Join us for After-School Enrichment Programs!

Dear Families,

With rising concerns for COVID-19 variants, vaccine efficacy, schools reopening before vaccines are available for children and continued uncertainty for how to navigate business choices to best help, protect and support, immunocompromised friends, family and overwhelmed, exhausted, hospital staff, my mind has been working overtime in overdrive, juggling ideas on how to provide greater safety in our studio for staff, students, families and our shared community.

With safety as a highest priority, I have made the following important updates for our After School Enrichment Program Fall 2021

• I am choosing to lower our enrollment numbers, a maximum of 12 students per day in one stable cohort. As you know, most child-care centers operate a business by accepting a large number of children into their program, to serve more families/ make more money/ lower the cost of child-care for families. The early bird discount price is comparable to these larger programs to help families budgets. I am willing to take a financial hit to the point of breaking even in order to give myself peace of mind that I am creating the safest possible program for staff, students, families, and our community.

• We are cancelling the two planned show productions, Musical Theatre International "All Together Now" and Happy Holiday's Variety Show "Full Joy Ahead" for greater safety. We may still choose to teach songs and dance choreography for both of these shows as part of our fun enrichment activities, but we will not do performances with in person audiences unless COVID-19 numbers go down and in person performances are safely possible.

• Emotional safety and well- being is also a highest priority. Our program will be dedicated to creating a safe supportive community space for joy and healing. Through a lens of trauma-informed care, we will provide each child with caring empathy and support, creating a safe space, comforting surroundings, a consistent schedule, activities that welcome each new day with opportunities for gratitude, mindfulness, and resilience skills. Our camps will be led by kind and loving teachers who deeply care about students and their families.

• In my efforts to continue to uphold the greatest possible safety for families, I am also hoping for only families committed to the full Fall term 2021 to create a stable group for four months. Payments can be made monthly, at the top of each month, for September, October, November & December. Thank you for considering this commitment for the full Fall program for greater safety.

After-School Enrichment Program: Art, Dance, Music, Theater, Games, Creative Play & Fun Fantastic Friendship!

Limited enrollment of only 12 students per day in small stable cohorts for fewer vectors. With only 12 student spots available per day we hope to create an extra safe environment for Fall term and fill the cohort groups of 12 students by August 20th. Please choose 2 days a week, 3 days a week, 4 days a week or 5 days a week for September 2021

• 2 days, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:30pm-5:30pm $264/month of September *Early Bird Discount *$240/month of September Registration Link

• 3 days, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays, 2:30pm-5:30pm $396/month of September *Early Bird Discount *$360/month of September Registration Link

• 4 days, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays, 2:30pm-5:30pm $528/month of September *Early Bird Discount *$480/month of September Registration Link

• 5 days, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays, 2:30pm-5:30pm $660/month of September *Early Bird Discount *$600/month of September Registration Link

As always, please choose the payment option(s) that works best for your family!

• Early Bird Discount: 1st payment for September prepaid by August 20th, 2021 Register Today!

• Monthly Payments Available (September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1)

• Sibling Discount (support@dancewithjoystudios.com)

• Financial Scholarship Available (support@dancewithjoystudios.com)

PPS No School Days & Holiday Child-Care Camps:

• Monday, September 6, 9am-4pm $75 *Early Bird Discount $70 Registration Link

• Friday, October 8, 9am-4pm $75 *Early Bird Discount $70 Registration Link

• Friday, November 5, 9am-4pm $75 *Early Bird Discount $70 Registration Link

• Thursday, November 11, 9am-4pm $75 *Early Bird Discount $70 Registration Link

• Thanksgiving Camp Week, November 22-24 (3 days, 9am-4pm) $225 ($75/day) *Early Bird Discount $210 ($70/day) Registration Link

• December Holiday Camp Week 1, December 20-23 (4 days, 9am-4pm) $300 ($75/day) *Early Bird Discount $280 ($70/day) Registration Link

• December Holiday Camp Week 2, December 27-30 (4 days, 9am-4pm) $300 ($75/day) *Early Bird Discount $280 ($70/day) Registration Link

Great things Dance with Joy Studios is doing to create a safer space:

• Low Vectors

  • Small cohort of 12 students per day in a stable group

  • Stable staff

• Outdoor Space

  • Church patio (snack breaks, lunch breaks, art activities, games)

  • Backyard Lawn & Carport (picnic & play, water hose/ sprinkler, art activities, games)

  • Local Parks, Sellwood Park, Johnson Creek Park, WestMoreland Park (picnic & play, games)
    

• Space and equipment cleaning protocols:

  • Continuous cleaning is performed by staff throughout the day for all equipment and surfaces touched by both staff and students.

  • Deep cleaning and sanitizing of our space and equipment is completed several times each week by staff.

  • Professional cleaning service is performed for bathrooms and dance floors 5 days a week.

  • Air purifiers are run to clean the air before and after camps.

• Personal Space & Non-Shared Items:

  • We assign a personal couch, with a blanket and pillows, to each child as their "safe space" to comfort anxiety and help us practice safe distancing.

  • We assign a table seat and personal caddy of art supplies to each child, and encourage them not to share these items with other children.

  • We remind children throughout the day the importance of keeping safe personal space by not touching one another in play "safe hands please"

  • We remind children throughout the day to not share their personal items (couch, blanket, pillow, stuffed animals, etc.)

• Trauma Informed Care & Social Emotional Learning

  • All camp activities are taught via a lens of trauma-informed care

  • SEL activities are a part of our daily curriculum and culture to create a safe and healing space (i.e. mindfulness, resilience, coping skills ...)

  • Daily staff meeting include debriefing about our day via the lens of trauma informed care and sharing SEL discussions

    • Paid prep time for camp activities includes time spent training in trauma informed care and SEL to help our curriculum, self and others.

  • We actively practice self-care and mindfulness as a studio staff team to support success

• All Studio Staff working with or near children have been background checked and have a PPS Badge

• Following all CDC & OHA guidelines for safety

  • Masks, hand sanitizer & hand washing ~ staff leads by positive example

    • Masks: Students and staff wear masks indoors and remove masks only for eating and drinking, at a safe distance

    • Hand Sanitizer We use hand sanitizer throughout the day at the start and end of each activity

    • We encourage hand washing before snack and lunch breaks

• Safety Agreement for all staff, students and families to stay home if they, or a member of their family, has any signs of illness.
  

My goal is to create an intentionally safe and caring space, physically and emotionally, for a truly marvelous, uplifting, entertaining, healing, healthy and happy Fall 2021 program. Our After School Enrichment Program is newly updated and ready for student enrollment. Register Today! Dance with Joy Studios Dance & Fitness Classes and Community Events Schedule is still in progress as we adjust (again) to the new safety mask mandate, which I am in full support of and grateful for. I hope to have the full September studio schedule completed very soon.