The Piano Corner
2024-2025 Studio Policy
Sheri Fleming, Instructor
General
Students should be prompt for their lesson, but no more than 2-3 minutes early. Please have your student enter without knocking, leave their shoes at the door, wash and dry their hands, and have a seat in the piano room, waiting quietly for the previous student to finish. Students and family members should stay in designated areas which include the provided restroom and piano room. Please pick up your student promptly at the end of their lesson. A fee of $1.00 will be charged for each minute the student is left at my home beyond five minutes after their designated lesson time.
Dates
Our 2024-2025 year begins September 16, 2024, and ends May 14, 2025. Holiday weeks off are as follows: October 13-17, 2024; November 17-28, 2024; December 8-12, 2024; December 22, 2024-January 2, 2025; March 16-20, 2025; and April 6-17, 2025. I may cancel or reschedule lessons, but will extend the courtesy of a 24-hour notice whenever possible. Christmas Gatherings will be December 5, 6 and 7, 2024. The spring recital is tentatively scheduled for March 9, 2025, at 2:00, pending reservation approval at the Butterworth Center.
Fees
Tuition is $25.00 per 30-minute lesson, $35.00 per 45-minute lesson, and is due no later than the first lesson of the month. Tuition will be paid through Stripe. Tuition plus a late fee of $10.00 per week will be assessed and lessons will not be provided until payment has been received. Fees will be incurred for items not returned in good condition to the Lending Library.
Absences
Tuition covers a specified 30-minute time slot held exclusively for your student for the entire term. Please notify me as soon as possible if your student will miss a lesson. Refunds or make-up lessons will not be given for lessons cancelled by the student, including forgotten lessons, illness, no shows, or not bringing materials to lessons. If I cancel, I will notify you as soon as possible and tuition credit will be given the following month.
Materials
The student is responsible for the cost and purchase of books and materials as well as bringing all materials to each lesson. If your student does not bring materials to their lesson, that lesson will be cancelled and tuition forfeited. Cost of books or sheet music purchased by The Piano Corner will be added to your account and paid with the following month’s tuition.
Practice
To make steady progress, students are expected to make piano a part of their daily rhythm and come to their lesson prepared, having practiced a minimum of 15 minutes daily. If a student is not practicing regularly, they will be given a warning before being dropped from the studio.
Behavior
Students are expected to focus and comply with instructions during lessons. Students will be removed from the studio due to continual misbehavior or noncompliance with studio policies.
Illness
If your student is ill or has had a fever in the last 24 hours, please keep them home. If your student comes to lessons not feeling well or within 24 hours of a fever or illness, your student will not receive a lesson that day.
*Signed Policy*
Lessons will not be given until the signed Studio Policy is turned in to me.
I have read and understand the information provided in this Studio Policy.
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Student Signature Date
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