Absenteeism Policy

Your child has a reserved time for his or her class. Please understand the instructors are there to teach your children even if your child does not show up. While Discover Gymnastics will do everything possible to find the perfect fit for you, it is your responsibility to schedule your lesson in a time that fits your child’s schedule.  In order to see continual improvement in your child’s skill attainment and physical development, it is important that attendance be consistent. 

Attendance & Absenteesim Policy – Fall 2024 – Beginning August 12th, 2024

    1. Our instructors are ready to teach your child in their reserved class.

    1. Parents, spectators and siblings of students are NOT permitted on the gym floor or equipment.

FAQs

What happens if my child does need to miss class for any reason?

Here are your options should your child miss their reserved class…

If your child needs to miss a class, they miss. Your child will be marked absent by the end of the night after the class finishes. You can redeem your child’s absence(s) within the active and current semester only. Absence(s) can only be redeemed as an ABSENCE CONVERSION.

ABSENCE CONVERSIONS 

2 absences –> Flip it Friday (5yrs and older)

2 absences –> Stay & Play (6yrs and younger)

3 absences –> Half Day Camp or DKN (3yrs and older)

4 absences –> Full Day Camp (3yrs and older)

    • A single absence is not equivalent to or available for any substitution towards another event or program.
      • You cannot convert more than 4 absences in a single session. Any missed classes, beyond 4, are essentially lost value.  If your child is diagnosed with an illness or injury that prevents them from participating MORE THAN 4 consecutive weeks, we will put your membership “On Hold” and attempt to sell your spot in class. You must communicate this extended absence immediately upon your awareness of the condition.  A Dr.’s note will be required.  Please refer to our refund policy if you are going to miss a large portion of the semester’s classes.
        • Baby Stars and Discovery classes are the ONLY programs that we can offer a true Make-Up Class.  

What has changed for the Fall 2024 Session Absence Policy?

    1. Shorter expiration on usage of Absence Conversions (not one year for absence conversions). Your child must utilize the absence from the active semester to redeem for some other activity or just be ok with missing your reserved class with no return/refund/credit option.

Our new absence policy will be in effect for the Fall 2024 Semester as we come off of what’s sure to be an exciting Olympic Games in gymnastics in Paris. We will have newly committed and many returning gymnasts of ours in classes this Fall filling the gym. Our programs will be sold out and we want to really focus all of our students on attending classes as planned and incentivizing the reward of growth in committing to an activity/sport. Keep in mind we really want your child in their enrolled class, improving and attending regularly to enable skill development, recall and advancement through our program. Consistency and interest is key in each child’s development and success with a sport like this. Our coaches are here, ready for your students with lesson plans and gymnastics at the planned time they are enrolled for. 

Absence Policy Revision – Effective Fall 2024

We remove Make-Up Classes entirely to the general customer (unless the holiday/gym closure forces a child to have to miss their enrolled class, then they could be a Make-Up Class). Only Absence Conversions become the process of utilizing missed classes and a child can redeem up to FOUR absences for the designated activities. Missed classes, beyond 4, are lost value, AND the student must repeat the level.  A student must have a space reserved to attend conversion activities so we can staff properly.  

The only programs that we will offer true Make-UP classes are for Baby Stars and Discovery students because babies constantly get sick and often need to miss out of necessity. Baby Stars and Discovery students CAN convert absences to Stay & Play.  

Payment/Enrollment Policy

    1. Membership Fees are due at the time of enrollment, renewed annually, and are non-refundable. Membership Fees must be current for class enrollment. 

Withdrawal/Drop Policy

If you need to withdraw from the program, a Withdrawal Form (located at the Front Desk), MUST BE received within the first 4 weeks of sign-up.  WE DO NOT ACCEPT WITHDRAWALS OVER THE PHONE OR THROUGH EMAIL. WE MUST RECEIVE A PHYSICAL COPY OF THE WITHDRAWAL FORM. You must communicate with the Front Desk should you need to DROP from your class. NOT ATTENDING classes will not suffice as an acceptable form of communication that you wish to drop from your child’s class.

Limited Refund Policy

The Limited Refund/Credit policy is as follows:

    • Discover Gymnastics has a VERY LIMITED REFUND POLICY.

Checks will be issued for payments that were made by cash or check; we do not issue check refunds for payments made by credit card or ACH.