FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

The ACE Association, A Christian Education, is a non-profit association founded to help Christian schools throughout Brazil.

It was founded on May 19, 2022, by a small group of people passionate about Christian education and concerned with how to contribute to the educational, cultural and spiritual development of the Christian community in Brazil.

ACE works with Christian schools across Brazil to expand the Kingdom of God through excellence in Christian education. Our current mission is to provide scholarships to qualified students and faculty. Learn more about us by contacting us.

ACE is the acronym for A Christian Education, a name that gives scope and breadth to its purpose. With the scholarship program, ACE wants to support Christian schools throughout Brazil, contributing to the spiritual, intellectual and social growth of students with financial needs.

All over Brazil. Any confessional school can apply for evaluation and qualification to become an ACE partner school.

No. ACE receives from partner schools the nominations of students previously selected by it for scholarships, and ACE validates and decides together with the school how many scholarships will be awarded.

Every confessional school can apply to be a partner school. Guidelines for school eligibility are in the ACE Scholarship Guidelines. Learn more about the guidelines by contacting us.

Only students from third through fifth grades, middle school, and high school.

Application for schools to the scholarship program begins on January 1 and ends on May 30 of every year. All required documents must be submitted by June 30. Applications will be approved/rejected by July 30.

No. Students must be selected and nominated by their school.

Each school should have its own process and criteria for selecting candidates.

Each case will be evaluated by ACE, depending on the school's needs, tuition fees, the number of students already served by scholarships, the qualifications of these students, and other variables.

Yes, as long as the school recommends that student and has an effective program to receive these students.

No, ACE does not cover scholarships required by law.

No, ACE's scholarships are awarded only after the partner school awards all of its own scholarships to help families with financial difficulties.

The school must provide the values ​​of its tuition and each school will have its case evaluated. ACE's current policy is to offer full and not partial scholarships.

ACE always works directly with the schools, therefore, the monthly tuition will always be paid directly to the school and never to the scholarship holder or their family.

Each year, the school must complete the online enrollment renewal form for each student, demonstrating the family's financial need, showing the student's good academic performance, and recommending the continuation of the scholarship.

The scholarships will be provided to the selected students until they finish High School or, until they complete Middle School, if the school does not have a High School program. Note that the renewal of the scholarships must occur every year, undergoing the school's selection process again.

Yes. Every two months or quarter, the school fills out an online form about each student, which covers the academic, spiritual, social, and emotional areas.

The student only loses the scholarship if they do not comply with the agreement signed with the school.

Yes. It is the school's prerogative to decide to discontinue a scholarship, once it provides justification for doing so. ACE will always support the school's decision.

Yes, we desire that your school statutes and curriculum reflect your purposes.

Yes, you can fill out the form and apply, but we want to emphasize that ACE's priority is to serve non-profit organizations. However, each case and need will be analyzed.