Important Dates:
Sessions:
Session I: 8/17/09 - 12/11/09
Session II: 1/4/10 - 5/28/10
Holidays:
9/7/09 - Labor Day
11/23 - 27/09 - Thanksgiving Week
3/15 - 19/10 - Spring Break
Recital:
5/14 - 15/10
Summer Intensive Auditions:
1/16/10 - 2:00 p.m.
or
2/13/10 - 2:00 p.m.
Summer Intensive:
6/7/10 - 6/26/10
Rules and Standards
Progressions Performing Arts has a 36 week techical training program during the school year and an 8 week summer program.
Session I is 16 weeks long and Session II is 20 weeks long.
Calendar: Session I begins August 17, 2009 and ends December 11, 2009. During Session I, holidays will be Labor Day, September 7, and the week of Thanksgiving, November 23 thru November 27, 2009. Session II begins January 4, 2010 and ends May 28, 2010. During Session II, there will be no classes the week of Spring Break, March 15 thru March 19, 2010.
Registration: A fall registration form and registration fee of $25 per student or $35 per family will be required in order to register for classes. This fee is non-refundable and will only be required once a year. Make sure that the dancer can commit to the classes BEFORE you register.
Tuition Payments: Tuition is based on the number of hours taken per week, per student. It is your responsibility to make sure payments are received on time. We accept cash, check, MasterCard, Visa, Discover, American Express, or Bank Draft. There is a $25 service charge on all returned checks. Please put students' name on check to assure proper credit. We do not refund or prorate for missed classes. Payments are made three ways: One annual payment, Two Session Payments, or Nine monthly payments (Since first and last are up front, there is actually only eight payments). Monthly Tuition: Tuition is due on or before the scheduled dates below. First and last months, (May) tuition are due before the student is allowed to take his/her first class, no exceptions. If monthly fees have not been paid by the 10th day after tuition is due, we will apply a $10 late fee and the student will not be allowed in class the following week. If fees are not received within 25 days of the due date, the student will be dropped from the roll.
Session I: Fall Tuition due dates: August 17, September 17, October 17, and November 17, 2009.
Session II: Spring Tuition dates: January 4, February 1, March 1, April 1, 2010. (May's should have been paid in advance).
Payments: Payments made by the Session and Annual Payments are due at the beginning of each Session. A 5% discount for classes has been applied to payments by the session and a 10% discount applied to annual payments. Payments received by the session or annually are non-refundable and are not prorated due to discounts given (any exceptions to this policy are at the owner's discretion).
Tuition for Fairy Tale and Princess Classes: The one-time fee for both Fairy Tale and Princess Classes are Non-Refundable. Because space is limited and accessories are purchased for the student, there will no rufunds after your student has started the class. The only exception to this would be if the student were injured and has a doctor's excuse.
Off-Campus PE: There is an administrative fee of $5.00/month/student for the off-campus PE program. CISD students will have an additional charge due to the fees that the school district charges for the off-campus PE program. Those fees will be asssessed based on the number of students partipating from that school district.
Class Placement: The PPA faculty will determine class placement for all students. Participation in classes is based on ability, attendance, attitude, and cooperation of the student. Students can be moved to lower levels or dropped from classes if they fail to meet the above requirements. Students may not change classes or levels without authorization from the teacher and the front desk.
Dropping Classes: All students must give written notice to the Progressions Performing Arts front desk fifteen days prior to the next month's payment in order for them to receive reimbursement of their last month's payment. Students dropping without notice will be required to pay an additional registration fee prior to returning to classes. To insure steady and consistent progress, Progressions expects students to be in class and for tuition to be paid in a timely fashion unless there is a medical condition that requires the droppping of classes. Credit may be given with a physician's written notice. We do not refund tuition for dropped or missed classes. We encourage parents to duscuss class choices with students and make sure that they can commit to classes for the entire semester (36 weeks).
Missed Classes: We ask that students or parents call in when missing classes so that the instructor can be notified. Please come by the front desk to schedule make-up classes. Students missing three consecutive wees of a class without a call to the front dest will be dropped from that class. Please let us know by the second absence that you want to continue with the class. We have students waiting to enter some of our classes and PPA would like to fill those vacancies. Also note that in the spring (session II), when students are learning choreography for the end of the year performance (Spring Concert), it is imperative that the students attend classes so that they do not lose their choreographed location in the prepared dance.
Spring Concert: Annually we will have a Spring Concert. These fees are contained within your monthly tuition.
Costumes: One dance per discipline per student is suggested for the concert regardless of the number of classes that the student takes. This allows for costume changes at the concert as well as helps keep annual fees down for the parents. There is a $30 costume deposit due before October 15 for each costume that the student will require for the concert. Costume deposits and fees are non-refundable after November 15. Costumes range from $50 to $95 depending on the age and type of costume that is chosen for dancers.
Spring Concert Tickets: Tickets will go on sale in April. Ticket prices vary depending on the venue that is rented for the performance.
Generally tickets will range from $5 to $15.