As Soar is in its 8th year, we have definitely had
to make changes along the way. We have
added and expanded classes throughout the years. We now have a series of new changes coming
along that we feel are best for Soar.
The most
unexpected change is that we are stopping the music department at Soar. For the past three years, we have found it
difficult to maintain music staff and our music numbers have been continually
declining. For the spring, we only had
around 20 music students sign up. It just became where it was not economically feasible to continue with music. We
feel our time should be devoted to the programs that are continuing to grow. We will still be offering dance, tumbling,
and art.
Dance and
tumbling are our biggest department at Soar.
We will be expanding this for the fall.
We are planning for three Beginner classes as these always fill up. We also plan on making a recreational Teen
class. This would be for ages 12 and
up. It would be a combo ballet, tap, and
jazz class. It is meant to be the next
level up from our Intermediate class.
Lastly, we have always made our Hip Hop Crew minimum age be 8 years
old. We will be lowering this to age 5.
Our summer
session will be different. In the past,
we have done each class once per week for a total of five weeks. This summer, we will have more of a camp
format. There will be a different theme
on select weeks and the classes will go from Monday through Thursday
afternoon. Ideas we have include Animal
Drawing Week, Hip Hop Week, Tumbling Week, etc.
The goal is that more students will be able to participate without
interrupting other summer plans they may have.
We are currently still enrolling for spring art classes. These start on January 9th. We also have openings right now in Tumblling Tots. Information
about next summer and fall will be released around February!
