Policies
General Rules
- Students must be prompt for class
- Dancers are to remain in the designated waiting area when waiting for their class to begin
- If a student misses warm-up they may be asked to observe first for safety reasons
- No gum chewing, eating or drinking (except for water) allowed in the dance room
- No cell phones - they will be confiscated and returned only to a parent/guardian
- Young students must be accompanied by an adult between the parking area and the studio
- Parents of younger children, please note: arriving too early before class can cause anxiety in very young students.
- Also, prompt pick up after class cannot be stressed enough. A student worrying about being “forgotten” may ruin a wonderful class experience.
- Parents are not allowed inside the classroom during the lessons
- Students are not to be left at the studio for excessive amounts of time
- Lyrical and Contemporary Class Requirements - students must be enrolled in a ballet class in order to take Lyrical or Contemporary class.
- Make-Up Classes - will be scheduled only if more than three classes are cancelled, please check the information board in the studio lobby for details
- Dress Code - required dancewear and dance shoes must be worn to all classes (see the studio brochure or website for details). Failure to do so could result in students being asked to sit out during class. Repeated failure to wear required dancewear could result in termination of lessons.
Injuries/Illness
Dance is a physically challenging activity. While all due care is taken to provide proper warm-ups and instruction, parents of students, legal guardians of minor students, and adult students by signing form and registering at the Manchester School of Dance Arts, waive the right to any legal action for any injury or illness sustained on school property (including parking lots) from lesson activity or any other activity before, during or after a lesson.
Photo Release
The school is hereby granted permission to take photos of students to use in brochures, websites, posters, advertisements, social media forms and other promotional materials/mediums the school creates. Permission is also hereby granted for the school to copyright such photos in its name. If you do not wish for your child’s photo to be used in any promotional material, either printed or on-line, please notify Miss Cherie immediately in writing.
Fee Schedule and Payment Policy
New Student Registration Fee - $50 / Returning Student Registration Fee - $25
The registration fee reserves your child’s place in a class and is nonrefundable.
Christmas Spectacular participation fee is $75 per student and Showstoppers
participation fee is $35 per student.
Forms of Payment: Cash, Check (payable to the Manchester School of Dance Arts), Venmo
– search for Cherie Manna and you will see the studio logo. Annual tuition is divided into nine equal payments due on the first class of each month from September through May (no payment in June). All tuition is non-refundable - no credit/extensions will be given for classes missed due to illness, injury or cancellation.
