Cumberland Arts Academy

Policy Information

New students may enroll during the semester if openings are available. The tuition will be prorated, and full payment will be due at the first lesson.

Payment of Tuition: All lessons and/or classes are to be prepaid. Payment can be mailed or dropped off with the registration form. If paid seven days prior to first lesson/class, the $5 discount will apply. Payment may be deferred at time of registration by signing the appropriate form; see director to make these arrangements. Fees apply.

Fees for books or other materials are not included as part of the tuition. If accompaniment for a recital is needed, the fee will be based on time necessities and the difficulty of the music. The academy accepts cash, checks and most credit cards.

Cancellation and Makeup of Private Lessons: Each teacher at the academy carefully plans his/her teaching schedule at the beginning of each semester after consulting with students and parents. Students and parents should try to avoid making changes to the scheduled lesson time, except when absolutely necessary.

As a general rule, parents and students should give teachers as much advance notice as possible of any future absence from a scheduled lesson. Teachers will give their phone numbers to their students and parents, so that easy communication is possible. If a teacher is not available at home, the student/parent should nevertheless leave a message for the teacher, and additionally, call the academy and leave a similar message. When teachers have to miss a lesson, they will reschedule it with the student and parent for a future date. Lessons missed by students will not be made up, except for illness, a death in the family, or similarly extraordinary circumstances. Lessons missed by student with no notice to instructor will not be made up. Forgotten or missed lessons due to conflicting activities will not be made up. A maximum of three make-up lessons per semester may be scheduled for absences due to illness or an emergency only.

Parking: The driveway into the academy is shared by three property-owners. Please enter the driveway slowly as small children are often present. Do not park on the neighbor’s side of the driveway or block the entrance to the driveway that continues onto the property behind us. If the parking lot is full, there are eight additional parking spaces directly across the street on the university’s campus that are available to students and instructors of the academy.

Inclement Weather Closings: The academy rarely closes for inclement weather. If it does close, announcements of the closings, or delayed times of opening, will be on the local news stations on channels 2, 4, and 5, in addition to the message recorded on the academy’s phone.