COVID - 19

We believe that every family needs to decide when they are ready to return to dance. If you decide now is not the right time to continue with dance, we respect that decision and we are here for you when the time comes in the future and you are ready to return.

Eastside is committed to doing our part to ensure the safety of all those who enter the studio by following New Jersey State guidelines. Any student participating in classes must be fully enrolled online through our parent portal, with all updated waivers signed prior to participation. The policies detailed below must be followed by everyone.

UPDATED AS OF October 25, 2020

Safety Policies and Procedures

POLICIES

Increased cleaning prior, after, and between classes.
Hand sanitizer is placed throughout the studio: at the reception desk and in all studios.
Dancers, teachers, and staff only are allowed in the building.
The studio lobby is closed. All business transactions must be completed through our parent portal, by phone, or e-mail.
Online registration is required prior to participating in any class and online waiver must be agreed to and signed prior to participating in any class.
Spots marked on the floor for social distancing.
We are following face mask guidelines according to the New Jersey State law.
Currently state law requires “workers and customers to wear cloth face coverings while in the indoor portion of the premises, except where doing so would inhibit that individual’s health or where the individual is under two years of age.”
Once dancers are in their designated spot, those individuals required to remove masks will be able to do so.
We encourage you to have that conversation with your child prior to class.
All are required to wear masks when entering, exiting, or in common areas of the building.
Instructors and staff will be wearing masks the entire time as long as state guidelines require them.
Anyone entering the building must read the health screening questions posted and agree to be COVID-19 symptom free and COVID-19 contact free prior to entering the building.
If a dancer is ill or has a fever, the dancer must stay home.
Water fountains will remain closed. Dancers should bring their own water labeled with their name.
We ask and strongly encourage dancers to utilize the restrooms before coming to the studio.
Label all items sent with your dancer and keep items to bare minimum and kept in a dance bag.
Please aim for any clothes or shoes worn into the studio over their dance wear to fit in their dance bag when they are not wearing them.

PROCEDURES

Front door drop off service for dancers.
Touchless temperature checks and screening prior to entering. If the dancer has a temperature over 100.4 the dancer will be unable to take class and sent home.
Dancers will be directed where to stand ensuring state mandates of social distancing are being followed.
Dancers are to be picked up promptly at the completion of class.
Parent / Guardian will wait outside and announce dancers name to staff.
Staff will dismiss students from the front doorway.