There are 3 pots per year, meaning parents will have 3 opportunities per child throughout the year to offset tuition. These events are subject to change at anytime. HTPS Parents, please keep an eye out on Signal and emails through Jupiter for more info on TOP opportunities.

Pot 1: June 1 – August 31 (Gala)
Pot 2: Sept. 1 – Dec. 31 (Bake Sales)
Pot 3: January 1 – May 31 (Bake Sales)

Fundraiser registrations will be sent out through the HTPS Parent Signal Chat and Jupiter. Once you register for a fundraising event, a communication channel will be set up through Signal with the event coordinator.

Each HTPS student qualifies for 1 tuition credit per TOP pot. Families with multiple students will have multiple opportunities but still only one TOP opportunity per student. For example: If you already participated for your single child in an event in POT #1, you would have to wait until POT #2 to sign up again. You can also designate a capable adult in your place to earn your child’s credit.

The participation requirements may differ depending on the type of event. Basic participation requirements include working together with the group, contribution through the whole process, as well as working amicably with the event coordinator. Other requirements may include participating in planning, marketing, purchasing supplies, making items to sell, set-up/breakdown, clean-up, etc. Other participation requirements will be explained in detail during the initial fundraiser planning meeting (if applicable).

If you signed up for a fundraising event and can no longer participate, please notify the event coordinator immediately. You may be offered an alternative fundraising opportunity or be allowed to sign up an alternative adult to take your place. The designated person you assign takes your place in every aspect and must meet all participation requirements. If all participation requirements are met, your child will still receive a tuition credit.

The credit will still be applied to your student’s account as scheduled.  After the credit has been applied, the TOP credit is reimbursable upon request.  However, if the reimbursement is not requested within 30 days of unenrollment, the amount will be donated to the next TOP POT and disbursed between the other students.

As a default, our system is set to apply the TOP credits to your overall tuition amount, (dispersing across all monthly payments which lowers your monthly payment with each credit).  However, parents can also choose to use the credit as a monthly payment instead, they just need to notify the bookkeeper after each disbursement. 

This varies depending on the timing of the last event in the TOP pot and the school schedule surrounding it. However, the general goal is to have them calculated and disbursed within two weeks after the last event in each TOP pot.

Once HTPS has disbursed the funds to the student account, HTPS has fulfilled the legal obligation of the restricted funds. After a TOP credit has been applied to a child’s account, the credit can then be donated by the parent to any other source if they choose, however, you can’t receive a donation receipt. Examples of areas you can donate your TOP credit to would be another child, or TAP (Tuition Assistance Program).

TOP credits are applied to the student’s account prior to what was paid by the parent. After all TOP credits have been applied to a student’s account revealing an overage, it can be donated by the parent. If a parent doesn’t specify what to do with the surplus it will simply roll over into the next year’s tuition for the child.