TUITION & REGISTRATION

 
      Tuition Payments (due on the 1st of each month)

• Automatic e-transfers (preferred option): we accept automatic monthly e-transfers set up with your bank to automatically pay monthly tuition on the 1 st of each month (from September through June). Please ensure that you put your dancer’s name in the “message” field of the e-transfer series so that the payments are applied correctly.

• Post Dated Cheques: we accept 10 post-dated cheques at the beginning of the year in September (dated for the 1st of the month), for payment of tuition from September through June. Please ensure that you put your dancer’s name in the “Memo” field of the cheques so that the payments are applied correctly.

• Credit Card Payments (Mastercard/Visa only): we accept credit card payments for recurring monthly tuition payments. Credit card payments are subject to a 4% processing fee. We do not accept American Express at this time.

• A late payment fee of $20 will be added to your account on the 8th of each month that payment is overdue. Payments are due on the 1st of each month. If your dancer's account payment is late by more than 60 days, the studio has the option to withdraw your dancer from the program.

• A returned cheque due to insufficient funds is subject to a $25 fee.

• Declined credit card charges will be subject to late payment fees.

Your dancer's spot will be confirmed and held as soon as post-dated cheques are received, or when automatic e-transfers/credit card payments are set up. For summer/spring break camps, costumes, and competition fees, or the 1st month of September tuition payment to hold your dancer's spot, e-transfer is the preferred method of payment. Please ensure that you put your dancer’s name in the “message” field of the e-transfer so that the payment is correctly applied.

​

If a student decides to withdraw from an individual class at the beginning or the middle of the month, payment received for the class for that month is non-refundable. If a dancer chooses to completely withdraw from our program, the studio will require one month's written notice about withdrawal to receive a refund for the following month.

Note that tuition fee pricing is based on the entire 10 month program and then broken down into 10 equal instalments. There is no additional charge for longer months and shorter months are prorated. Months with school breaks have been factored in to reduce the total annual program fee.

You can find your dancer's tuition amount and account balance owing in the “View Financial History” section of your online account with Studio Director.

​

Additional Fees and Payments

• Annual Registration Fee: there is an annual registration fee (per family) of $32. This fee is non-refundable.

• Dancer Locker Rentals: locker rentals are $30 per season. If your dancer wishes to rent a locker, please email inhouseperformingarts@gmail.com in September to confirm if one is available. Dancers with the highest number of training hours receive priority for lockers.

• Costume Fees: costume fees are $100+ per costume and are based on vendors’ pricing. This is a separate cost from tuition. Costumes are ordered on November 1 st . A deposit of $100 (per costume) is billed at registration and is non-refundable after November 1st. The final cost for each costume will be determined after costumes are shipped and received by the studio. If a dancer has dropped a class after November 1st, there is a $20 cancellation fee applied and the costume fee is refunded (if possible). If the costume is unable to be returned to the vendor, then no refund is available.

• Competition fees are a separate cost from tuition and are billed as competition registration is completed (usually in October/November).

• Home School Funding: if the studio is required to complete a “home school funding application”, there will be a $30 processing fee.

Other Important Information

• Email Communication is our main form of communication with our dance families. The studio’s email address is inhouseperformingarts@gmail.com. Our office manager will be in the studio office on Wednesdays and Fridays from 3:00pm-5:30pm during the dance season if you need to talk to someone in person.

• Statutory Holidays fall on certain days throughout the year (usually on Mondays). The studio will be closed on statutory holidays. A dancer can make up the missed class by taking any other "tech class' offered during the month as a replacement. The replacement class must be in the same level that they are currently training in. The studio is open on school “Pro-D”days.