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topGreetings & Welcome to WSPA!
The Office Staff at Your Service (L-R standing) Pauline Buencamino, Sonia David, Lem Abdon (resident photographer), Dan Knutson, Debbie Knutson, Samantha Martinez, Cindy Hapin, Bubut Rivera; (L-R Seating) Patrick Cruz, Matthew Montenegro, Paul Peoples, Gina Dahlen, Jessica Manalo (Front Row Seating) Stacey Reyes and Brigitte Guldbech.
Office Staff 2010-2011

Greetings!
 
Welcome to all the new and returning students and families!  What an exciting year ahead of us!  Thank you for entrusting your child's training to WSPA.  Keep in mind that the school, the staff, and its faculty are constantly working together to ensure your child gets the best quality training possible.  We keep an open door policy so parents and students can come to us at any time.  Please feel free to voice your concerns regarding your child's training.
 
In this newsletter, you will find:
 
Tips on How to Start the Year Right - a "must read" for new students and families who are joining us for the first time.  
 
September Events 
HereHere's how to start the year right:
 1.  School policies and regulations were set to support the faculty in their efforts to provide your child with the highest professional
training possible. Should you as a parent have any concern
regarding your child's class, teacher, or the school's policy
or its staff, we highly encourage you to come to the office
and voice your concerns. If that is not possible, a letter to
the school director would be appropriate.
 
2. READ THE PARENT/STUDENT HANDBOOK. This
will inform you of school practices, rules and regulations, recital preparations, fees and tuitions, and the calendar of events that concern your child.
 
3. WE KEEP YOU INFORMED BY OUR MONTHLY
NEWSLETTER AND WEBSITE. We will be emailing the newsletter to you and we encourage you to visit our website regularly. A hard copy of the newsletter will be posted in our office bulletin board.  
 
 4. COME ON TIME FOR CLASS. It would be good to
arrive about 5 minutes before your child's class begins to give
her/him a chance to change shoes and prepare for class.
Every minute of training is important and the more they learn in
an hour, the better for your child and the teacher.
 
5. DRESS IN PROPER ATTIRE. A dress code encourages
discipline and concentration especially for little children. The
type and color of shoes required for each dance discipline will
be followed very strictly. Hair must be neat and brushed away
from the face. Ballet students must regularly come to class
with their hair in a bun and all others may wear their hair in a
pony tail.

 
6. PARENT OBSERVATION. Check the handbook calendar
for observation week. Meanwhile, please try to stay away from the
windows as it distracts the children in the class.
 
7. PICK UP YOUR CHILD ON TIME. WSPA is only re-
sponsible for your child while she is in class. Please advise
your child to stay in class until you come.
 
8.  PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR WSPA SWEATS AND SHIRTS - The climate in Daly City is regularly cold and overcast.  Make sure you keep your child warm in our personalized WSPA jackets and sweats.  You can place your order in the office now.

 

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SeptSeptember Events
   
September 1 - Office and Faculty Staff Meeting
September 3 - Nutcracker Auditions
September 7 - Classes Begin
September 14 - Cookie Dough Sale
September 18 - WSPA Orientation Meeting for New Students and New in the Performance Program
 
In the month of September, there will be many students trying
out for classes. This is the month when the teachers will see the
composition of their classes for the first time. The teachers will continue to assess and direct the students to the appropriate class where the child can train best. We ask for everyone's patience as this shuffling of students and classes occur. By the month of October, each class would have settled down to the right composition.
 
Classes in the General School (except for Musical Theater) are limited to 16 students per class. Ballet n' Tap classes are limited to 12 unless the teacher approves to accept more.  Enrollment will be ongoing until November.  Students entering after November will be strictly under the teacher's approval only. The next registration for beginning students will be in January.
 


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OrientParent Orientation Meeting
   
  
For All New Students in the General School and the New Members of the Performance Program
 
Sept. 18, Saturday - 5PM - Studio A

Learn how you can maximize your child's dance
training!
 
Discover the potential future your dancer
has in WSPA.
 
Get a quick course on the different
dance styles available and be guided along the
extraordinary journey of dance training.

 
Be informed of what is expected of you in the Performance Program.
 
Meet and Greet the staff and teachers.
 
Please let the office know if you will not be able to attend the meeting so we can prepare refreshments sufficiently for all the attendees. 
 
Hope to see you at the meeting!


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Looking forward to an exciting year,
 
Sincerely,
 

Malu Rivera-Peoples, School Director
Westlake School for the Performing Arts