Student safety and safeguarding policies:

At Maple Leaf School of Russian Ballet, everyone shares a common objective to help keep children and young people safe by:

  - Providing a safe learning environment.
  - Identifying and responding to children, young people, and vulnerable adults in need of support or protection.
  - Fostering an atmosphere of acceptance and trust where every pupil feels able to articulate their feelings.

We strive to ensure that children and young people are protected from harm by:

  - Recruiting staff with integrity, that align with our studio values
  - Carrying out checks and monitoring for all staff (including teaching staff, administrators, and volunteers), which may include Criminal Records Checks and vulnerable sector screening.
  - Establishing and maintaining an environment where children and young people feel secure, encouraged to speak, and listened to.
  - Taking all reasonable steps to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of any child in contact with us.
  - Preventing any staff member, worker, or member of the public from exposing any child to unreasonable health and safety risks.
  - Preventing any staff member, worker, or member of the public from physically, emotionally, or sexually abusing any child.

These guidelines apply to all staff, contractors, freelance workers, volunteers, and consultants working within our organization or on our premises. They cover all situations involving children and young people up to age 18 (whether accompanied by an adult or not), as well as vulnerable adults of any age who benefit from these safeguards.

Potential additional costs

Payment Policy and withdrawals

  • Festival Fees: Some students may be recommended to compete in one or more festivals and/or competitions. Participating in these events may incur additional costs. Upon recommendation for participation in a said festival or competition, the Student will receive information regarding these additional costs. Some of these costs may include; The cost for private or semi-private lessons during the preparation leading up to their performance(s), the entry fee charged by the organization hosting the festival or competition, either the purchase or rental of the costume the student will be performing in, costs for the instructor to be present during the competition or festival (this may be optional depending on the event). Some of these costs are variable depending on the event, and any annual changes the organizations running the events commit to.

  • Exam Fees: Students recommended for exams will receive a letter of recommendation. Additionally, students recommended for examination will receive information regarding the costs associated with participating in an exam. Examples of such costs would be the cost of the exam, the cost of the accredited pianist used for the examination and the preparation classes leading up to the examination, the costs of a mock examination, and any additional private or semi-private lessons recommended to the students by their teacher with the purpose of ensuring that the students commit to doing their best during their examination.

  • Nutcracker Production Fee: Every year we put on a full length production of the Nutcracker. Auditions take place in June or over the summer and rehearsals run September-December on weekends. Cost of participations is $200 (however, we have both payment plan options as well as volunteering for a reduced fee)

Refunds will only be issued if Maple Leaf School of Russian Ballet cancels a class due to insufficient enrolment. Otherwise, all class fees paid are non-transferable and non-refundable.

Our fees for the Youth Dance Program are calculated on an ANNUAL basis for the different levels and types of classes. This means that the fee for the year is divided by 10, which is then the monthly fee regardless of the number of weeks of classes in any month. Any additional instructional lessons outside the scheduled class times, such as rehearsals for production performances, may be subject to additional fees.

A full month's notice is required for withdrawals. For example, for November withdrawal, notice must be given by October 1st.

The last opportunity to withdraw is December 1st.  NO REFUNDS will be given after this date, except for extreme circumstances accompanied by a Doctor’s note.