September 2024 Monthly Memo
Here we are gearing up for the beginning of the new Dance Season and I can’t wait to share this journey with you. I feel pride and excitement as we fill the studio with dancers every September. I love watching our new littlest dancers bravely enter the dance room for the first time. I also find contentment in seeing our older dancers back in the halls waiting for class, comfortable and familiar, like they’re at a second home.
Classes begin on Wednesday, September 4th. At your first class, be sure to get your new SDA folder. It’s complete with some great information, our studio calendar to hang on the fridge, and our SDA manifesto.
Acts of Kindness
Our mission at SDA is Empowering Students and Community Through Dance. The truth is, you can't empower someone else. But you can offer the knowledge, opportunity, and resources, so they can empower themselves. Join us each month as we focus on different aspects of empowerment and explore the many ways for you to empower yourself and your community.
This month our focus is on Acts of Kindness! Decide to be kind and show it through your actions 💜. Showing kindness is empowering because it allows us to positively impact the lives of others, creating a ripple effect of goodwill. It fosters a sense of connection and purpose, reminding us of our ability to make a difference.
Watch for our Acts of Kindness worksheet this month. Have your dancer complete the worksheet and bring it to the office for a chance to pick a prize out of our treasure box!
Updated Policies
As our studio is in a constant state of growing, learning, adapting, and changing, we’ve updated some of our policies. All our policies allow us to provide our best in dance instruction and studio operations. Your online SDA account will prompt you to accept our updated policies when you next log in.
Late Payment Fee
All tuition is billed by auto-draft on the 1st of each month. Failed charges have 7 days to settle the bill and get your account updated with correct billing information, or a $15 late fee will be applied to your account.
Failed Payment Fee
If tuition payments fail for the 3rd month in a row, an automatic $15 fee will be applied to your account and continued to be applied for each month thereafter that tuition fails. To avoid late fees and failed payment fees, please make sure you have a valid card on file and the proper funds in place for tuition to run.
Arriving Late to Class
If you are over 10 minutes late to class, the instructor may ask the dancer to skip the class and schedule a makeup lesson. Not only is arriving late to class disruptive to all dancers, but also safety is a top priority. Missing instructor supervised warmups could lead to injury. Please prioritize arriving to class on time.
Choreography Probation
During the Dance Season (especially January through June) we ask that all of our students make attendance a priority to allow them to feel confident and capable come recital day.
If your dancer misses three or more classes between March and June or two or more classes in a row, they will be put on choreography probation. We will connect you with your dancer’s instructor to find resolution. This may include being removed from sections of choreography or paying an additional fee for private lessons with your instructor to get caught up.
Additionally we ask that you hold off on family vacations that would impact your dancer’s class in May and June (through Recital Day). We appreciate your best efforts to help make the recital a huge success for all our dancers!
We look forward to the dance season with you!
All my best,
Liana MacFarlane
Owner/Director
