Application Fee
For students who register in advance online,
a US$30.00 registration fee plus $3 in processing
fees is required. This $33 is on
top of the cost of tuition, it is not a
deposit that will later be subtracted from
tuition payments. The $33 is not
charged immediately to your account; we
process it through our office and so it
may take a little while to appear as a charge
on your Visa account. (Our system is unable
to process MasterCard transactions, but
we encourage those who don't use Visa to
write and ask us about alternate ways to
make a reservation--we want to welcome you
too as Celas Maya students!) Registration
is available online via our online
enrollment form. Alternatively, a
printable version is available which
can then be mailed or faxed to us.
Payment
of the registration fee guarantees a space
for the applicant and helps to cover the
maintenance of the web page, promotion,
brochures, mailings, phone calls and other
general expenses. It also allows us to confirm
your studies in advance and gives us time
to pair you with the teacher and host family
that we think will be the best match for
you. The credit card payment is only for
the advance registration fee; you will not
be charged at all for tuition until you
arrive here at the school. Students who
choose not to register in advance may visit
our office for registration; space is granted
on an as-available basis.
Weekly Tuition
Spanish Language
Study
US$150 weekly (September through May)
US$165 weekly (June through August)
Quiché/K'ichee'
Language Study
US$165 weekly (September through May)
US$180 weekly (June through August)
Tuition includes:
· Five hours a day, five
days a week of one-on-one instruction with
a 1/2 hour
morning break
· Homestay with a nearby
Guatemalan family including a private room
seven days
a week and three
meals a day except Sundays. (more
info)
· Optional participation
in scheduled
activities
· Access to the school
library including textbooks, videos, literature,
and
non-fiction
· One hour a day (weekdays
only) of free Internet access in our Internet
café
· Daily fresh coffee,
tea, hot water, and mid-morning snack.
Language study is available without the
family homestay for a savings of US$35 per
week. To convert prices to the currency
of your country, see the
universal currency converter site
Forms of Payment
Weekly tuition payments may be made with
cash (quetzales or US dollars), traveler's
cheques, or with a credit card. With regard
to credit card payment, we can only accept
Visa cards -- we aren't able to process
MasterCard transactions. Note that a 10%
surcharge is added to credit card payments
due to the bank processing fee.
Payment is expected on your first day of
classes of the first week. We also give
you the opportunity each week to reserve
your spot for the next coming week. To assure
your spot for the next week, we require
half of the next week's tuition on Wednesday
of the current week. This payment is a credit
toward your next week of study.
