Come join my fun summer session! We’ll not only be exploring cool music, there will also be weekly practice prizes and one student will win the grand prize summer basket!
My Concept
Students who pursue their studies year-round experience faster growth and greater achievement. But we know that everyone’s schedules get scrambled in the summer. We want you to be able to choose a schedule of summer lessons that makes sense for your family and fits your interest and goals. Scheduling summer lessons separately from the schoolyear allows us to best reach all our students!
To secure a spot on my fall roster, I require that students register for a minimum of 5 lessons. Please notice that even if you are traveling over the summer, there are several ways to meet the 5-lesson minimum. And with some advance notice, I am also able to reschedule lessons. Here are the different opportunities:
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PRIVATE LESSONS – Once or Twice a week - 5 or more lessons (30/45/60 minutes) can be scheduled either at a regular or irregular time, to work with your vacation plans.
Benefits of Summer Study
- Prevents students from needing to use the first 1-2 months of the fall semester to review.
- Allows for retention of concepts and good habits learned during the year.
- Provides a low-stress period for overall development.
- Provides a low-stress environment for experimentation with new ideas.
- Provides an opportunity to reinforce concepts or address necessary issues.
- Students begin to see the piano as a part of their lives and not simply another activity.
Scheduling
- For Summer Session lessons are held weekdays, usually during the afternoon and evening.
- Lessons will not be scheduled on Saturday or Sunday.
- Depending on demand, it may be possible to schedule lessons earlier in the day.
- Academic year cancellation guidelines still apply.
- Provides an opportunity to reinforce concepts or address necessary issues.
Registration FAQs
- Why must a current student register for the Summer Term in order to preserve a place in the following academic year's schedule? The easier pace of summer vacation often makes it a good time for curious students to begin lessons. However, to be fair to any new students who may want to start over the summer, we must make sure that we can continue to teach them in the fall. Therefore, it is crucial we know what our fall teaching load will be at the beginning of the summer. If we had a full schedule during the previous academic year and all our current students plan to return in the fall, then we must tell any new students who inquire about beginning lessons over the summer that we have no openings and place them on the waiting list.
- Why is fall registration priority contingent upon summer attendance? This puts everyone on an equal playing field. Long-term students who may have been away for most of the summer do not feel that new students who may have attended more during the summer were given preference over them. Additionally, new students who may have attended more consistently do not feel that the recent dedication they may have demonstrated was overlooked in favor of a returning student. Lastly, if both new and long-term students attend for an equal amount of time there is no distinction made between their work and dedication over the summer.
- Current families can register for summer session beginning in late January/early February. Early enrollment not only allows them to select a time slot of their choice, they can also take advantage of the early bird discount and the multi-student discount.
- New families will be invited to enroll in April.
- Provides an opportunity to reinforce concepts or address necessary issues.
- Summer registration for all students ends May 1st.
To register online, click HERE
All policies are subject to change.