Arrival & Dismissal: Barefoot opens 15 minutes prior to class time. Please arrive in enough time for students to change and use the bathroom before class starts. Parents, kindly wait with your child until the teacher invites students into the studio. Students must be picked up promptly. Please accompany students to and from the studio. For safety reasons, students may not be on the driveway without an adult.
Parking: Traffic is one-way only: enter at the Barefoot sign, exit by the buoy.
- Drive very slowly.
- Please don’t block the driveway or back out onto Rt. 9W.
- Spaces are available in our parking area as well as along the driveway on the left. To keep traffic flowing, please pull all the way down to leave room at the entrance.
- Two-three cars may be parked hugging the stone wall (as you enter, on the right and in front of you).
- Two cars may be parked facing the bushes and dogwood tree by turning left at the entrance. (These cars may get boxed in).
- Two-three more cars may be parked behind them.
- Two cars may be parked facing the studio (to the left of the entry path and door).
- Five – six cars may be parallel parked along the driveway next to the big lawn across from the house. These are great spots for those who arrive early and for those who don’t want to get boxed in.
- Check out our map for better clarification:
Waiting Area: Feel free to make yourself comfortable in the waiting room, as well as outside in the Barefoot yard. For privacy, please avoid the house and private lawns. Also, all children not in class must be supervised by an adult. Please keep children off trees and stone walls, and out of the gardens. Thank you for helping to keep Barefoot a safe and enjoyable place for everyone.
Dress Code: Students should wear comfortable, non-restrictive clothing and bare feet (of course!) for all classes except Ballet where ballet slippers are required.
Snow Days: All current families will receive an email in the case of a snow day. We also post snow days on our Instagram account and Facebook page. Decisions are made as early as possible and no later than two hours prior to class. Please note: we allow for one cancellation per semester for each class. In the case of additional cancellations due to weather, we offer opportunities for make-up classes and notify parents of the details via email.
Sick Days: Please call the studio if your child will be absent. This helps with class planning.
Special Days at Barefoot: Check our class schedule or calendar for specific dates.
- Barefoot Welcomes Friends Week: Each semester, we welcome friends to classes. This is a special opportunity for students to bring a friend to their regularly scheduled class free-of-charge.
- Open Classes: We invite parents to observe class each semester during our “open class” week. This is a wonderful opportunity to watch your artist-in-progress in action!
- Annual Barefoot Student Concert: All students in performance classes perform at the student concert. Everyone is welcome to participate in this student-centered, celebratory event!
Barefoot Payment Policies
- Registration fee is per semester.
- Class spaces cannot be held without payment.
- Multiple Class Discounts (for individuals taking more than one class): 2nd class: $15 discount, 3rd class: $25 discount, 4th class: $35 discount.
- Monthly payment plans are available. Add $20 (per family) to semester fee. Payments are due the first class of the month. (We don’t offer pay-per-class arrangements for children. You are signing up for, and therefore agreeing to pay for the full semester, whether or not your child stays in class).
- Late payment (initial payments received after first class & late monthly payments) fee: $10.
- Late pick-up fee: If you are more than 10 minutes late to pick up your child, there will be a charge of $10 for every 10 minutes (with a minimum of $10).
- Returned check fee: $30.
- Video fee (for Annual Student Concert): $30
- No hidden costs.
- No refunds.