General Info: T.R.I.P.

An Easy Way to Reduce Your Christian School Tuition

The Tuition Reduction Incentive Program (TRIP) of Community Christian Academy is an easy way to reduce tuition costs. Families who use TRIP can potentially reduce their tuition by hundreds of dollars each year. All current and future Community Christian Academy families, regardless of income, are eligible to participate in TRIP.

What is TRIP and how does it work?

TRIP is a program run by the Development office of Community Christian Academy.   TRIP enables parents to reduce their tuition by purchasing gift certificates – at no additional cost – for goods and services that they buy every day.

Parents buy the gift certificates at face value from TRIP in increments ranging from $5.00 to $100.00. As parents buy the certificates, a percentage of their purchase is credited to their family’s TRIP account. The percentage varies depending on the business, but ranges from 2% to 20%. Once a year, the accumulated credits in their TRIP account are applied to their tuition account.

A wide variety of businesses participate in TRIP. The gift certificates can be used like cash for goods and services that parents purchase regularly (groceries, gas, clothing, etc.). A complete list of participating businesses and percentages of credit that they offer is available from the TRIP Committee.

For example, if a family normally spends $500.00 a month at Kroger, they can purchase $500.00 in Kroger gift certificates from TRIP and receive a 4% TRIP credit ($20.00). Over a year, they would accumulate $240.00 in TRIP credits which could be deducted directly from the Community Christian Academy tuition.

Who can participate?

Anyone can participate in TRIP and help reduce a family’s tuition! Grandparents, aunts and uncles, church members, and friends can enroll in TRIP and designate their credits to go to a specific family’s tuition account. Or, they can disburse them to Community Christian Academy’s Scholarship Fund which assists many families.

Families who are planning to eventually enroll their children – even children not yet born – in Community Christian Academy can also participate in TRIP. Their TRIP credits will be held until they want them applied to a tuition account at Community Christian Academy.

Credits are not transferable to other school or issued in cash.

How do I enroll?

Enrolling in TRIP is easy! Simply fill out a registration form which is available at each school office. Return your completed registration form to the school or the TRIP office, which is located at Community Christian Academy High School on Hansen Road. Upon receipt of your application, your family will be assigned a TRIP account number. Use this number each time you order TRIP certificates.

The TRIP office is open weekly during the school year except during school vacations. During the summer the schedule varies. A schedule will be posted at each school.

How do I purchase TRIP certificates?

TRIP order forms are used to purchase certificates. They are available at each school office. When you enroll in TRIP, you will receive your first order form, along with complete instructions and TRIP policies.

To purchase certificates, complete all of the information at the top of the order form and include your TRIP account number. Select the number of certificates you need from each participating business and calculate the total dollar amount.

Include a check payable to CCA TRIP for the total amount of your order. (no cash will be accepted).

Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. is the deadline for submitting TRIP orders. TRIP orders can be dropped off at the school earlier in the week.

Your certificates will be available for pick up on the following Wednesday from CCA at the location indicated on your registration form. You can place another order at the time you receive your certificates.

How are TRIP credits applied to my tuition account?

TRIP savings will be credited at the beginning of April each year to designated accounts.  All savings will be printed on your receipt on a weekly basis each time you receive your order.  Funds accumulated by participants who do not re-enroll or complete a school year will be credited to the Scholarship fund unless assigned to an enrolled student.

Exception:  Seniors (who have no siblings enrolled at CCA) may apply their TRIP earnings to the planned trip cost* of their year-end class trip.  Funds may be used for the senior and his or her parent if attending as a chaperone.  Funds earned in excess of the planned trip cost  will be credited to the Scholarship fund. 

Under no circumstances are TRIP earnings refunded directly to families.

* Planned trip cost -- the tour package amount determined by the administration of the high school in conjunction with the tour company for the year-end class trip.  (Does not include meals not included in tour package or spending money, etc.)

Potential earnings for your group are entirely dependent on how active your members are in supporting the program. If they realize it costs them nothing to earn funds for your group, there is no reason your earnings could not exceed those used in the examples below. The more accustomed people become to using scrip to make everyday purchases, the more your revenue will grow.

Scrip discounts range from 2% to 15% or more. As a general rule however, about 5 percent of your family’s purchases will be returned to you or your organization as revenue.