIONAL - Outside USA: Sending Bank Fee + $20
2. DOMESTIC - Inside USA: Sending Bank Fee + $10
Example: If your sending bank charges $30 for an outgoing wire transfer, then add $20 for a total of $50. Therefore if your payment is $2,800, then your total wire transfer amount would be $2,850.
UNACCEPTABLE PAYMENT METHODS
1. DIRECT DEPOSITS to our Bank of America account are NOT acceptable, because there is no way to identify who made the deposit or what it is for.
2. CASH PAYMENT & CHECKS HAND-CARRIED TO PEMBA will NOT be accepted, as too many problems can arise. Tuition and fees must be PAID IN FULL BEFORE a student leaves for Pemba. The only exception to this will be to settle small (less than $50) under-payments due to miscalculation of transaction fees and PRE-APPROVED exceptions for students coming from countries where other pre-payment methods are not possible.
Under/Over Payments
Under-payments not exceeding $50 can be settled in cash on arrival in Pemba. Over-payments should be avoided if possible. Small over-payments that do occur will be credited to your 'student account' in Pemba, and can be used to purchase drinking water.