Tuesday, April 12, 2022 by Averil Spence-Clarke | Uncategorized

HI eVERYONE:

                           Happy Easter!!

As many of you know, I had two bunnies playing on my lawn a couple of nights ago but I haven’t found any Easter eggs as yet!!  L

Maybe they were just practicing…….J but I’ll be checking again tonight.

All I am sure of is that we will be soon be sharing lots of eggs.  

Update to Lesson Schedule:  Easter Weekend  Friday, April 15^th – Monday, April 18^th:  No scheduled lessons

April 19^th, Tuesday:  Regular schedule resumes.  There will be makeup slots available on the portal.

Trip to England:

I will be leaving Windsor on Monday, May 23d returning on Saturday, June 25^th. JJJ

Thank you all for your support and best wishes for a great trip.

I am truly looking forward to spending time with Christopher & getting re-familiarized with the young man/musician he is growing into!!

Lessons:  For those interested, the goal is to conduct at least one to two lessons while I am in England.

Unfortunately, I will not be able to confirm this until I am there as I am not sure of what communication services will be available.

If lessons are a possibility,  I will email the dates of lessons in a timely manner. 

Exams:  There will not be any in-studio exams hosted this year.  L

All students MUST be prepared to do a review/quiz of their current level in order to move to the next level.

These can take place during the summer session or 2^nd /3^rd  week of September depending on the student’s state of preparedness.

Summer & Fall 2022 Schedule:

If all continues along the positive trajectory re: COVID, I hope to resume in-person lessons on my return from England.

Definitely, as of September, lessons will be a combination of in-person & virtual.

Parents, I know that virtual offers many conveniences & certainly during flu/cold season etc. it gives us another option for regularizing lessons.

Hopefully, we can come up with a winning combination for everyone.

Summer lessons are conducted on a three on, one off basis:   three weeks of lessons and then one off (teacher vacation).

July:  Week 1:   July 5,6,7^th        Week 2:   July 12, 13, 14^th        Week 3:  July 19, 20, 21^st            Week 4:  July 26, 27, 28^th  Studio Closed

August:  Week 1: August 2,3,4^th        Week 2:  : August 9,10,11^th         Week 3: August 16,17,18^th        

Studio Closed:    August 22^nd – September 5^th     (TBC)       

Please understand that lessons can be cancelled on short notice as I know that vacations, “fun activities” etc. often happen on the spur of the moment.

Do know that each week’s lesson can be scheduled as convenient for that week & does not have to be maintained for the whole summer.

I plan to teach on Tuesdays 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Wednesdays  2:00 – 7:00 pm  & Thursdays 10:00 am – 2:00 pm.

The portal has the available times posted for your convenience.  

For those students or families who are booking one hour slots, please book 2 back to back slots and I will edit them into a block hour.

If there is a problem, do feel free to call/text and we will find a schedule that works for you.

Fall Session Starts:   September 5^th or 6^th , 2022  (TBC) Usually based on the GECDSB calendar which is not yet available.

If you book on Sept. 5^th and classes resume after the 5^th, I will make the transition to the following week on the portal.

Timeslots are currently posted for those who wish to reserve their preferred times early.

Confirmations will be sent out mid-August.

Again, any questions or concerns, please contact me for clarification.

Cheers

Mrs. A.