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New Trier Township High School offers financial assistance for families who qualify in accordance with Board of Education Policy 4:140: Waiver of School Fees. To qualify for free lunch/fee waiver/textbook assistance, families must meet the income thresholds under the Federal Poverty Guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the National School Lunch Program.
Families may also be eligible for financial assistance due to temporary financial hardships caused by the loss of one’s home due to fire, unemployment, illness, or other emergencies that create a severe impact on family income levels.
To be considered for financial assistance, families must complete an application and submit supporting financial documentation. Financial assistance is granted only for the current school year and is not retroactive. Families must reapply each school year. Fees not covered by financial assistance are the responsibility of the families. Payment plans may be enacted for balances on student accounts.
Financial Assistance Benefit Package:
- Free Lunch- one Quest Choice breakfast and lunch meal daily. This includes a main choice, choice of fruit, vegetables or fries, and choice of milk or bottled water. This is dependent on income qualifications.
- Student fee waiver-School fees and selected program fees are waived, including fees for Driver’s Education, PSAT and AP exams.
- Textbook waiver-Textbooks (physical or digital) required for course work are waived. This includes art packs for certain programs or items needed for science lab courses.
- Transportation-Round trip to/from school is provided to your student if you reside in area with existing bus routes. This does not include any Pace card purchases.
- iPad loan program-Rising freshmen and other incoming students are provided with an iPad to use throughout their time at New Trier. These are returned when a student graduates or leaves New Trier.
Instructions for completing the application:
List all students attending New Trier for the 2025-26 school year.
- List parent/guardian name, address, email address and contact phone number.
- List all residents living at the address listed (parents, relatives, etc.).
- Please check the income boxes that apply to each person.
- Income tax forms and pay stubs are only required for the parents of the students applying for assistance.
- Please describe any extenuating circumstances that you feel are pertinent to your situation. (Job loss or layoff, loss of home, hospitalization, or death of primary caregiver, etc.)
- Provide the Social Security number for the adult household member completing the application. If the applicant does not have a Social Security number, please check the box indicating such.
The chart below indicates the income guidelines from the US Department of Agriculture for the National School Lunch Program.
USDA INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES
July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025
Household size
Yearly
Monthly
1
$19,578
$1,632
2
$26,572
$2,215
3
$33,566
$2,798
4
$40,560
$3,380
5
$47,554
$3,963
6
$54,548
$4,546
7
$61,542
$5,129
8
$68,536
$5,712
Each add’l person:
+$6,994
+$583
- 7 Happ Road Northfield, IL 60093
- 7 Happ Road Northfield, IL 60093 A203
- Chris Johnson
- Patt Schneider
