Financial Aid and Scholarships

To get started...

• Go to https://app.clarityapp.com/sign-up to create your account.
• Start with household and applicant information. Select "St. Andrew's Schools, The Priory, The Prep" as the school to which you are applying.
• Sign and submit a Form 4506c to give Clarity permission to pull your prior year tax returns. This means you won't need to upload any of the them yourself!
• Complete your financial information, including income, expenses, assets, and debts.
• The application fee is $60 per household.
• Submit other documents that pertain to your family and your situation in addition to last year's taxes. Documents may include:
  • Current Mortgage/HELOC statement(s) for all properties owned (showing monthly payment and outstanding balance)
  • Current Property Assessment for all residential and/or investment properties owned
  • Current document(s) indicating amount of private school or college financial aid, scholarships and/or loans for applicant's sibling(s)
  • Copy of Social Security Benefit Statement Form SSA-1099 received for all family members
  • Copy of SNAP/TANF/Section8/Housing Benefit/other government assistance statement(s)
  • Copy of Unemployment Benefit/Worker's compensation/TDI statement(s)
  • Leave and Earnings Statement
• Check the "Document Requests" panel on your portal to see what you need to upload.

FAQs about Clarity

St. Andrew’s Schools and Kamehameha Schools signed the Ke Ali'i Collaboration, which provides half a million dollars in tuition assistance for new and currently enrolled Native Hawaiian students at The Priory (girls K-12) and The Prep (boys K-6) who demonstrate some degree of financial need. This strategic and collaborative agreement will provide more children of Hawaiian ancestry with a high quality, college preparatory and Hawaiian culture-based education.

As two long-standing, highly reputable educational institutions on Oʻahu, with a common Aliʻi founding and the aligned goal of providing Hawaiian children access to an excellent education, we are honored to partner with Kamehameha Schools to advance the success of Native Hawaiian children!

In order to be considered, families must apply for admission to St. Andrew’s Schools AND financial aid through Clarity. To benefit from this collaboration, families must demonstrate financial need. If you have any questions, please contact financialaid@standrewsschools.org.

St. Andrew’s Schools have many named scholarships, all of which are awarded based upon a family’s financial need.

Upon acceptance to St. Andrew’s Schools and after completion of the financial aid application, the Financial Aid Committee meets and distributes scholarship monies based on the specific criteria set forth in the scholarship. Scholarships are renewable annually as long as the student remains in good academic standing, continues to fulfill the scholarship criteria, and continues to qualify financially.

Here are a few of our scholarships:

• Amelia G. Gaston Scholarship

Children of Episcopal priests who demonstrate financial need are eligible for this scholarship. Students in grades K-12 are eligible for this scholarship.

• Fred Haruto Shintaku and Ruth K. Shintaku Scholarship

Students entering grades 9-12 with a minimum grade point average of 3.0, who participate in community service, and demonstrate financial need are eligible for this scholarship.

• Phoebe Furtado Gedge and George Donald Gedge Endowed Scholarship Fund

Students entering grades 6-12, of Hawaiian ancestry, who participate in athletics, and have earned at least a 2.75 grade point average, and demonstrate financial need are eligible for this scholarship.

• Mililani Group, Inc. Scholarship

Students who live in the Pearl City/Mililani (Ewa/Central Oahu) areas and demonstrate financial need are eligible for this scholarship. Students in grades K-12 are eligible for this scholarship.

Please contact financialaid@standrewsschools.org for more information.

Queen Emma Kaleleonālani dedicated herself to serving the health, educational, and spiritual needs of her people. She provided access to quality healthcare for Hawaiian people with the establishment of The Queen's Medical Center in 1859.

In late 1861, along with her husband, Kamehameha IV, she brought the Anglican Church to the Hawaiian Islands. To provide for their educational needs, Queen Emma established St. Andrew's Priory School for Girls in 1867 which has grown to include The Prep for boys, K-6 and Queen Emma Preschool, for children ages 2-5 years old. 

In the spirit of our common royal and Episcopal heritage, St. Andrew's Schools offers a $1500.00 scholarship to The Priory or The Prep to children of members in good standing of any Episcopal Church in Hawaiʻi. 

Members must obtain a reference letter/form with signature from the priest of their church, or if moving to Hawaiʻi, a letter from the church they left most recently. This letter/form must be provided at the time the student applies for admission to St. Andrewʻs Schools.

The St. Andrew's Priory Merit Scholarship is a $10,000 tuition award for students entering The Priory (all girls) in grades  6, 7, and 9 for the 2024-2025 school year. The scholarship is renewable as long as the student remains in good standing in The Priory. Multiple awards will be given in each grade level for the 2023-24 school year, and we reserve the right not to make an award based on the pool of candidates.

The selection committee will take into consideration scholastic achievement, leadership, and extracurricular activities.

This scholarship opportunity is open to all incoming students and current Priory students who meet the criteria outlined below. Demonstrated financial need is not a requirement for this scholarship and there are no income restrictions to apply. Financial aid may be pursued in addition to the merit scholarship.

Instructions for applying for the 24-25 Priory Merit Scholarship will be posted by October 1, 2023.

There are several options for parents to explore regarding tuition assistance to attend Queen Emma Preschool. These options are available from outside organizations and Queen Emma Preschool is a participating school. Currently, St. Andrew's Schools does not provide financial aid to Queen Emma Preschool families.

Eligibility and requirements vary. Please reach out directly to each organization for details and the most up-to-date information. 

Preschool Open Doors (POD)/PATCH Hawaii

This is a child care subsidy awarded to eligible families for the year prior to the child's entrance to Kindergarten. DHS (Department of Human Services) is the administrator of the program and partners with PATCH (People Attentive to Children) to run the program. POD provides monthly preschool tuition subsidies to qualified families. Parents may choose any DHS licensed preschool. For more information, please call (808) 791-2130.

Child Care Connection Hawaii

Also administered through DHS, this child care service accepts applications year round. For more information, please call (808) 566-2600.

Pauahi Keiki Scholarship Program (PKS)

Kamehameha Schools offers a need-based scholarship to eligible families of Native Hawaiian ancestry that are planning to attend a participating PKS preschool. There are deadlines to apply. For more information, please call (808) 534-8080.