YOUTH PROGRAM POLICIES

Registration
Our youth program serves youth ages 2-18 years of age.  All classes are organized based on GRADE level. 

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Registration must be completed online or in person (not over the phone) and is on a first come, first serve basis.  A space is not guaranteed until full tuition is paid.

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Classes, including summer intensives, are subject to cancellation if enrollment is too low. We will do our best to get you into a different class if need be.

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Tuition fees are non-refundable.The only exception to this policy is if we cancel a class, in which case you will be refunded.

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There are no credits or refunds for missed classes due to sickness. If Verve needs to cancel class due to weather, we will add a class or open a different class for students to attend a make up.

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If a class has not reached capacity, new students may “drop-in” (one time only) to a single class to try the class before registering.  The drop-in rate is $25 and will be applied to the season registration if the student decides to enroll. Please call or email the studio to sign up for a drop-in class. Most classes will close to drop-ins after the first 4 weeks of a session.

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Drop Off/Pick Up
We are not responsible for children left on premises before and after classes. When dropping off young children, your teacher will meet you in the lobby and bring the dancers into the studio. If you are picking up young children, please arrive 5 minutes early to your classroom. We use a "see and release" pick up procedure with young children, so please plan to physically come into the building to pick up.

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Dress Code
2-5 Year Old Classes: Clothing that dancers are comfortable wearing with either bare feet/ballet slippers for Creative Movement or sneakers for Pop classes. Please make sure sneakers are free of loose dirt and mud.

Ballet/Pointe – Ballet tights and leotard of any color, or black shorts or leggings and form fitting tee shirt, ballet shoes, hair must be pulled back in a bun for those with long hair.

Contemporary  – All black athletic wear, legs should be covered. Bare feet. Hair pulled back away from face.

Jazz  – Athletic wear, legs should be covered. Jazz shoes or foot undeez. Hair pulled back away from face.

Hip Hop – Comfortable clothing that dancers are able to move in with sneakers. Please make sure your sneakers do not have dirt on the bottom that can come loose while dancing.

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Attendance Policy
Class attendance is crucial for a successful experience at Verve Dance. To report an absence, please call us at 860-217-0405 or email at info@vervedancect.com

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Communication

We make many announcements via e-mail. Please add us to your address book so our messages don’t get mis-directed into your “junk mail” folder.

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Dropping a Class

If a student needs to withdraw due to illness or injury, please notify us immediately.  A doctor’s note is required to receive a credit for the remaining classes in the session.  The credit balance begins from the date of notification that your child will not be returning.  The credit must be used in the following season or it will expire.  Please see Youth Credit Policy below for specifics.

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In the case of illness or injury, if your child cannot return to class for the rest of the session, we will offer a credit after delivery or a doctors notice.

Youth credits:

• Begin from the date of notification that your child will not be returning

• Must be used for another youth registration and cannot be transferred to an adult class card or adult drop-in class

• Cannot be transferred between siblings

• Cannot be transferred to parents/adult family members and vice versa.

• Our adult program and youth program are separate and funds are not transferable.

• Must be used in the following season or they will expire.