Tuition, Payment & Policies    

• Tuition will be billed & due on a month to month basis.

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• Tuition will be posted to your account on the 25th of each month ((meaning you will see a pending charge to your portal account (not your bank account)).

• Tuition will be due on the 1st of every month (meaning we will bill your card on file).

• Tuition will be considered late by the 6th of each month if card is declined and balance is left unpaid.

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• Our tuition rate is based off of how many dance classes (per week) you are enrolled in.

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• Unenrollment from a class(s) requires a 30 day, written notice to nataliasmusedancestudio@gmail.com. This ensures that students tuition price can be appropriately adjusted prior to next months billing cycle. Failure to provide written notice may incur any required payments currently on your account. 

• For ease of convenience we use a portal-based accounting system which allows students/parents to login and enroll in dance classes, view their dance class schedule, account details, make payments, etc..

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• All portal accounts that pay tuition via credit/debit card are required to be on automatic payment.

• Payments may still be made by cash, personal check, or cashiers check at the front office.

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• Please contact us at nataliasmusedancestudio@gmail.com if you have any questions about tuition or payments.

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• All studio news, updates, upcoming events, etc., will be posted on our website and/or social media. It is the responsibility of each dancer and/or their guardians to check our website/social media regularly for updates.

• If you are not receiving emails from Natalia's Muse Dance Studio be sure you are checking your "junk mail" folder. We rely on email as one of our main sources of communication. If you have a Yahoo!, Hotmail or MSN email address, our emails will go to your SPAM folder. To continue receiving our messages you must mark our emails as "NOT SPAM" several times. 

• We have a text messaging system for communicating with our dancers. These announcements include but are not limited to: cancellation of classes for inclement weather, important studio reminders, email delivery reminders, urgent announcements, etc.

• Our messaging system is a one-way text messaging system. All personal information remains completely confidential. Teachers will never see your phone number, nor will you ever see theirs.

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• Regular attendance is a MUST. Every dancer should know the importance of regular attendance. Each student is important to the progress of the whole class, and Interest is kept when there is progress in development. Irregular attendance slows both, please be present. It is GREATLY APPRECIATED by the staff and other students if all students arrive on time. Classes missed due to sickness, etc. are non refundable but you are welcome to make up any class(s) missed within that same teaching year.

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• Students should arrive 5 minutes prior to their scheduled class time (please contact the studio if the student will be absent or significantly late to class).

NOTE: IF A STUDENT ARRIVES MORE THAN 10 MINUTES LATE TO CLASS, THEY MAY BE ASKED TO OBSERVE CLASS (TEACHER DISCRETION)

• Dancers will be dropped off in the lobby at the front of the studio. Parents can park and walk dancers to the door and then return to their cars. The lobby will be closed to all patrons, siblings, and parents during class hours, unless otherwise approved by staff

• Dancers will be dismissed and picked up from the front of the studio. the current class teacher will walk out with the dancers and dismiss them to their parents. Parents should already be ready to pick up their dancer waiting outside the front door.

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NOTE: WE ARE UNABLE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR STUDENTS BEFORE OR AFTER THEIR SCHEDULED CLASSES AND IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN TO ENSURE THEIR CHILD IS PICKED UP AND DROPPED OFF ON TIME. IN THE CASE OF ANY EMERGENCY OR UNAVOIDABLE DELAY, PLEASE CONTACT THE STUDIO IMMEDIATELY TO INFORM US SO WE CAN KEEP YOUR CHILD CALM AND SAFE UNTIL THEY CAN BE PICKED UP. SIBLINGS OF DANCERS SHOULD NOT BE LEFT UNSUPERVISED.

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• A dancer should be no more than 10 minutes late.

• A dancer should wear the proper attire and shoes.

• A dancer should participate in class.

• Dancers do not wear jewelry in class.

• Dancers do not chew gum in class.

• No outside food or drink other than water is permitted in the studio.

• Dancers with long hair must have their hair pulled back.

• It is the policy of Natalia's Muse Dance Studio to prohibit the videotaping of our students.

• NMDS is not responsible for lost or misplaced items. Please put your dancers name on all belongings. Please place dancers name on the inside of shoes.

• Natalia's Muse Dance Studio cannot be held liable for injury to students during any of our classes, or on the studio premises.

• In the event of a medical emergency, Natalia's Muse Dance Studio will attempt to contact the student's legal guardian. If the guardian cannot be reached, medical personnel will be contacted. 

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• All dancers and family members must be respectful of our facilities and equipment.

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• All dancers should be respectful to their teachers and other students at all times.

• If the studio must cancel class due to extreme weather conditions or events beyond our control such as power outages, the missed classes will be added on the end of the teaching year if needed. No refund for lessons missed due to these reasons will be given.

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• If the school districts in our area close due to snow or severe weather, we may also be closed. However, sometimes the weather may clear up enough to have our evening classes. Therefore, the decision for class cancellations will be posted on the website, emailed, texted and posted to social media platforms by 3pm.