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## Attendance and Scheduling

If you have a lesson time conflict, 24 hours notice is required. Failure to notify (and then an absence) will result in a forfeiture of the lesson fee. If you or your child forget about your child’s lesson that lesson time will not be made up and the fee for that lesson will be forfeited. If your child is absent from school due to sickness, then lessons will move to an online format. Children must be symptom/fever free for 24 hours in order to return to in-person lessons. Do not bring a sick child to piano lessons! In case of an emergency, please reach out as soon as you can.

<b>Be sure to keep your child’s weekly piano lesson times in mind when you schedule appointments!</b>

Please be timely! Do not bring your student more than 5 minutes early (unless prearranged) - if the red door is open, please feel free to enter. If there is another lesson in session, enter quietly and respectfully. Please be prompt at the end of the lesson as well. Once your lesson time has ended, teacher focus is then on the next student. If you are regularly late to pick up your child a different lesson time can be arranged.
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## Lesson Formats

Lessons are currently offered in person or online. There may be times when one format or another will work better due to illness, traffic, or weather. Please reach out before your child's lesson time if there is a need for a "location" change.
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## Online Lessons

Zoom and Facetime are used for online lessons. Zoom meetings are set up to include a waiting room so that there is no interruption in a previous student’s lesson when the next student dials in. Assignments will be written down and sent to either the student (for older children) or the parent via email, text, or Facebook Messenger. The student may be asked to write in their assignment book at the end of the lesson. <i>Please help your child remember to keep a pencil on the piano for lesson time.</i>
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## Practice and Supplies

Practicing the evening of or the day after a lesson is very important. Your child will get the maximum benefit from their lesson if they take the time to reproduce on their own what they learned in the lesson while it is still fresh in their minds. Each student should aim to practice 5 days a week, 10-20 minutes for the younger children and 30 minutes to one hour for older, more advanced students. Please find a regular time every day to practice so that it becomes part of their routine. Is your child an early bird? Encourage them to practice before school. Do they need a break from school in the afternoons? Have them practice, it will help stimulate another part of their brain. 

An assignment notebook will be provided for in-person students. Expectations and practice goals will be reviewed with the students during their lesson time. All books, notebooks, and extra handouts need to be available for every piano lesson unless previously discussed. Please provide a backpack, string bag, bin, or tote bag that is specifically tasked for piano music and materials.
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## Non-Teaching Days

During the school year there are certain days the studio is closed due to national holidays or personal commitments. This includes, but is not limited to, the dates below.<br> 
September 5 - Labor Day<br>
November 17 or 18 - AVGE (personal)<br>
November 23 - 25 - Thanksgiving<br>
December 19 through January 2 - Winter Break<br>
January 17 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day<br>
April 3-7 - Spring Break<br>
May 29 - 31 - Memorial Day/Graduation activities<br>

Please add these to your calendar.
