STUDIO POLICIES

Code of Conduct Policy
At Open Space Studio, we are committed to providing all students an inclusive and diverse environment. The safety of our students is paramount, and we will not tolerate any behavior that threatens their well-being. Any student, parent, or guardian whose conduct, speech, or behavior threatens another student, parent, or guardian's feeling of safety will result in the mandatory expulsion of that student and family from the studio. This zero-tolerance policy includes, but is not limited to, disruptive, bullying, threatening, or violent behavior. Expelled families forfeit any/all tuition or fees paid.

Drop-off and Pick-up Policy:

We request that all students under age 12 are walked into the studio for class and picked up in the studio at the end of their class time.

Injury and Accident Policy:

In the event your child is not feeling well and or is injured during class our staff will notify you by phone.

Illness Policy:

If your child is sick we ask that you do not attend class to prevent the spread of illnesses.

Recital Policy:

The in-studio dress rehearsal will be Sunday, June 15th from 2-4pm. Recital Will be Saturday, June 21st at 3pm at the Duxbury Performiong Arts Center. Each family is required to purchase a Recital Package by January 31st.

The package includes:

a pair of tickets to the show
a digital copy of your child's individual photo in costume
a t-shirt to be worn during the show's finale.

There is an option to puchase a copy of this year's yearbook as well (optional). The recital package can be purchased anytime between registration and January 31st by clicking here.

Guests and Visitors Policy:

Parents and guardians are asked to remain in the waiting area during classes.

Lost and Found Policy:

All lost and found items will be kept for one month in the waiting area and disposed of if they are not collected.

Inclusion and Diversity Policy:

At Open Space Studio we are committed to providing an inclusive and diverse environment for all students.

We accept students starting at a year old in our parent and tot class, and we begin to accept students on their own at 18 mos!

Whether your child has prior dance experience will help decide which class to begin with. Our team of instructors would be happy to work with you to decide the best fit for your child! You can email us at any time if you need assistance!

We are thrilled to accept students into recreational classes any time between the beginning of the session in September until the 1st of the new year. Once the second half of the session begins, the students are learning a new routine for the annual recital, and we close registration for the session.

Placement on the four Elite Dance Teams are determined by the Open Space instructors, based on age and ability which are exhibited during Dance Team Try-Outs which usually are held every July, so teams can begin learning routines to take to competition.

Placement in recreational classes are made by age. If your child is found to be advanced the instructor will invite them to a higher level class.

Our Tuition is billed monthly and on a "Per class" basis.

Tuition is due on the first of the month, and will be charged automatically through the jackrabbit system

Families are required to set up an automatic payment option through your family portal, which is established upon registration.

If you choose not to utilize this automatic payment method, there is a tuition box on the reservation desk in the studio adjacent to the waiting room. Please be sure to let a studio administrator know that you would like to use a different form of payment before the system automatically charges on the 1st of the month.

Cash or personal checks are accepted. Please make checks out to Open Space Studio. A $30 fee will be assessed for any returned checks.

If tuition is not received by the FIFTH of the month, a $25 late fee will be automatically applied to your account by the system.

Please make sure to pay attention to the card you keep on file in the family portal for the automatic withdrawal. Many times cards are lost and replaced, or expire, causing automatic payments to be declined. Please note that our staff is not responsible for monitoring individual credit or debit cards; it is your responsibility to ensure the information is current and accurate to avoid late fees.

Recreational classes will perform in our annual recital every June, and this performance requires a costume. The cost of this costume is rolled into the monthly tuition that is assessed on the first of each month.

This fee is non-refundable. Any student that terminates instruction before the end of the year and does not perform in the recital will forfeit any costume fees paid.

If a student joins a class after it's launch in September, the costume fees for the months not enrolled will be divided by the number of remaining months and added to the monthly tuition assessed on the first of each month.

We offer the following discounts to our students:

We offer a 10% discount to our military families as a small gesture of thanks for their service to our nation.
We offer a 10% discount to the first sibling of any previously enrolled students, 15% to the second sibling, etc.
We offer a 10% discount to any family that would like to pay their annual tuition in one payment at the start of the session.
Recreational classes a student enrolls in after the first is discounted by an additional 5%. So a second class is 5%, a third is 10%, etc.
We are instituting a $400 cap on tuition costs for all students this year. Students may take as many classes as they would like and the amount of tuition charges will not exceed $400. This policy does extend to our elite competitive teams as well, but please note that the cap DOES NOT include any competition or costume fees associated with recreational classes or teams.

Please Note: All of the above discounts/caps are applied to the BASE TUITION column of the chart below. The amount in the column to the right will be added on after discounting the tuition portion.

Inclement Weather Policy: We follow the towns of Plymouth and Kingston inclement weather policies. If after school activities are cancelled we will notify you via email through Jackrabbit.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW FROM A CLASS: We request that you email us at contact@openspaceplymouth.com with any class withdrawal requests 10 days prior to the start of the next month in order for your card to not be charged.

IF WE CANCEL CLASS: In the event an instructor will be absent, we will do our best to provide a substitute, but In the event a class needs to be cancelled you will be notified via email and the class will be rescheduled.