POLICIES
Tuition Payment
Creative Steps School of Dance will send you an
invoice the third week of each month for the following
month’s class tuition. This payment is a fixed monthly
fee, and is not based on the number of classes per
month. Tuition is due by the first of each month. If
payment is not received by the 10th of the month a
$20.00 late fee will be posted to your account. If
classes are missed for any reason (i.e. sickness, snow
day) they should be made up in a class of like subject.
Check with the office to see what class will serve your
needs. Make up classes are the responsibility of the
student, and will not be refunded.
Class tuition checks may be deposited in the tuition
box at the school, dropped off in the office, or mailed
to the Creative Steps location at 542B West Main St.,
Tilton, N.H. 03276. Please mark all checks with the
student’s name (particularly if the student’s last name
is different from the last name on the check). Any cash
payments must be paid in the office, and only with a
receipt.
Year End Production Fees
We
will need to know by November 15th if your child will be
participating in Creative Steps year-end production. If
they will be participating there will be a $30.00 per
class costume deposit due at that time with the
remaining balance due February 15th. These payments are
nonrefundable, as the costumes are custom made. Costumes
run approximately $60.00 per costume child, and $70
per costume adult. The year-end performance is strongly
encouraged, but not mandatory. If you decide not to
perform in any class, you will still be permitted to
participate in the class for the rest of the year.
The
year-end production will be the second weekend in June
at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, N.H.
(this is subject to change) Classes run from September
through May with rehearsals and the show in June.
Tuition for June is a production and rehearsal fee of
$45.00 per family plus $15.00 each additional performing
family member. This includes 1 tickets to the
performance, and all extra instruction given during
rehearsals at the theater.
Mandatory School Uniform
3-5
Combo. Classes: Dance-On black cap sleeve leotard,
ballet pink tights, Bloch ballet slippers, black tie tap
shoes, and hair in a bun. There will be no ballet
skirts, or dance pants allowed in these classes.
All
Ballet Classes: Dance-On Black tank, or camisole
leotard, ballet pink tights, Bloch split sole pink
ballet slippers, and hair in a bun. Only level 4 teen
classes will be permitted to wear ballet skirts, or
warm-ups.
All
level 2-4 Tap, Lyrical, & Jazz Classes: Black leotard
any style, or crop sports top if modest, black or suntan
tights, black jazz or dance pants, black split sole jazz
shoes, black tap oxfords, and hair in a tight bun or
pony tail. Shorts and sports pants will not be
acceptable. This rule applies to all level 4 teen groups
as well.
All
Adult & Hip Hop Classes: any comfortable dance attire of
your choice, and appropriate dance shoes. Denim will not
be acceptable. No street shoes will be permitted on the
dance floor.
All
Male Students: Black sport pants, black t-shirt, and
appropriate dance shoes.
Things to Remember
No
jewelry is to be worn in class, with the exception of
rings and small earrings.
Please
label all shoes with the student’s name, as all shoes
look alike. Please do not allow dance shoes outside, so
as to save their shoes, and the dance floor from damage.
Please
bring a dance bag to class with shoes, extra sox, hair
elastics, comb, hairpins, towel, and water.
There
will be no gum, candy, food, or non-water drinks allowed
in the dance areas. All snacks are to be consumed in the
waiting area.
Please
hang all coats on coat racks, and put street shoes under
chairs.
Visitors
will only be permitted to watch through observation
windows. This is to prevent distractions in class.
Classes
will follow the Winnisquam school district schedule,
with the exception of parent teacher conference days,
and selected holidays (Instructors will notify you as to
which ones). Snow cancellations will be announced on the
radio at WFTN 94.1, WLNH 98.3, and WJYY 105.5. Canceled
classes due to snow are the responsibility of the
student and may be made up in a class of like subject.
If there is no class of like subject class will be
rescheduled (please see your instructor). Please see the
office if you are not sure about your class make-ups.
If
anyone other than yourself has permission to transport
your child to or from class please notify the office. If
your child has to be excused from class early please let
the instructor know.
Anyone
in the waiting area, students, siblings, or friends, are
not permitted outside the building at any time without
an adult. We ask, for safety reasons, there be no
playing at any time in the parking lot. We ask that,
while in the waiting area, noise be kept to a low level
for the dancers, and the surrounding business. Dressing
rooms and bathrooms will not be used as play areas, but
only for their purpose. Please use only the dressing
rooms for changing, and not the restroom.
