2023 Policies
Contact & Emergency Information
- Keep all information up-to-date; notify us if it changes throughout the year.
- Dancer & dancer’s family & friends must treat everyone with respect.
- No food, gum, or sugary drinks allowed during class time.
- Everyone must clean up after themselves.
- Maintain a low speaking volume.
- Parents & non-dancers must remain outside the class perimeter unless given permission by instructor.
- Supervise all children not enrolled in the class.
- Athletic clothing; no jeans, excessively loose tops, or street shoes (except hip hop).
- Dancers MUST have running shoes or dance shoes within the first month of enrollment.
- Acceptable via check, cash, or credit card (will be charged a 3% processing fee per credit card). Can be enrolled in automatic payments.
- $10 late fee applies if tuition not submitted by the agreed upon monthly due date.
- Excessive lateness will result in dismissal from class until payment is made.
- No refunds on tuition, costumes, competition and performance fees.
- Late competition payments or costume payments may result in consequences, ranging from additional shipping fees to removal from routines or from the competition team altogether.
- Regular attendance is mandatory, especially for competitive dancers. Give notice before an absence.
- Absences without notice are taken seriously and may result in dismissal from classes, routines or upcoming performances/competitions.
- Repetitive or extreme tardiness will be brought to the attention of parents by the director and may have consequences similar to those of absences.
- Competition families agree to pay ON TIME dues for competitions and costumes in advance and by the agreed upon due date.
- Occasional substitutions and/or additions of dancers to the competition team roster is up to the director’s judgment.
- Competition families are required to attend scheduled competition meetings as they occur (quarterly), or give notice if they cannot attend. Non-competitive families are welcome to attend as well.
- All dancers and families must show respect, good sportsmanship and appropriate conduct and supervision of children both inside and outside of studio at events.
- Dance families will be dismissed in any case of detestable behavior, or in the event of slander or libel of the studio or of another studio while representing JD Dance Company.
- Dancers are not permitted to perform any JD Dance Company routines outside of the studio (expect when practicing individually) without director’s permission beforehand.
- Regular communication with the director and/or instructor is mandatory.
- Studio closures, special events, meetings and payment updates are regularly texted, posted on our website, emailed, posted on social media, printed in our monthly calendar, and communicated to dancers.
- It is YOUR responsibility to keep us informed on any new contact information , schedule changes for your family, or any events that may impact your dancer or the dance teams within the studio.
- Director (Jose M. Diaz)
- Phone : 562-359-8240 Email : josediazdancela@gmail.com
- Assistant Director (Chelsea McIntyre)
- Phone : 562-661-7850 Email : chelsbrimac@yahoo.com
- Class (Cherry Park - 1901 E 45th St. Long Beach, CA 90807)
- Website : jddanceco.weebly.com Instagram : @JDDanceCo Facebook: @JDDanceCo