PLACEMENT

• Creative Tots 1 must be 3 years of age by December 1st and toilette trained.  They study ballet/tap in one class per week.
• Pre-Ballet must be entering Kindergarten. They study ballet/tap in one class per week.
• Division 1A (1st year in Div. 1) Students must be entering 1st grade. They study ballet in one class per week.
• Division 1B (2nd year in Div.1) Students must be entering 2nd grade.  They study ballet in one class per week.
• Division 2A (1st year in Div. 2)  Students must be entering 3rd grade.  They must attend 2 classes per week. Either one ballet and one jazz, or two ballet.
• Division 2B (2nd year in Div. 2) Students must be entering 4th grade. They must attend 2 ballet classes per week.  An additional ballet class is highly recommended for optimal advancement.  Jazz is optional.
• Division 2C /Pre-Pointe (3rd year in Div. 2) Students are usually entering 5th grade.  They must attend 2 ballet classes per week.  An additional ballet class is highly recommended for optimal advancement.  Jazz is optional.
• Division 3A/Pointe 1 (first year in Div. 3)  Students are usually entering 6th grade.  They must attend 2 ballet classes per week and Pointe 1.  An additional ballet class is optional and highly recommended for optimal advancement.  Jazz is optional.
• Division 3B Pointe 2 (2nd year in Div. 3)  Students are usually entering 7th or 8th grade.  They must attend 2 ballet classes per week and Pointe 2.  Additional ballet and or pointe  classes are highly recommended  for optimal advancement.  Jazz is optional.
• Division 4A /Pointe 3 (1st year in Div. 4) Students are usually entering 8th or 9th grade. They must attend 3 ballet classes per week and Pointe 3.  Additional ballet and or pointe  classes are highly recommended  for optimal advancement.  Jazz is optional.
• Division 4B /Pointe 4 (2nd year in Div. 4) Students are usually entering 9th or 10th grade.  They must attend 3 ballet classes per week and Pointe 3.  Additional ballet and or pointe  classes are highly recommended  for optimal advancement.  Jazz is optional.
• Division 5A/B/C Pointe 5 (all years in Div. 5) Students are usually entering 10th – 12th grade. They must attend 3 ballet classes per week and Pointe 2,3 or 4 and Pointe 5.  Additional ballet and or pointe  classes are highly recommended  for optimal advancement.  Jazz is optional.
• Ages at a certain point in study simply become references.  Students are always placed into the optimal classes for their ability and re-asessed all year.