We are currently operating safely indoors
The following protocols are in currently in place:
1. Promoting Healthy Hygiene Practices
2. Intensified Cleaning, Disinfection, and Ventilation
3. Implementing Distance - Arrival and Departure
4. Limit Sharing
5. Training Staff and Families
6. Checking for Signs and Symptoms
7. Facial Coverings
1. Promoting Healthy Hygiene Practices
- Staff, dancers, and families should stay home if feeling sick and should only return when their symptoms have subsided. Anyone who has been in close contact with a person with COVID-19 should stay home.
- The studio will be equipped with soap, tissues, and hand sanitizer.
- Staff and dancers will wash hands after dance class, before/after lunch, after coughing or sneezing, and before/after using the restroom. Our staff will teach and reinforce dancers to avoid contact with their eyes, nose, and mouth, as well as covering coughs and sneezes.
- When washing hands, dancers and staff should wash for 20 seconds with soap and water.
- Hand sanitizer will be available throughout the studio for frequent use between classes.
2. Intensified Cleaning, Disinfection, and Ventilation
- Staff will clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces throughout the day.
- Frequently touched surfaces include but are not limited to: door handles, light switches, sink handles, bathroom surfaces, tables, and ballet barres
- For the time being, the use of shared prop items and equipment will be limited. If used, they will be disinfected between uses.
- Restrooms will be disinfected multiple time throughout the day.
- Hand washing signage will be posted in each restroom.
3. Implementing Distance - Arrival and Departure
- Upon drop-off and pickup, students and families will wait outside while practicing social distancing.
- Dancers will remain in the same groups. No make-up classes at this time to avoid mixing groups.
4. Limit Sharing
- All personal belongings will remain separate. Please have your child's items labeled with their name.
- Staff will remind children to avoid sharing items with classmates.
5. Training Staff and Families
- Protégé staff will be trained on all procedures including:
- Cleaning/Disinfecting protocols, Sanitation practices and self-screening at home—including temperature and symptom checks.
- Protégé will emphasize the importance of not coming to work if an employee has a frequent cough, fever, chills, difficulty breathing, or sore throat.
- All staff will continue to maintain communication regarding any changes or new training measures needing to be taken.
6. Checking for Signs and Symptoms
- Protégé staff will conduct visual wellness checks upon your arrival to the studio.
- Any person showing symptoms of COVID-19 will be asked to return home.
7. Facial Coverings
- Masks are currently required for all adults and children 1st grade and up. Masks are highly recommended for students in preschool & kinder classes.