Greetings to new and existing Balaklava High School families for 2025. Our approach to billing and the distribution of important start of year information looked a little different this year, with a welcome email being sent to majority of our families just prior to Christmas. Included in this email was the following:

• Outcome of the M&S Poll and school fee information
• A refresher on policies
• Stationery requirements
• Health Care Plans
• An introduction to QKR
• House team shirts – order form
• ID cards and annual school photo consent
• Crucial ICT and Laptop Agreement updates.

If you haven’t yet found or responded to this email, please contact our Front Office so that we can support you through the process. Consent via this form is required prior to students accessing laptops or having their photo taken for ID cards and annual school photos.

REMINDER - 2025 MATERIAL & SERVICE CHARGES WILL BE INVOICED SOON

In order to give students and families and chance to settle in to life at BHS and to allow for last minute enrolments, transfers and subject changes to occur, invoicing of the 2025 M&S Fee will happen in the coming weeks. Invoices will also be raised for students attending the 2025 Canberra Trip and the Year 12 Camp. These will appear on your statement, which will be mailed to families soon.

Below is a copy of the approved 2025 Fee and any associated subject levies, keeping in mind that full fee paying families will be eligible for the $200 government rebate, per student. This will appear as a credit on your statement and will be cancelled, if you are eligible for School Card.

PAYMENT PLANS

If you require a payment plan for school fees or camps, please reach out to the Finance Team and we can support you through this. Generally, camps will need to be paid in full prior to the departure date but this will be a case-by-case basis.

SCHOOL CARD

School Card applications are open for 2025!

School card is available in government schools for:

• families with children attending school full-time who are aged 4 years and over
• independent full-time students in year 10, 11 or 12
• adult re-entry students who are completing their SACE.

To qualify for a School Card, your family’s gross income must be below a certain limit, which depends on how many dependant children you have.

The income limits for applications lodged in 2025 are based on your family’s gross income in 2023-24.

Find out more: https://www.sa.gov.au/.../financial.../school-card-scheme

If you have any questions, please reach out.

Elly Swift – Business Manager

Elly.Swift570@schools.sa.edu.au

08 8862 0623