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. Furthermore, 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.  Learning to dance is much like learning math or any complex subject; one skill must be mastered in order to build upon for the next skill.  Excessive absenteeism can prevents this from happening.

 

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 typically follows the Peninsula School District closures. Please see our home page for weather cancellation notices to be posted or 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.  Please note; on occasion, the roads will clear in the afternoon and classes may be held at Harbor Dance although Peninsula School District schools may have been closed for the day. 

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, Musical Theater, and Hip-Hop: Comfortable clothing that is exercise appropriate. No jeans or bare midriff allowed.  Tops should not be baggy as instructors must see the dancer's lines.  Appropriate footwear must be worn, and clean tennis shoes for hip-hop are allowed, but they must be worn only in the studio and not outside. No jewelry or watches allowed. Small pierced earrings are permitted in classes with the exception of acrobatics and break dancing. 

 Acrobatics:  Leotard with non-baggy shorts or leggings, and hair up and away from the face.  Barefeet.  No jewelry or watches.  Small earrings okay.

 

 

 

 

 

• Dancer's Code of Conduct
• Recital Policies (2011)
• Recital Guidelines 2011