Policies
SCT Covid policy
As of June 13th, 2022
This policy will be regularly updated as conditions change in accordance with CDC guidelines, King County guidelines, and WA DOH guidelines.
VACCINATION REQUIReMENTS
SCT will now require all students 5 and up to either be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit a weekly negative test. (“Fully vaccinated” is defined as at least 14 days passed since receiving either the second dose of FDA- or WHO-authorized double-dose vaccines or the sole dose of authorized single-dose vaccines.)
If your student is fully vaccinated, please email proof of vaccination to dramaschool@sct.org at least one week before the first day of class. Acceptable proof includes:
- A photo of a vaccination card (including name of person vaccinated, type of vaccine provided, and date last dose administered).
- Documentation of vaccination from a healthcare provider electronic health record or state Immunization Information System record
If your student is not fully vaccinated, you must provide results of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours, or a negative COVID-19 antigen test taken within 24 hours of their class. Acceptable as Negative Test Documentation are printed or digital documents (including text or email message) from the test provider or laboratory. (The information should include name of person tested, type of test performed, and date of negative test result.) Negative Test Documentation must come from a testing agent (a laboratory, health care provider, or pharmacy). Self-administered rapid tests will not be accepted.
If your student is not yet fully vaccinated but will be before the start of your camp or class, you may provide a negative test each week until their vaccination schedule is complete. At that time, you may submit proof of vaccination to dramaschool@sct.org and no longer provide weekly negative tests.
SAFE STUDENT POLICY – Summer 2022
SCT maintains the right to transition all classes to a virtual setting based on the number of active cases in the region and our community, or if for any other reason SCT feels that in-person classes are no longer safe for our students and staff.
Students must complete a health screening assessment every morning prior to arriving at SCT. Upon arrival, a parent must verify that no COVID-19 symptoms are present by sharing a completed and approved health screening assessment. At this time, only SCT staff and students are allowed in the building. Students and staff are not permitted to attend camps if they can answer yes to any of the following questions and receive an alert on their health screening form.
- Do you have a fever of 100 degrees or higher, chills, cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, recent loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea?
- Within the past 14 days, have you been in close contact with anyone that you know had COVID-19 or COVID-like symptoms?
- Have you had a positive COVID-19 test for active virus in the past 10 days, or are you awaiting results of a COVID-19 test?
While masking this summer will be optional, SCT welcomes and encourages staff and students to continue mask wearing if that is their preference.
If 1 or more individuals test positive for COVID, all individuals in that camp must wear well-fitting masks inside the building (when not actively eating or drinking) for the next 10 days following exposure.
If 3 or more individuals test positive for COVID within 7 consecutive days, SCT will require that all staff and students wear well-fitting masks inside the building (when not actively eating or drinking) for the next 10 days following the most recent exposure.
SCT will track King County’s Community Risk Level as reported on the CDC website:
If our local Community Risk Level reaches High (Red), all individuals will wear well-fitting masks inside the building until the Risk Level lowers down Medium (Yellow).
SCT will have KN-95 masks available for both adults and kids.
Please STAY HOME and self-isolate for a minimum of 5 Days from the date of the positive test result, or 5 days from symptom onset. If you develop symptoms after testing positive, your 5-day isolation period should start over. Day 0 is your first day of symptoms. Please follow universal masking, physical distancing, hand hygiene, clean high touch surfaces, close toilet lid before flushing, etc. while you are in isolation. Family/roommates who are unable to distance from you should wear a mask, and wear eye protection to minimize any additional exposure risk.
You may come back to SCT automatically on or after Day 6 from onset of your first symptoms if:
- You have isolated for a minimum of 5 days from symptom onset or positive test whichever is earlier, AND
- Your symptoms have significantly resolved, for example, no uncontrolled cough or shortness of breath. (Loss of taste and smell may persist for weeks or months after recovery and need not delay the end of isolation); AND
- You have been fever-free for at least 24 hours without taking fever-reducing medications
Exposure (Contact with someone with COVID-19, in a way that increases the likelihood of getting infected with the virus.)
- If you were exposed to COVID-19 outside of camp and are up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations:
- You do not need to stay home unless you develop symptoms.
- Even if you don’t develop symptoms, get tested at least 5 days after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19.
- If you were exposed to COVID-19 outside of camp and are NOT up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations:
- Stay home and quarantine for at least 5 full days.
- Wear a well-fitting mask if you must be around others in your home.
- Even if you don’t develop symptoms, get tested at least 5 days after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19.
Please STAY HOME and self-isolate for a minimum of 5 Days from the date of the positive test result, or 5 days from symptom onset. If you develop symptoms after testing positive, your 5-day isolation period should start over. Day 0 is your first day of symptoms. Please follow universal masking, physical distancing, hand hygiene, clean high touch surfaces, close toilet lid before flushing, etc. while you are in isolation. Family/roommates who are unable to distance from you should wear a mask, and wear eye protection to minimize any additional exposure risk.
You may come back to SCT automatically on or after Day 6 from onset of your first symptoms if:
- You have isolated for a minimum of 5 days from symptom onset or positive test whichever is earlier, AND
- Your symptoms have significantly resolved, for example, no uncontrolled cough or shortness of breath. (Loss of taste and smell may persist for weeks or months after recovery and need not delay the end of isolation); AND
- You have been fever-free for at least 24 hours without taking fever-reducing medications
Exposure (Contact with someone with COVID-19, in a way that increases the likelihood of getting infected with the virus.)
If you were exposed to COVID-19 outside of camp and are up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations:
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- You do not need to stay home unless you develop symptoms.
- Even if you don’t develop symptoms, get tested at least 5 days after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19.
- If you were exposed to COVID-19 outside of camp and are NOT up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations:
- Stay home and quarantine for at least 5 full days.
- Wear a well-fitting mask if you must be around others in your home.
- Even if you don’t develop symptoms, get tested at least 5 days after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19.
During class and at the end of day teaching artists, class assistants, and interns will wipe and disinfect all surfaces and class materials during class transitions. In addition, custodial crews will sanitize all common areas and classrooms at the end of each day.
VIRTUAL SAFE STUDENT POLICY
In order to keep our Zoom meetings secure and to ensure students’ safety while using Zoom, SCT staff and teaching artists follow best practices for securing our classrooms, including, but not limited to:
- E-mail invitation link or Meeting ID & password are required to participate in meetings
- An SCT staff person will be the administrator of each class/meeting and a staff person or teaching artist(s) will move between Breakout Rooms during class.
- All video guests enter a “Waiting Room” and the hosts (SCT staff or teaching artist) manually accept guests to enter the meeting.
- Please use your first/last name and pronoun as your user/display name. If we do not recognize your display name, we will not let you into the meeting. (To quickly change your Zoom display name: click the “…” button in the corner of your video screen OR right click your video, then select “Rename.”)
- Zoom’s new “Security” button provides immediate tech support help.
- Students agree not to share links or record sessions for any purpose.
- SCT will not record class sessions for any reason unless prior written consent is obtained from each family that clearly outlines the expectations and use for such recordings. If classes are being recorded, Teaching Artists will remind students at the beginning of the class.
GENERAL POLICIES
As students depend on their scene partners, class attendance is necessary. However, if your student will be late or needs to miss a class due to an illness please alert the Drama School as soon as possible at dramaschool@sct.org or by calling 206.859.40479.
- If a registration is canceled after it has been processed, but at least two weeks before the class begins, a full refund minus registration fees will be given. Registration fees are non-refundable ($25 for half-day camps and weekly classes and $50 for full-day classes and camps.
- We do not offer refunds for registrations canceled less than two weeks before the class starts. However, any tuition that you’ve paid for the canceled class, (minus the registration fee), can be used towards either a future Drama School tuition, or tickets for the Mainstage shows through the end of the current season.
- SCT reserves the right to cancel a class. In this case, any tuition paid will be refunded in full, including the registration fee.
- No refund or make-up classes will be provided for classes cancelled due to inclement weather.
- SCT Drama School classes will be canceled on days that Seattle Public Schools are closed due to weather conditions.
- We want all students to be satisfied with their experience at the Drama School. If, after completing the first day of class, you decide that it’s not for you, just let us know before the second class and we will refund your payment (minus the registration fee). After the second day of class, no tuition or enrollment adjustments can be made.
At time of registration, you must complete the SCT Media and Emergency Treatment/Liability Release for each of your students. If you register via our website, you will be prompted to complete the agreement before proceeding with payment. If you register via email, SCT Education staff will email you a link to the online release form with your receipt. This release needs to be completed only once and does not expire. If at any time you would like to update your student’s media permissions or medical information, please send the Drama School an email at dramaschool@sct.org with any changes and/or additions.
Registrations are processed in the order they are received. Registrations are accepted as long as space is available or until the second time a class meets, whichever comes first. If you register via our website, a receipt will be automatically emailed to you within fifteen minutes of completing your registration. If you register via email, the SCT Education staff member who assisted you will generate and send you a receipt by the end of the business day. We do not offer prorated tuition.
To secure space in a class, a non-refundable registration fee is included in the tuition price. Fees are $25 for half-day classes and $50 for full-day classes. Tuition must be paid in full at the time of registration or a payment plan must be arranged.
There is a $20 service fee for any checks returned by the bank due to insufficient funds.
Pending enrollment, you may switch from one class to another more than two weeks before the class begins without incurring an additional registration fee. If you switch less than two weeks before the beginning of the class, you must pay the additional registration fee of $25 per half-day class or $50 for a full-day program.
We maintain waitlists for any full classes. Once it has been determined that a class will be added, we will notify interested parties by email and/or phone in the order the waitlist registrations were received.
SCT is committed to providing theatre and theatre education to all children regardless of a family’s financial situation. In support of our mission, we offer payment plans and need-based scholarships to our families. In addition, we offer Blue Star military and veteran families scholarships.
Scholarships are granted on a case-by-case basis to those families who demonstrate a financial need, and who would be otherwise unable to participate in our classes. Because of budget limitations, we are generally only able to cover one class per student per session for each eligible family. Applications for scholarships are on a rolling basis, but scholarships are limited so please submit your application as early as possible. Applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. You will be notified of your financial aid decision approximately one week after submitting your application. Unless prior arrangements are made with the Drama School, the remaining balance of tuition, if any, must be paid in full prior to the start of class.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis, subject to availability. Click here to view the application.
Payment Plans may be used by anyone, regardless of financial need. This option is available to families who prefer to split their balance into two or three installments. No application is required; if you would like to arrange a payment plan, email the Drama School at dramaschool@sct.org. Unless prior arrangements are made with the Drama School, the balance of tuition, if any, must be paid in full prior to the start of class.