Studio Policies

PAYMENT INFORMATION

FOR SCHOOL-YEAR SESSION: Tuition is based on STUDENT hours per week and is paid monthly. All accounts are required to be set up for Autopay, using the credit card provided upon registration. The first tuition installment and non-refundable annual family registration fee are processed at the time of enrollment to save your dancer’s place in their class(es). Subsequent auto-pay accounts are processed on the first several business days of every month. Tuition is considered late if payment is not able to successfully process after the 10th of the month, at which time a $30.00 late fee per family will be charged to your account. WE DO NOT BILL UNLESS AN ACCOUNT BECOMES DELINQUENT. Prorated tuition will be allowed for enrollments/registration after the first class of the month, but not for missed classes.

CANCELLATION/DROP POLICY

FOR SCHOOL-YEAR SESSION: Written notice of intent to cancel enrollment is required two weeks in advance of intended end date. There is no refund for tuition due, or paid, in the month the class is dropped. Please put your withdrawal request in writing, via email, to [email protected]. If your account becomes 35 days past-due, your dancer(s) will be automatically dropped from all classes. Dancers with four consecutive unexcused absences in an individual class will be automatically withdrawn. Regardless of dancer(s) attendance, tuition for the months enrolled is still owed, no exceptions.

CLASS MAKE-UP POLICY

It is in the best interest of your child to come to their registered class, as they are familiar with their classmates, their teacher, and their class structure, and we encourage consistent attendance for optimal growth. Any dancer who has missed his/her class due to illness or schedule conflict may make up that class with an appropriate class based on age, ability and discipline within 4 weeks of absence, through the month of December. There will be no make-up classes available January through May, as our dancers are focusing on building community with their teacher and classmates, skill development, and preparing for their spring show performance.

ATTENDANCE

Consistent attendance enables the student to fully progress along with his/her classmates. Students with poor attendance may be removed from a class if/when they are not able to keep up with the skill development within that class, and/or be removed from choreography and participating in our spring show performance.

DRESS CODE

Proper dance attire enables the student to fully participate in class and to maintain a disciplined attitude towards dance studies. The Backstage Dance Studio Dress Code is posted online at http://backstagedance.org/about-us/dress-code, and dancers not dressed in accordance with these requirements will not be allowed to participate in class or performances.

CONCUSSION POLICY

Any dancer suspected of suffering a concussion should be removed from the class or performance immediately. No dancer may return to activity after an apparent head injury or concussion, regardless of how mild it seems or how quickly symptoms clear, without medical clearance. Close observation of the dancer should continue for several hours. The new “Zackery Lystedt Law” in Washington requires the consistent and uniform implementation of long and well-established return to play concussion guidelines that have been recommended for several years: “A youth athlete who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury in a practice or game shall be removed from competition at that time” and”…may not return to play until the athlete is evaluated by a licensed health care provider trained in the evaluation and management of concussion and received written clearance to return to play from that health care provider”. You should also inform your child’s instructor if you think that your child may have a concussion. Remember, it’s better to miss one event than miss the whole season. And, when in doubt, the dancer sits out. For current information on concussions, see: http://www.cdc.gov/ConcussionInYouthSports/




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