health & safety protocols during the covid-19 pandemic
GO BANANAS DANCING IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING SAFE DANCE CLASSES FOR EVERYONE
Many Health & Safety Protocols will be followed during our classes, including, but not limited to:
Stay Home if Sick or Exposed to Covid-19
If a dance student has a known exposure to a person who has tested positive for Covid-19, the student may not participate in dance class for 14 days. Per the CDC, "exposure" is currently defined as close contact (less than 6 feet) for 15 minutes or more.
If a dance student is sick and experiencing any symptoms of Covid-19 including, but not limited to, fever of 100.4 or higher, cough, shortness of breath, chills, sore throat and/or muscle aches, STAY HOME. Do not come to class.
No one with a fever or symptoms of Covid-19 in the prior 14 days is permitted to participate in dance class.
Masks Required
Dance students are required to wear masks at all times.
Health Questions before Every Class
Before every Arlington Parks & Recreation dance class, County policy requires that each student's parent or adult guardian review and sign off on a set of standard health questions on behalf of his/her student before the student can participate in class each week.
Inside the recreation center in Alexandria, masks are required for everyone age 3 and older.
Adult Supervision Required at Every Class
Each student's parent or adult guardian MUST stay on the premises during class and must remain outside the classroom.
In Dance & Prance and Let's Play Ballet, both for ages 2 - 3 with adult,
PLEASE NOTE: One adult per child attends these classes. At this time during the Covid-19 pandemic, we cannot allow additional family members, infants or friends in the classroom.
Wash Your Hands
Hand sanitizer will be provided at the entrance of class. Participants must use hand sanitizer before they enter the classroom, and they should use hand sanitizer when they exit the dance area.
Arlington County Parks & Recreation's Policy about Makeup Classes
During the Covid-19 pandemic, students only can attend the class in which they are registered, they may not attend a different class as a makeup class for an absence.
If class gets cancelled due to inclement weather, we will try to schedule a makeup class. Otherwise, the recreation department will issue a household credit for the cancelled class.
KIDS, WE LOVE DANCING WITH YOU!!!
DURING THIS TRICKY TIME, WE STILL CAN GO BANANAS!!!
Protocols updated November 10, 2021