Cancellation / Snow Days

When a lesson must be cancelled you will be responsible to bring your child to a make-up class. Cancellations due to inclement weather will depend on school closing. If QUAKERTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT has cancelled classes because of bad weather the studio will be closed. PLEASE TAKE NOTE!! If weather improves greatly during the course of the day Dance Works classes will be held. You can check our website for updated information http://www.quakertowndanceworks.com/

Visiting

During the course of the year there will be 2 months ONLY when visiting will be allowed.  They are the first week of December and the first week of April. Only 2 PERSONS PER CHILD WILL BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND.  Please abide by this rule. If you cannot make the appointed time you must get permission from your child’s teacher to observe class.

Rules and Regulation

1.   NO CHEWING GUM

2.   HAIR MUST BE OFF NECK

3.   CHILDREN ARE TO BE DROPPED OFF NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES BEFORE CLASS TIME, AND PICKED UP ON TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE DISCUSSED WITH THE TEACHER.

4.   PLEASE BE SURE YOUR CHILD HAS THE PROPER SHOES AND ATTIRE FOR DANCING. THIS IS FOR YOUR CHILD’S SAFETY.

5.   NO JEWELRY, CHILDREN CAN BE HURT BY DANGLING EARRINGS AND NECKLACES.

6.   NO CELL PHONES ALLOWED INTO CLASS.

7.   ALL BALLET CLASSES MUST WEAR PINK TIGHTS, SOLID COLOR LEOTARD AND HAIR IN A BUN.

8.   ALL COMPETITION CLASSES MUST WEAR THEIR HAIR UP IN A BUN.

9.  COMPETIION GROUPS---IF YOUR CHILD IS PLACED IN A COMPETITION GROUP THEY MUST COMPETE---IF THIS IS A    PROBLEM, LET US KNOW AND WE WILL CHANGE THE CLASS.

Registration and Tuition

Enclosed you will find your registration form, which you may return by mail. This form must be returned with your $15.00 registration fee and September tuition. If you register by July 17th your registration fee will be waived.TUITION IS DUE BY THE 10th OF EACH MONTH WITHTUITION BEING PAID ONE MONTH IN ADVANCE. The first week of September your October tuition is due. If your tuition is not received by the 10^th of the month Dance Works will charge your credit card the amount of tuition plus a 5% service charge. If Dance Works does not have a credit card on file, you will be charged a $15.00 late fee which will be assessed for each delinquent payment. No exceptions will be made concerning this policy. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMPT PAYMENT. IN THE EVENT A STUDENT MUST WITHDRAW EARLY FROM A CLASS, DANCE WORKS REQUIRES A WRITTEN EXPLANATION, DATED AND SIGNED BEFORE YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED.

Placement

Our program consists of four stages of development; Pre-School, Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced. This program allows the student to progress through the various stages of learning without too much restriction due to age. Progression will depend on ability, experience, and individual proficiency. This instruction also eliminates the need for your child to jump from one class to another every year, thereby promoting consistency in the learning process. If you have any questions about classes and how this affects your child please call the studio.***NOTE: Placement is based solely at the discretion of Kathleen Johnston and her instructors.

Photographs

Pictures will be taken Sunday May 1st for all students. Payment for all pictures is paid directly to the photographer at that time. 

Dress Code

ALL STUDENTS MUST HAVE PROPER ATTIRE TO ATTEND CLASS.

ALL COMPETITION CLASSES MUST WEAR THEIR HAIR UP IN A BUN.

Costume Payments - September 2010

We distribute White Envelopes to be used for making your costume(s) payments; we ask that you use this envelope when making your payments. We require a $25.00 deposit for each class that your child is in, including solo/duos. When the costumes are chosen, we will deduct the deposit from the price of each costume.

For new students, we always try to keep the price of pre-school and beginner classes as inexpensive as we possibly can. Last year prices were no more than $45.00 and we try our best not to exceed this price. As of this date, we do not know current prices since we have yet to receive any costume books and have not picked out costumes for this year. Your teachers will let you know the costume and price once they are chosen for each class. Costumes will not be picked till the end of November or early December.

Please review the times and classes on the back of your tuition envelope and make sure all classes are correct. It is your responsibility to let us know if any classes have been switched, so we order costumes correctly.

All deposits are due anytime before Saturday October 30th and are non-refundable.  To help families with multiple costumes, we suggest that you make weekly payments. This will help everyone so it is not such a big expense at one time. Please keep in mind no student will be permitted to take home their costume(s) when they arrive until all accounts are up to date. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule. The final balance for all costumes will be January 23rd.