As we focus on re-opening and keeping our staff and clients safe, we are making upgrades, adding cleaning procedures and adopting protocols in light of what we foresee will be a temporary new normal circus scenario.  These upgrades and changes are stimulated by guidelines we monitor from our local and state agencies, and we do the best to be transparent with our practices and protocols, so we can to keep our community healthy in their mind, body and soul.  As developing news arrive, we shall be updating this page from time to time.

Arrival – Check-In – Departure

1. Each student is required to be accompanied by their parent or guardian for check-in procedure only.
2. To avoid physical contact, we eliminate our “In-Person Sign-ins” and have adopted the self check-in on our MIndbody app, which allows the reserved student to be automatically marked as having arrived and checked-in.  Please make sure that if you do not cancel your reservation two hours prior to the class, you will be considered having checked in.
3. Our lobby/ waiting room shall no longer be used for parents or students to avoid grouping in an area. Our lobby will only be used for instantaneous student/ parent meeting
4. Every time a student arrives, temperature will be taken via a our contactless thermometer.  There shall also be a series of questions relating the COVID19 that will be asked.  We urge all to be as transparent so that we can prevent the spread of coronavirus in our school and help keep everyone safe.  These questions will be asked prior to entering our school shall be in place.
5. As soon as student is cleared to enter, no other person (parent or guardian) is allowed inside the premise including the lobby/ wait room. Our lobby will only be used for instant student/ parent meeting.
6.  We shall enforce the use of mask at all times when entering the premise and during class. There will be times when students may be allowed to take a break from mask wearing provided that they leave the training area and distance themselves from any person within the facility for more 6 feet.
7. Due to limited staffing, instructor is not allowed to accept any student who is five (5) minutes late.

Enrollment, Reservation and Checking In

1. Before heading to our studio, all students (new and old) are required to fill out registration forms including:  Online Registration, Waiver and COVID-19 Addendum, and the Safety Partnership Agreement.
2. Strict online reservation and advance online payment is implemented to avoid any delay and/or in-person transaction contact.
3. We shall conduct a maximum of 5 students per class/ per area.
4. We encourage our clients to perform Symptom Screener before heading to our facility for class or practice session.  For those who exhibit slight symptoms of COVID-19 (per CDC guidelines) , please stay home as we will not be able to admit you to class.
5. If you missed a class due to a COVID19 related incident, please know that your class and any remaining sessions will be reactivated when you are cleared by your physician and ready to come back.
6. As testings become more available, we encourage our clients to get tested to help us in contact tracing. For information regarding testing sites, please visit: https://covid19.ca.gov/
7. If you have traveled in a distant area (please see CA Governor’s Office) where COVID19 is heavily present and/or areas named in the monitoring list, we request that you quarantine yourself for 14 days before attending class.  We shall be requiring a written statement from you regarding your quarantine period.
8. All prior tuition, enrollment, reservation and cancellation policies are in place.  Please purchase a package, keeping in mind that there is a 30-Day Expiration from the date of the purchase.
9. Any cancellation should be made within 2 hours, so as to allow others to take the vacant spot, unless student has exhibited corona-virus symptoms or other emergency reasons.  Failure to timely cancel online shall relinquish their session
10. Rates for our classes, camps and workshops have increased as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, so that we can do our best in keeping our space safe and healthy.

 Social Distancing, Upgrades and Hygience Ettiquette

1. Hand sanitizer stations have been set-up in both our common areas – premise entrance and studio entrance
2. Markers on the floor will be put placed to keep the 6FT distance between each participant.
3. All apparatus will be in a pulley system.  No one will be allowed to use any static rigging point nor will any one be allowed to touch the pulley system, other than the instructor.
4. We shall have in place, NOTICES and REMINDER posted signs in our premises.
5.  All apparatus shall be disinfected and/or changed before and after each class/ session.
6. Trapeze: We are making rope and elbow coverings that can be taken off and washed between each student.  In the meantime, we shall suspend Trapeze training until we have the coverings.
7. Before and after class, we ask all students to wash or sanitize their hands and feet.
8. Each student will stay a distance of no less than six (6) feet from each other before, during and after class.
9. Rigging point, mat and space designation (floor markings) are set-up with 6ft+ apart.
10.  Students are refrained to move from one apparatus to another or sharing a rigging point/ apparatus.
11. Everyone is asked to bring their own water bottle or mark the bottle.and place this in  your cubbie so no one touches this.
12. Class will end 5 minutes earlier to give ample time for organized distancing exits.
13. No student is allowed to enter the premise when a class is in session.
14. For airflow, our rolling door will always be rolled-up.
15. Aside from equipment disinfecting as outlined below (nos. 2-7), all common areas and surfaces  that are frequently touched, such as knobs, light switches, bars, cubbies, walls, tables, and alike are disinfected several times during the day.

Additional SAFETY Considerations:

1. Airflow:  The aerial points are all located directly beside our huge rolling door, which is pulled-up wide open to the maximum – over 22ft. Additionally, we have set-up our stand alone aerial rig directly behind and adjacent to our open air aerial points to meet our social distancing standards that we put in place.
2. Equipment Designation: Our school is prepared to handle the demands required. We combine a variety of practices based on CDC guidelines to ensure that equipment is safe.  Our protocol includes but not limited to quarantining, rotation, disinfecting and sanitizing, designation, and procurement of personal equipment, based on the type of equipment, the frequency of use, and session, the number attendees and the modification of lesson.   To learn more: Dedicated Equipment Program
3. In consistent with our Dedicated Equipment Program,  participants are encourage to purchase their own Tissu/ Silks or Hammock Silks and Hammock has been curated for student’s special needs and are for sale to our students.   Please visit our Online Store for rates.  We also offer Silks and Hammock for rent ($25/month – $35/ 2 months) and as an alternative to purchasing, we highly recommend renting to students who attend three (3) or more) sessions a week.  The fabric will be kept in our premise for your exclusive use for the entire duration of the rental period.
4. You are also encouraged to bring your own Yoga mats.  Panel mats just like other equipment will be disinfected after each use.
5. ATTIRE: No Jewelries. Work-Out attire shall including leg coverings (no shorts) and chest area fully covered.  No zippers or any sharp decorative trims in your outfit.  Hair must be neatly tied up or pinned away from your face.  Most of our fabric get damaged mainly because some sharp object or nail gets caught resulting in tears or holes in the fabric.  If you have long nails, please trim to ensure that these are smooth and free from any sharp edges.
6. While at our school premise, we highly recommend staff, students and parents/ guardians to carry with them at all times, a (secured) mask and a mini hand sanitizer container and encourage practicing sneezing, coughing, hand and feet hygiene etiquette by all times.
7. At the end of each day, or after each session, and as needed, we shall perform routine cleaning/ disinfecting of all frequently touched surfaces in the workplace, such as apparatus, barres, tables and doorknobs pursuant to CDC Guidelines
8. All apparatus will be in a pulley system.  No one will be allowed to use any static rigging.  No one is allowed to touch any pulley system including ropes.
9.  Our class schedule will slightly change.  Some classes like partnering acrobatic training, will only be conducted if the students are from the same household (family e.g. sisters/brothers).
10. We shall review, modify and/or re-design individual skills and syllabus as needed, to maximize education with the COVID-19 protocols in place.
11. Every student is recommended to bring their own grip powder/ liquid.  We have limited stock of 100ml and 3ml RK’s “sticky potion” grip for fabric shall also have these for sale at a discount to you in our Online Store  (use “COVID19-GRIP”) and we shall provide powder for free if you bring a container.

COVID-19 Make-Up for Unused Classes  Policy

• If you have any remaining session prior to March 17, 2020, you may use these sessions within 30 days from the time our school formally opens.

We shall be updating the above protocols as we continue to received new guidance from the CDC and our local government as well as observe areas that shall prompt changes to some of our procedures.

Updated 7/26/20

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