FAQs

As students depend on their scene partners, class attendance is important. However, if your student will be late or needs to miss a class due to an illness please alert our office as soon as possible at dramaschool@sct.org or by calling 206.859.4079.

Unfortunately, our teaching artists’ schedules are pre-determined and we are unable to accommodate make-up classes. 

Please inform our office as soon as possible if your child is diagnosed with any contagious illness (such as flu, chickenpox, COVID-19, etc.) or lice and keep them home until 24 hours after their symptoms have ended or significantly reduced.

You will be notified if your child has been exposed to a contagious illness or to lice while attending an SCT class.

A student may not attend classes if:

• Their temperature is 100 degrees or higher. Students must be fever free, without the use of fever-reducing medication, for 24 hours before returning to class. If your student develops a fever during class, you will be called to pick them up early.
• They are vomiting. If your student vomits during class, you will be called to pick them up early.
  
• They have lice. Students may not return to class until 24 hours after their first lice treatment.
• SCT reserves the right to send students home for other contagious illness symptoms not listed above.
  

SCT will have adult and child-sized surgical masks available by request. Wearing a mask is optional but encouraged when your student is feeling ill.

Only students registered for a class may be present during class time. We are happy to discuss ways to help your student transition into the classroom, but our classes (except for our Guardian & Me programs) are not designed to include additional adults in the room. If your student has access needs that cannot be met by a standard teaching team, please contact our education team, and we can discuss your options.

SCT is committed to providing access to the arts for all students. If your student needs accommodation for a disability, illness, neurodivergence, or other learning difference, please email dramaschool@sct.org to request accommodation. If your student’s specific need is not within our ability to meet, we will work with you to provide the best possible alternative.

Yes, we send confirmation letters approximately three weeks before the start of a class and first day letters on the business day before the first day of a class. Be sure to check the email associated with your account to receive information about your student’s upcoming class.

Most SCT classes are process-oriented and do not culminate in a performance. However, time is set aside on the last day of many classes for students to share the process and what they have learned. We invite friends and family to attend. If your student’s class is hosting a last day sharing, you will receive more information from the teaching artist before the last day of class.

A kidcode is a one or two-word “password” that will be asked for during pick-up by SCT staff to ensure all students are leaving with an authorized adult. Setting a kidcode is part of the registration process; if you do not remember your student’s kidcode, you can email dramaschool@sct.org or ask an SCT staff member at drop-off on the first day.

Students may bring a personal electronic device to class as long as they only use it during break times or with their teaching artist’s permission. 

SCT Teaching Artists may occasionally indicate that a class could benefit from additional technology support from personal electronic devices (like cell phones, tablets, or laptops). In this case, our administrative team will notify families prior to the first day of class. Personal devices are never a requirement for classes and bringing them is optional. Alternative solutions will be offered if a family does not wish to provide a device.

Students are required to keep their devices secure by:

• Keeping it Private – Protecting the username and password of the device.
• Keeping it to Yourself – Devices, and any accompanying accessories, are to be used only by the student they belong to.
• Keeping it Safe – When not in use, devices are to be stored in the student’s classroom with the student’s belongings. Devices are not to be used during non-instructional time.

SCT is not liable for any damage to any personal devices or belongings. Please reach out to dramaschool@sct.org with any questions about personal devices or this policy.

• On days when Seattle Public Schools are in session, we will cancel our classes when Seattle Public Schools cancels theirs. We will not alter our class schedule if Seattle Public Schools implements weather delays. If SPS does early dismissal and after-school activities are cancelled, then classes will be cancelled.
• On days when Seattle Public Schools are not in session, the Education Director will make the call as to whether to cancel or not at least three hours before the first class begins. The decision will remain in force for the entire day, regardless of changes in the weather or road conditions.
• For all inclement weather closures, we will not provide refunds. We will pay teaching artists if classes are cancelled.
• If there is snow on the roads at the end of a class that has not been cancelled, we will do our best to provide extended care free of charge.
• For the safety of our students and teaching artists, it may be necessary to cancel classes when we are unable to fulfill the above conditions. In such cases, we reserve the right to cancel a class at any time.