CONDUCT POLICIES

Please be POSITIVE: Ensure any comments regarding students or staff of the school, or other arts educators in town, are uplifting in nature rather than disparaging. Encourage your student to be inclusive of other students and respectful of their instructors. Build self-confidence by allowing your student to take responsibility for their own learning.

Please be CONSIDERATE: Try to be on time when picking up and dropping off your children. Walk them into the lobby to ensure that any communication that needs to occur is done during your student's lesson or class time. Refrain from posting pictures or videos online of other students (apart from your own) without asking permission of their parents.

Please be KIND: Ensure any public comments made about the school, its students or staff (including on social media) are respectful, truthful and non-specific to any enrolled children. Concerns should be addressed with office staff rather than in the public sphere while enrolled in the school. Opt to focus on what students are doing well at and not where they struggle.

Please be ENTHUSIASTIC: Encourage participation and practice from your student. Help them through positive affirmation and by creating space and time for them to focus on their studies. Celebrate their successes and encourage them to celebrate the achievements of their classmates or friends.

Please be UNDERSTANDING: We make every effort to ensure a quality music or dance education is offered to your student. You can help by supporting the instructors' decisions with regard to level or class placement, repertoire choice, and instructional methodology. Remember that students will have needs beyond what can be predicted by parents and instructors and that sometimes we will need to take time to focus on those needs before progress can be made.



Communication with Staff: Parents with questions specific to their child's music instruction are invited to speak with music instructors during their child's regularly scheduled music lesson. Parents wishing to direct questions to a dance instructor or group music instructor should email those specific concerns to office@myhsmd.com ; all questions regarding scheduling and billing, communications, policies or any other school matter should be directed to the office as well.

As the legal parent or guardian, I release and hold harmless the Harbor School of Music & Dance, its owners, operators, and teachers from any and all liability, claims, demands, and causes of action whatsoever, arising out of or related to any loss, damage, or injury, including death, that may be sustained by the participant(s) and/or the undersigned, while in or upon the premises or any premises under the control and supervision of the Harbor School of Music & Dance, its owners and operators or in route to or from any of said premises. In case of medical emergency: The undersigned gives permission to the Harbor School of Music & Dance, its owners and operators to seek medical treatment for the participant(s) in the event they are not able to reach a parent or guardian. I hereby declare any physical/mental problems, restrictions, or condition and/or declare the participant to be in good physical and mental health.

Assumption of the Risk and Waiver of Liability Relating to Coronavirus/COVID-19
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and is believed to spread mainly from person-to-person contact. As a result, federal, state, and local governments and federal and state health agencies recommend social distancing and have, in many locations, prohibited the congregation of groups of people.
The Harbor School of Music & Dance (“the School”) has put in place preventative measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19; however, the School cannot guarantee that you or your child(ren) will not become infected with COVID-19. Further, attending the School could increase your risk and your child(ren)’s risk of contracting COVID-19.
By signing this agreement, I acknowledge the contagious nature of COVID-19 and voluntarily assume the risk that my child(ren) and I may be exposed to or infected by COVID-19 by attending the School and that such exposure or infection may result in personal injury, illness, permanent disability, and death. I understand that the risk of becoming exposed to or infected by COVID-19 at the School may result from the actions, omissions, or negligence of myself and others, including, but not limited to, School employees, volunteers, and program participants and their families.
I voluntarily agree to assume all of the foregoing risks and accept sole responsibility for any injury to my child(ren) or myself (including, but not limited to, personal injury, disability, and death), illness, damage, loss, claim, liability, or expense, of any kind, that I or my child(ren) may experience or incur in connection with my child(ren)’s attendance at the School or participation in School programming (“Claims”). On my behalf, and on behalf of my children, I hereby release, covenant not to sue, discharge, and hold harmless the School, its employees, agents, and representatives, of and from the Claims, including all liabilities, claims, actions, damages, costs or expenses of any kind arising out of or relating thereto. I understand and agree that this release includes any Claims based on the actions, omissions, or negligence of the School, its employees, agents, and representatives, whether a COVID-19 infection occurs before, during, or after participation in any School program.

By registering your student, the school is hereby granted permission to take photographs or video footage of participant(s) to use in brochures, web sites, posters, advertisements and other promotional materials the school creates. Permission is also hereby granted for the school to copyright such photographs or footage in its name.

PAYMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Note: All payment terms are subject to a 30-day written cancellation policy.

Your cancellation of tuition payment terms will be dated from the day you complete a withdrawal form in our office. You are responsible for tuition for 30 days from date of written notice.

The final date to withdraw from the Harbor School is March 1. Repeated early withdrawals from the school may result in future applications being denied.

Scheduled Debit Terms: Signed authorization is to remain in full force and effect until the Harbor School of Music & Dance has received written notification of its termination in such time and manner as to afford HSMD a reasonable opportunity to act on it or until the term of authorization expires. Notice shall be completed in person at the HSMD school office: 3691 Ben Walters Lane, Suite 2, Homer, AK, 99603.

Declined Payments Policy: All tuition installments are due on the 1st of the month and an attempt will be made to charge the account on file with the school at this time. Should any payments decline, a second attempt will be made on the account on file between the 2nd and 5th of the month. Should the card on file with the HSMD decline on the second attempt, an attempt to contact the account-holder will be made via phone, text or email as appropriate. Any payments made after the 10th of the month will incur a late fee of either $15.00 or 5% of the total due, whichever is greater.

ADDITIONAL FEES

ALL STUDENTS: Late pick ups or early drop offs may result in a "administrative charge." Please try to be timely and contact us if any situation arises that we need to be aware of. Tuition installments more than 10 days late will be charged a late fee.

DANCE STUDENTS: The cost of dancewear is not included in tuition. Families are expected to order their dancewear through the office or through other retailers in accordance with the uniform policy available in the school handbook.

DANCE RECITAL PARTICIPANTS:

All dancers are assumed to be participating in their respective performances unless the office is notified otherwise. Dance Recital fees including costume fees must be paid in full no later than 30 days prior to the dance recital.

MUSIC STUDENTS: Music books assigned by instructors are charged to the account on file. Most music books are less than $15. If assigned music is more than $15, notice will be given before accounts are charged.