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Class and Studio Policies:
Tuition:
1. Tuition is due on the first of each month. Payments are expected to be on time and are considered late as of the 10th of each month, at which a tuition increase of $10 will be incurred.
2. Tuition may be paid by cash, check, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express.
3. Tuition is non-refundable and remains the same whether the month contains five weeks or three weeks, regardless of holidays or absences. Calculation is based on the studio’s ten month season. Missed classes due to illness, injury, school based graded activity (i.e. band concert) may be made up in another class appropriate to your dancer’s age and ability level.
4. Please make checks payable to Harbor Dance. All cash payments must be made at the desk. Please put student’s name on each check. A $25 fee will be incurred for each returned check or any other returned form of payment.
5. If your account is delinquent, the above late fees will be assessed. A consistently delinquent account may result in a suspension of a student’s participation in classes. All fees and costume money must be current in order for a student to partake in the studio recital. If you are having financial difficulties, please contact the office.
6. Tuition does not include the cost of shoes, dancewear, costumes, or recital tickets. These items will be an additional cost to the parents.
Registration:
Registration Fee (1 time per year)….$25 per student.
Mid-month start policy:
Students who join class mid-month will pay a pro-rated tuition for the first month only. It may be advisable for the student to come in for extra help to catch up with the rest of the class in order to participate in the year end recital. While there can be exceptions, generally we will not accept new students for showcase participation after March 1st. After February 1, we will need to get instructor permission before allowing new students into class.
Attendance:
Attendance is very important for a student to have a meaningful experience in any academic endeavor. Absences and tardiness and can be very disruptive as it may hold back not only the student but the whole class. Also, by being tardy, the student becomes more prone to injury by missing warm-up and important stretching exercises. If a student is consistently late or misses too many classes, he or she may be held out of a performance if deemed necessary by the instructor and studio director. If a dancer is injured, they are still encouraged to attend and watch the class. Please be present to pick up your dancer after their class time is finished. We cannot guarantee that your dancer will have anyone to supervise them, and we cannot put our studio workers and instructors in jeopardy in case something happens to your child in the event you are unavailable to pick them up immediately after the finish of their class.
Studio Etiquette:
Please help us keep our facility clean and orderly, and noise should be kept to a minimum. Eating is allowed only in the seating area and water only in an unopened container is allowed in the studios.
Weather Cancellations:
Harbor Dance will follow the Peninsula School District closures. Please call the studio for closure updates, as it will be noted on the message machine. There will be no refunds due to weather cancellations, but make-up classes will be allowed.
Dress Code:
Ballet:
Girls: Pink tights, pink ballet slippers, and class-appropriate color leotard. Hair must be in a bun with all strands pulled back. Warm-ups are allowed at the discretion of the instructor.
Boys: Black tights or jazz pants, white socks, white t-shirt, white or black ballet shoes.
Tap, Jazz/Lyrical, and Hip-Hop:
Comfortable clothing (no jeans) that is exercise appropriate. No bare midriffs, please, and no street shoes—clean tennis shoes for hip-hop are allowed, but they must be worn only in the studio and not outside. No jewelry or watches. Small pierced earrings are permitted.
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