SAFER STUDIO GUIDELINES: The health of our staff, students, and families has always been our highest priority. Expressions Dance & Preschool follows the Safer Studio guidelines, which prioritize a hierarchy of safety and wellness measures. They include, but are not limited to, wellness checks, amplified and frequent hand hygiene, enhanced environmental services, minimizing mixing and mingling via physical distancing practices, curricular and facility adjustments, and continuous parent communication. As a reminder as we are going into regular cold and flu season, it is important that we continue our combined efforts to follow these guidelines. Please continue to monitor your children and do not send them to class if they have a fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, runny nose, etc. Thank you so much for everyone’s enhanced awareness and efforts in keeping our dancers healthy.
Sending a child with symptoms to class in a mask is not an acceptable solution. Please keep children home when they are sick.
STARTING NOW- FAT BOY FUNDRAISER: Your first opportunity to earn money towards your account begins now! Earn $8 per box sold on your account towards tuition and performance fees. Sale ends Oct 12th and will be ready for pick up on October 20th. Find all information about the fundraiser HERE. Participation in fundraisers is completely optional.
OCTOBER 8TH: PARENTS’ NIGHT OUT AT BOUNTIFUL 6-10pm
PARENT’S NIGHT OUT is back! Bring your kids in their costumes to our October Parents’ Night Out! They will get to make a yummy treat, go on a “Spooky Walk” inside, do the “Monster Mash,” play Halloween Bingo, and MUCH more! We will wear them out just in time for bed! Cost is $15 per child ($12 for siblings) and will include pizza for dinner! Ages 3+ and must be potty trained. You do not need to be a current student to come! Register by email or in your parent portal under special events HERE.
OCT 13-15: (WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY) *NO CLASSES FOR FALL BREAK*
OCT 29: 6:30-8pm DRIVE-THRU TRUNK-OR-TREAT @ Bountiful
We are so excited for our Trunk-or-Treat on Friday, October 29th! We are accepting candy donations all month long; you can drop off candy at either studio. This is a really fun event for our students and the community! If you would like to decorate your car, click HERE to reserve a parking stall! See you there!
THE RECITAL: WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? You’ve heard us talking about it. You’ve seen it mentioned on our website and in our emails. You know there’s a lot of excitement around it… but what exactly IS the recital? Find out more HERE.
JUNE RECITAL-JUNE 18, 2022: A big part of dance training includes learning through performance! Our June Recital offers our students a professionally directed performance that allows them to present to their families and friends the results of a year’s hard work, dedication, and progress. The Parent Guide includes all performance details.
All families need to submit the consent forms on the first of year WAIVER to participate in recital. If you already submitted the waiver and need to consent to recital, you can fill out the consent HERE. All recital consents are due by Dec 15th.
FOR PARENTS OF PRESCHOOL DANCERS: We are excited to have a new section each month just for preschool dancers! We love the month of October…This month our theme is “Itsy Bitsy Spider!” We will be making an alphabet brew in our classes this month! The last week of October we will be celebrating Halloween in class by wearing our costumes to dance! We encourage you to get involved and have them practice their skills at home! This month we are focusing on: running, rolling our wrists, heel digs, grand battement, scared face, doughnuts and our scary faces!
Preschoolers and Toddlers can wear halloween costumes to class the week of October 25-29th!
FOR PARENTS OF SCHOOL AGED TUMBLING/ACRO STUDENTS
October Stretch of the Month- Shoulders | Strength Challenge- Plank: 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.
CHRISTMAS CHARITY PROJECT: Although we are not going to be performing in our annual Dance for Life Benefit Concert, we are still going to be collecting PJ's to donate to those in need of a comfy new pair of jammies this holiday. Get your dancer involved by watching for PJ's at a good price. All the proceeds and PJ/books collected will be donated right here in Utah. More information to come!
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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.
All studio event details are posted on the “newsletters” page that is on the parent portal page of the website. Please notify us if you aren’t getting our newsletters by email.
STARS CLASS UNIFORMS/DRESS CODE: STARS classes have a uniform and required dress code. This helps to create a more disciplined atmosphere, which allows for faster progress. Thanks for your patience as we await the arrival of our leotards. Please make sure your dancer is attending class each week in the following attire:
Stars leotard (any leotard until then)
Pink tights
Pink ballet shoes
Hair in a clean, tight bun. Our bun tutorial can be found HERE
SOUTH DAVIS RECREATION SPOOKTACULAR: Our company and academic preschoolers will be providing the entertainment at the Rec Center’s Spooktacular Carnival on October 23rd from 5:30-8:30pm. This is a really fun event for families! Tickets go on sale at the Rec Center October 18th at 9am.
ODYSSEY’S PRODUCTION OF THRILLER: We are honored to announce that our studio has been selected to cast a few of our own dancers in Odyssey’s production of Thriller this year We’d love to have families support our dancers Thursday, October 21st or Friday, October 22nd at Kingsbury Hall. You can purchase tickets online HERE. Thriller is not recommended for children under the age of 8.
BALLET WEST NUTCRACKER: It is a studio tradition to go to Ballet West's Nutcracker at Capitol Theater every year! This year we have TEN dancers cast in the Nutcracker! We will be attending three different shows as a studio to be able to support all our dancers in the production! Choose from the dates below based on your schedule or the night that your classmates will be performing! Tickets can be purchased HERE.
Friday, December 4th at 2pm for ages 6+ (Addison S, Camille C, Maya J, Bella E)
Friday, December 10th at 7pm for ages 6+ (Makayla Nelson)
Wednesday, December 22nd at 7pm for ages 6+ (Ava T, Klara S, Alli L, Kallie P, Camille Y)
OCTOBER:
October 13-15: Fall Break, no classes
October 25-29: Wear costumes to class (FOR PRESCHOOL, TINY TOTS, DIAPERS DANCERS)
October 29: Trunk-or-Treat @ Bountiful from 6:30-8pm
NOVEMBER:
Nov 1-5: Fun Bun Week
November 24-26: Thanksgiving Break, no classes
DECEMBER:
December 6-10: In-class Parent Performance Week
December 15: Recital consents due
December 20-31: Winter Break, no classes
JANUARY:
January 17: MLK Jr Day, no classes
January 28: Skipping pass off party for preschool/pre-k dancers
FEBRUARY:
February 5: Valentine Ball- Daddy Daughter Night Out
February 8-14: Wear red, pink, purple week
February 21: President’s Day, no classes
MARCH:
Mar 14-19: Wear green week
APRIL:
April 1: Mom & Daughter Paint Night
April 4-8: Spring Break, no classes
April 11-15: Parent Peek Week
April 18: Pathways for Dancers Meeting
April 11-20: Rollover Rally
MAY:
May 2-6: Teacher Appreciation Week
May 21: Recital Picture Day
May 30: Memorial Day, no classes
JUNE:
June 3-4: Tumble Exhibition
June 17: Last day of classes
June 18: Recital
June 21-23: 2022-23 Company Auditions
