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St Athanasius Academy is named for St Athanasius the Great, the Principal's patron saint.

I have not heard of additional fees for Seton after the initial payment, which is based on curriculum selection; nor anything about returning materials.

If you enroll with Seton, you pay for the materials and support services each year. When we started using them (1995 - wow, that long!) many of the books had to be returned, but now you just have to return the copyrighted lesson plans each year.

You can also just buy their books, without the staff support. Some books can be reused in future years, but many, especially the ones Seton is publishing, are workbooks. It's a very good program, but there is a considerable continuing cost. For me, it's worth it to have the teaching, grading, lesson plans, counseling, "Calm down, Mrs. Tax-chick ... most 9-year-old boys are just like yours!" ... other parents may be more independent :-).

Our school is Deo Vindice Christian School, "You may be whatever you resolve to be." Officially licensed by the State of North Carolina! (Not as good a h/s state as Oklahoma or Texas, but not bad.)

My credit union has a 5-1/4% VA today ... I'm almost ready to jump into refinancing!