Nov 25-27: *NO CLASSES FOR THANKSGIVING BREAK!*
COVID UPDATES
Thank you for continuing to follow the guidelines and helping us to remain a Safer Studio! Parent, thank you for symptom checking, keeping kids home if they are not well, and for your enhanced efforts to practice good hygiene. We appreciate everyone for doing their best to keep everyone healthy!
Davis County is currently in HIGH transmission status. This requires us to continue wearing masks in classes. Kids are doing very well with this and we continue to be impressed with how resilient our students are. We will NOT be requiring students to keep their mask on during high-activity times when we are physically distanced. Please remind your dancer to leave their masks on so we can keep coming to learn in person. We recommend sending dancers with a lanyard to wear around their neck so they can keep their mask clean when they need to remove it for mask breaks and high-activity times when we are physically distanced.
CLASS REMINDERS
Ö Potty before class, especially preschoolers!
Ö No underwear under your leotard. Tights are dancer's underwear!
Ö LATE! We have had a lot of latecomers and late pick-ups. It is very disruptive to our classes when you walk in late, not to mention unsafe for dancers to miss warming up. Late pick-ups are preventing our next classes from starting on time. Thanks for your attention to this manner!
CHRISTMAS PAJAMAS AND BOOKS CHARITY PROJECT
This year’s Christmas Charity Project is going to be even bigger than last year! We are gathering new pajamas and books to donate to those in need locally. We will be sending out an email that can be forwarded to family and friends about our project. Start bringing in your donations this month! Look for the donation box in our front lobbies. Help us beat last year’s total of 1523 pajamas, 1631 books, and $8000!
We are going to open up our Scholastic book program to ALL of our dance families just in time to order books for the benefit concert. Scholastic is an amazing resource with GREAT books at a GREAT price!! You can order $1 books for our book drive and they will be shipped right to the studio. Visit Scholastic Books HERE and take advantage of this convenient way to donate to our book drive. Online orders are due by Friday November 13th.
Dec 7-11: PARENT PROGRAMS VIA ZOOM
Dance classes have begun learning their Holiday dance to show off at our first ever virtual parent program! We’re looking forward to showing off what we’ve been working on in class during the last 15 minutes of class time. Watch for more details when this gets closer!
NUTCRACKER 2020
We are proud to announce Lexi and Kallie on our Company Collective team have been cast as buffoons in Ballet West’s Nutcracker! Congratulations dancers! They will be performing Dec 11-13th and all are invited to go watch them perform!
FOR PARENTS OF SCHOOL AGED TUMBLING/ACRO STUDENTS
November Stretch of the Month- Back/Bridge | Strength Challenge- Wall Sit
We are so excited this year to have a “stretch of the month” and a “strength challenge” in our acro/tumbling classes! Encourage your child to work on these skills at home to help them improve even faster! Be more involved by printing off the at home practice tracker HERE.
FOR PARENTS OF PRESCHOOL DANCERS- NOVEMBER THEME
This month our theme in dance is “E-I-E-I-O” We are going to have so much fun moving like horses and dancing with our duck feet. We hope you are having fun dancing with us at home!
This month we are focusing on: kicks, marching, ballet arms (port de bras)
HIP HOP CLASSES- SHOE POLICY
With winter weather approaching, we need to remind you that we CANNOT have wet, salty, muddy shoes stepping onto our dance floor. Please carry your hip hop shoes into the studio and change into them before you enter the classroom. You will be asked to dance with no shoes if you don't have a dry pair! Thank you!
ONLINE CALENDAR!
We have a calendar on the website! Please refer to it for Holiday closures and studio events. If you use Google Calendar you can copy studio events directly into your calendar by clicking on the "add google calendar" in the bottom right corner of the calendar. https://www.dancetoexpress.com/calendar-newsletter
TEXT REMINDERS
Stay up to date on current events! Reminder texts are sent out for closures and special events. Please make sure the primary phone number listed on your account is one that can receive texts.
ONLINE PARENT PORTAL
The account you created online can be updated at any time. Log in on the website to update contact and billing information, register for new classes, and make payments. You can also reset your password any time. https://www.dancetoexpress.com/parent-portal
