On Pointe Dance Centre Safety/Hygiene Protocols

As we re-open our doors to welcome our students for fall classes, we will be adhering to the following protocols based on compliance with our state requirements and recommended hygiene measures: 

 

Facilities:

  • Each class is capped at 10 students maximum. Each studio is capped at 12 people maximum, including students, instructors, assistants, and staff.  

  • There will be numbers and taped off spots on the floor to help students with social distancing measures.  

  • Each student will enter from the corresponding door to classroom.  Everything is color coded.  Dancers will enter their studio and find a number along the outside wall of studio.  This will be their number for the day.  That number is where their belongings go, and they will dance and stretch in that numbered box.

  • Hand sanitizer will be used before during and after each class.

  • The lobby, classrooms and bathroom will be disinfected after each class, and at the beginning and end of each class.  This will include disinfecting all hard surfaces, door handles, mirrors, flooring windows, shelves, benches, chairs, barre’s, and mats.

  • Lobby will open October 1 and masks will be required for anyone entering or exiting.  

  • Touch-less soap dispensers have been installed to bathroom.

On Pointe Dance Centre Staff:

  • All instructors, assistants and support staff will be given a temperature check when they arrive at the studio, ensuring they are well.

  • All staff will perform a thorough hand washing at the start of every class and use hand sanitizer during the class as appropriate.

  • Staff will always wear proper footwear in the studio, no bare feet allowed.

  • Instructors will eliminate hand holding, any touching and hugging from our classroom routine. “Air hugs and high fives” will become the new norm for now.

  • Masks will be required for staff.

  • One staff member will be behind counter to help answer any questions you have.  We ask that only one family at register and one family buying shoes to keep proper distance.

Students & Parents:

  • We will be giving temperature checks before entering the studio lobby doors for each class.  Of course, if your child has any signs of sickness, please keep them at home for a minimum of 72 hours.

  • If any family member has tested positive for COVID-19, please quarantine until deemed safe to return.

  • Students will be checked in and checked out at the Studio front doors by our staff. We ask that parents and siblings not enter the studio.  Staff can and will walk students out to cars if necessary.

  • Students will always wear proper footwear, no bare feet allowed.

  • Masks are required until city mandate is removed.  Once restrictions are removed or lessened masks will be required to enter and exit building but will not be required while students ate dancing or performing.

  • Dancers must bring their own water bottles and be labeled.  There will not be any sharing of snacks or water.  Snacks and bottled water are sold in shop.

  • When purchasing shoes please wear the sock provided and then throw it away after use.  There will be no sharing of try on socks.