The Apollo Center Class Info & Policies
Please read the following information before registering for classes.
SESSION SCHEDULE
Summer Session 2023: Tuesday, May 30th-Saturday, July 29th, 2023
Fall Session 2023: Wednesday, August 2nd-Tuesday, November 21st, 2023
Winter Session 2023/2024: Monday, November 27th, 2023-Saturday, March 2nd, 2024
Spring Session 2024: Monday, March 4th- Saturday, June 1st, 2024
Summer Session 2024: June 3rd-August 3rd, 2024
SESSION CLOSURES (Holiday Breaks)
Wednesday, November 22nd-Sunday, November 26th, 2023: Thanksgiving Break
Sunday, December 24th, 2023- Sunday, January 7th, 2024: Winter Break
Monday, March 25th - Saturday, March 30th 2024: Spring Break
Monday, May 27th, 2024: Memorial Day
Monday July 1st -Sunday, July 7th, 2024: 4th of July Break
SESSIONS/CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT
Our classes run on a session enrollment basis. When you enroll for a class, you are committing to the entire length of the session. Since our classes are progressive, the session based classes helps students to excel the best in the program! Tuition is broken up in monthly payments for the session and will run on your card on file on the 1st of each month. Class enrollment is CONTINUOUS which means you do not have to re-enroll each session so that each current student has a guaranteed spot for the next session.
You will stay enrolled from session-to-session unless you submit a written drop notice prior to the end of the session.
**Some classes will have months that are 5 weeks (classes) and you will be billed accordingly**
TUITION PAYMENTS
Auto Pay System: All students enrolled in classes are signed up with our autopay system. This breaks up your session tuition in monthly installments. When enrolling in your class, you will be prompted to enter a credit card on file that you would like to use for tuition. Your credit card on file will be automatically charged on the 1st of the month until you tell us you would like to drop at the end of the session. Drop requests require a 30 day written notice, via email or our drop notice on our website.
LATE FEES
For those on Auto Pay, we will charge a $20 late fee if tuition is not paid by the 10th of each month. Pay-in-Full clients must be paid by the 1st day of class; or incur a $20 late fee.
MEMBERSHIP FEE
All students will be charged an annual Membership Fee. This fee is good for one year and is charged automatically on your enrollment "anniversary". The rate per student is $48. The rate per family is $84. The anniversary fee does not apply to Aerial Adventure Time, Camp, or Birthday Parties.
DROP POLICY
We ask for 30 days notice and require a written drop notice (email or drop form) to drop from a class.
Members are responsible for paying the full class tuition amount regardless of whether classes are attended. However, we understand that situations arise. If you wish to discontinue classes prior to the end of a session, the remainder of your session tuition will be billed, and the amount will remain on your account as a credit to use towards future transactions.
REFUND POLICY
We do not offer any refunds for classes.
MAKE-UPS/INCLEMENT WEATHER
If a student misses one of their regular classes, you can schedule a makeup class! Makeups are not guaranteed, as they are based on class availability. Please limit makeup classes to 2 per session and complete your makeup class prior to the end of that session. Please email or call 24 hours before your desired make-up class to reserve your spot.
In case of inclement weather, we will post closures and notifications on our website and our Facebook page. Please check these areas first before calling the studio. Most morning closures will be announced no later than 8AM. There are no refunds for classes cancelled due to inclement weather, but you may schedule a makeup with the front desk staff.
CLASS POLICIES
Only students are allowed in the studio space for classes. All parents and siblings must remain in the viewing room or in the downstairs lobby during the class time.
Students must wait in the viewing room and will be called in by their instructor when class is beginning. Students are not allowed to enter the studio space/gym if they are early to class.
Do not wear any kind of lotion, cream, or oil of any sort on any part of your body the day of or the night before class. Chemicals and oils in these lotions damage and ruin the equipment and cause it to be un-safe to use. The Apollo Center reserves the right to sit a student out for class if they are covered in lotion!
For Tumbling classes, wear form fitting clothing with no snaps, zippers, or buttons. A leotard, or shorts/fitness tights with a tee shirt tucked in are examples of acceptable gymnastics wear. We also recommend no socks be worn during class.
For Aerial classes, wear tight fitting clothes that will cover the torso, backs of the knees and armpit areas. Leotard, tights and a tight-fitting shirt that covers the armpits is best. Tights should go a bit down past their knees to cover the back side but should not cover their feet. Boys/Men can wear long athletic shorts or pants and we recommend biker shorts underneath, as the majority of our work is upside down! Please avoid baggy clothes as this will get caught in the fabric and ropes. Do not wear any clothing that has zippers, buckles, buttons or anything else sharp that can tear our fabric. Jeans are not allowed.
No jewelry is allowed during any class, including earrings. These can get caught in the silk and can rip the fabric, so please take off everything before class.
Cuts, scrapes or any open wounds must be covered with a band-aid and with athletic tape before class time to prevent the wound from reopening and getting blood on any equipment. Athletic tape is required as a band-aid will come right off after a few minutes of climbing on the equipment.
Hair must be worn up to maintain a safe working environment for class. You need to see clearly when hanging upside down.
All students will need to fill out a liability waiver form for the Apollo Center before the start of class to be able to participate.
WASH hands before class time, and if needed, your feet too to keep the equipment clean. If needed, we will instruct children and adults to wash their hands and feet before class.
Please maintain your personal hygiene. Aerial Arts is a very close contact art form and maintaining good personal hygiene is essential in a positive work environment and courteous to other classmates.
No flash photography during class time is allowed. Photos without flash is acceptable.
ARRIVAL AND PICKUP
Be sure your student arrives 5 minutes before his/her scheduled class time. Please pick up your student on time. Please inform us if you know you will be late picking up your student. Instruct your student to wait inside the building and you should escort them from the building to your car. During peak times the parking lot is crowded. Please take into consideration that our students may include young children. Please drive slowly and carefully. Do not take a chance on your student running to and from your car.
SIBLINGS
You are responsible for watching siblings of students that are in class. We ask that you PLEASE do not allow your children to play outside the studio unattended. Unattended children will be brought back inside to sit with their parents.
“NO OBLIGATION” TRIAL CLASSES
We offer a “no obligation” trial for most beginner level classes. If you end up not liking the class, then you do not have to pay for it. If you do like the class and would like to enroll in the class after the trial, then the cost of the trial class will be included in your first monthly tuition payment.
Trial Class Exception: There are no trials allowed in Aerial Technique level 1-4 classes. Students can “try” the class out only by paying a drop-in fee. If, after the one-time, paid “trial”, the student decides to enroll, you will be charged for the rest of the month, and all enrollment conditions will apply.
DROP IN CLASSES
We allow drop-ins for professional dancers and experienced aerialists in Level 2 & up classes only.
OPEN TRAINING POLICIES (AERIAL)
Open Training is open to all currently enrolled Aerial students, ages 12+ at $25/session (2 hour session). Experienced aerialists and un-enrolled students are welcome to train at $30/session (2 hour session). Open training will be offered on select Saturdays and will be scheduled in our registration system. You must register in advance to attend our open training sessions.
Open training is a time to work out on your own, practice moves you can safely demonstrate, choreography development time or for stretching and flexibility. Open training is not a time to learn new moves that you have not be safely taught in a classroom environment.
An Apollo Center supervisor will be present during open training hours to help with rigging and simple questions about a move. The supervisor is not there to provide new instruction.
All participants must have a mat underneath their apparatus they are working on at all times.
The aerial running wall and trampoline are not open to students during open training.
Students are welcome to bring in their own apparatus to work on, but it must be inspected by the Iluminar supervisor to ensure it is in good condition to hang.
All students participating in Open Training must fill out a release form and pay for open training at the beginning of their time.
No parents or younger siblings are allowed on the floor or equipment during open training time.