Firstlight Arts Academy
Policies and Procedures

1. Enrollment in a Firstlight Art class is for 9 months (school year) starting in August or September and ending the following May. 35 classes are included, but 36 may be scheduled with one snow day built in. There are also 9 Open Studio Saturday sessions for 3 hours each, on the first Saturday of each month unless moved for various reasons. Open Studio is for ages 8 and up only.

2. All monthly payments are due by the first of the month, payments received after the 15th will automatically be charged a $5 late fee.

3. There is a $25 non-refundable registration fee (per student, per year) that is required to reserve a class space and for administration. Sibling discounts apply to the registration fee and are $45 for two students or $60 for three students.

4. Firstlight requires a 30-day written notice on or before February 20th of the current school year, to drop a class for any reason. Otherwise, tuition is due to the end of the school year. If something comes up, please call Dennas at 202-6426 to discuss. Please read our Frequently Asked Questions page for more information

5. Siblings or any second and third classes/students are offered at a 15% discount.

6. If a student misses class for any reason it is the student's responsibility to work at home to keep up with the class if needed, (but seldom is there any pressure as everyone has a different pace anyway.) Tuition is still due on time and must be paid to keep the student's account in good standing. No refunds are made for classes that are missed. Ages 8 and up may come into the open studio which is planned once each month, to catch up if needed, or just to enjoy working on their art projects. Please read our Frequently Asked Questions page for more information about why this is our policy.

7. Supplies are the student's responsibility. If a student arrives at class with no supplies (left at home by accident), then temporary supplies may be available in the room. Supplies that have been depleted, however, and are needed to complete a project, but have not been purchased before class will need to be purchased from Firstlight's store during classtime for use on the project. If you have not made plans or purchased before class, whatever lost or depleted supplies are missing, you agree to purchase from Firstlight what is needed to continue with the class project. All supplies are sold at 15%-40% discount off the MSRP.

8. You should try your best to arrive 5 minutes early for classes. This allows enough time to use the restroom and get water before class. Please pick up students within 5 minutes after end of class and please make sure that the teacher knows the student has reconnected with parents or guardians. Do not let your children run out to the car without letting the teacher know parents have arrived. Children and teenagers cannot be left unattended at the school to wait after the school is closed.

9. Drinks and snacks are allowed in class, and we have a selection available for purchase, but not entire meals or hot food please.

10. Cleaning up is important. We try to make time to clean our supplies and workspace before leaving every class. Students should wash brushes in SINK to keep them in working condition.

11. Protection for clothing, such as old t-shirts and aprons are usually available in the classroom, although you should try to have a long-sleeve thigh-length smock for your children if they are wearing good clothes to class. Wearing or changing into painting clothes is recommended!

12. Closings: All Weather-related closings will be posted on our website and sent out as an email notification. We do NOT close for Monday holidays, except for Labor Day. We do not always follow Williamson county weather closings, as they take the morning travel into account and we are late in the day.

13. Our Spring break is the same as Williamson County Schools.

14. PRIVACY POLICY: We promise to take all kinds of reasonable precautions to maintain privacy of your registration information. We will never knowingly share your information with any other entity or persons unless directed to do so by you or by some scary governmental agency like the IRS. Hopefully that'll never happen. All information collected in processing your purchases are handled by our Credit Card Merchant services provider, who uses military standard encryption and has an excellent privacy policy as well - even requiring us to make our policy known to you, which we have just done.

15. Unless you let us know otherwise, agreeing to our policies by registering for classes, grants Firstlight permission to reproduce any student artwork that has been created in the classroom, ONLY for use in promoting Firstlight Arts Academy in our advertising, promotions, and web pages.