School Policy

 

ATTENTION:

THIS IS A GENERAL SCHOOL POLICY.



TERM: 1 lesson per week


REGISTRATION FEE:

Non refundable registration fee is due on the day of registering.

  1. 1) Registration fee for is $52.50 (GST included)

It is valid from September 1st until June 30th of the school year you are registering for.

  1. 2) Registration fee for the summer program is $26.25 and it is valid only between July 1st and August 31st.


TUITIONS:

Monthly tuition for 1 hour lessons is $255+GST.

Monthly tuition for 30 minutes lessons is $155 + GST.

NOTICE: 30 minutes lessons are for very young beginner students 5 years old  (or younger) or for students with special learning needs.


PAYMENT:

Due upon registration for the entire school year (September - June)

Payment options are:

Ten post-dated checks dated to the 1st of each month or Interac e-transfer.

Please make checks payable to the: Mima and Cello Ltd. dated at the 1st of the month.

E-transfers should be sent to mimacello@gmail.com on the 1st of the month or before 1st of the month.

There will be $25 fee for late payments or NSF checks.


REFUNDS:

ONE MONTH WRITTEN NOTICE must be given to discontinue lessons, otherwise payment is forfeited.


HOLDING A SPACE:

A $52.50 (GST included) fee per month will be charged for holding a space only. Does not apply for Summer Semester. One month written notice must be given with dates of planned absence. Student’s space, day and time will be held only for the dates provided.


STUDENT ABSENCE:

Please be on time! If student arrives late, they will finish only remaining lesson time and will not go into the next student’s time. It applies for all in-person and online classes.

All lessons cancelled by Teacher will be rescheduled or refunded.


EXAMS & COMPETITIONS (OPTIONAL):

Students registered for an exam / competition will be required to take minimum of two extra lessons / piano rehearsals. It is the student’s responsibility to find accompanist and organize additional rehearsals. All students registered for RCM Exam are required to attend one month of Exam Preparation Lessons - preparation lessons are not included in the monthly tuition. Price and time TBA. Exams are paid to Royal Conservatory of Music, not to us.


CONCERTS: All students are expected to participate on the concerts either as a performers or listeners.


SCHOOL PHOTOS: All photos taken during lessons or recitals are property and under copyrights of Mima and Cello Ltd. Only photos may be used for advertising, school promotion or school website without notice.


PRIVACY POLICY: No personal information from the Registration form will be released without your written or oral consent.


HOLIDAYS: No lessons will be scheduled on Thanksgiving, Halloween (evening classes only), Remembrance Day, Christmas, Family Day, Spring break, Easter, Victoria Day, Canada Day and Labour Day.





SUMMER CLASSES - ONLINE


ANYONE can book summer lessons as all summer classes are open to public, including current students.

Summer semester is optional so there is NO tuitions for the Summer Semester (Months of July and August). Students book and pay per class - not per month.  There are no recitals, no competitions, no exams, no piano rehearsals during months of July and August.  There is no limit on how many lessons you want to book, and there is no obligations that you have to take any single summer lesson. So please book only if you want, when you want and how many times you want. Having that in mind, there will be no make up lessons missed by students for any reason.


One 60 minutes summer lesson will be charged $60 per lesson, plus GST.

One 30 minutes summer lesson will be charged $35 per lesson, plus GST.

All classes are prepaid and non refundable.

Private one-on-one online live lessons with a real teacher ranked The Best Teacher in Canada and The Best Business in Canada!

Three virtual classrooms:

FaceTime, Google Meet, and Skype. Our Skype name is “Music Classroom”.  Don’t worry, your children already knows how to use them.

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