Frequently Asked Questions:
Calendar
Lessons will begin on September 4, 2012. No lessons will be taught on the following dates:
*November 22 & 23 (Thanksgiving)
*December 19-30 (Christmas Holiday)
**Classes resume on January 2, 2013!
Regular lessons/classes will be taught on all other Holidays.
Tuition
If you choose to pay monthly, tuition is due on the first lesson of each month. Monthly tuition remains constant regardless of the number of
lessons in each month.
Overdue Tuition Fees
If a monthly installment is not received by the 15th of the month, a $10 overdue fee will be added that month and each additional
month thereafter.
Missed Lessons
Make up lessons will ONLY be given for sickness, extreme weather conditions or emergencies. If a student cannot attend a lesson for reasons other than those listed above, the lesson is forfeited. If a teacher cannot attend the lesson for reasons other
than those listed above, the lesson will be rescheduled.
Inclement Weather Policy
MCTTS operates on the Radford City School Weather Policy. If school is delayed, MCTTS will operate on the normal schedule. Lessons missed will be rescheduled.
Lessons will begin on September 4, 2012. No lessons will be taught on the following dates:
*November 22 & 23 (Thanksgiving)
*December 19-30 (Christmas Holiday)
**Classes resume on January 2, 2013!
Regular lessons/classes will be taught on all other Holidays.
Tuition
If you choose to pay monthly, tuition is due on the first lesson of each month. Monthly tuition remains constant regardless of the number of
lessons in each month.
Overdue Tuition Fees
If a monthly installment is not received by the 15th of the month, a $10 overdue fee will be added that month and each additional
month thereafter.
Missed Lessons
Make up lessons will ONLY be given for sickness, extreme weather conditions or emergencies. If a student cannot attend a lesson for reasons other than those listed above, the lesson is forfeited. If a teacher cannot attend the lesson for reasons other
than those listed above, the lesson will be rescheduled.
Inclement Weather Policy
MCTTS operates on the Radford City School Weather Policy. If school is delayed, MCTTS will operate on the normal schedule. Lessons missed will be rescheduled.
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Music Research
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, states, "Studying music encourages self discipline and diligence traits that carry over into mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history and geography." Research supports that music helps prepare the mind for specific disciplines of learning; skills learned through music carry over into study skills, communications skills, cognitive skills and abstract reasoning skills useful to all parts of life, according to a 1997 article in Neurological Research.
Young Children
Don Campbell, author of The Mozart Effect, traced neurological development during childhood and found prior to a major spurt of neural integration in the brain during the elementary school years, learning occurs through movement and quick emotional associations. For example, by age two, the brain has begun to fuse with the body via marching, dancing, and developing a sense of physical rhythm. The more music children are exposed to before they enter school, the more deeply this stage of neural coding will assist them throughout their lives.
Community-based Arts
Findings from the Living the Arts Through Language + Learning: A Report on Community-Based Youth Organizations, Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University and Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching, Americans for the Arts Monograph, November 1998 reports that:
Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours a day, three days a week for at least one year are:
· 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement.
· 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools.
· 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair.
· 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance.
· 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem.
Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:
· Read for pleasure nearly twice as often.
· Perform community service more than four times as often.
· Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently.
· Attend music, art and dance classes nearly three times as frequently.
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, states, "Studying music encourages self discipline and diligence traits that carry over into mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history and geography." Research supports that music helps prepare the mind for specific disciplines of learning; skills learned through music carry over into study skills, communications skills, cognitive skills and abstract reasoning skills useful to all parts of life, according to a 1997 article in Neurological Research.
Young Children
Don Campbell, author of The Mozart Effect, traced neurological development during childhood and found prior to a major spurt of neural integration in the brain during the elementary school years, learning occurs through movement and quick emotional associations. For example, by age two, the brain has begun to fuse with the body via marching, dancing, and developing a sense of physical rhythm. The more music children are exposed to before they enter school, the more deeply this stage of neural coding will assist them throughout their lives.
Community-based Arts
Findings from the Living the Arts Through Language + Learning: A Report on Community-Based Youth Organizations, Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University and Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching, Americans for the Arts Monograph, November 1998 reports that:
Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours a day, three days a week for at least one year are:
· 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement.
· 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools.
· 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair.
· 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance.
· 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem.
Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:
· Read for pleasure nearly twice as often.
· Perform community service more than four times as often.
· Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently.
· Attend music, art and dance classes nearly three times as frequently.