All safety policies for The Ailey School are currently under review. Safety policies will be provided at the start of the academic year.

To reduce the number of people in the building at one time, parents will not be permitted into the building. Drop off and pick up procedures will be announced at the start of the academic year.

Classes for students in all levels will be offered in person. 

In addition to a class level assignment, students will receive a cohort assignment for in-studio classes (ex. Level IV-1/Cohort 4A).

The HealthCheck by Stratum app is a health screening app used to screen for potential COVID-19 related symptoms prior to students entering the building. Every Saturday, your child must complete the HealthCheck screening in the app before leaving home, 2 hours prior to the start of class.

All HealthCheck apps MUST be completed BEFORE departing from home. If it is determined that students are completing the HealthCheck app just prior to entering the Ailey building, admittance will be denied. If students receive a yellow or red notification admittance to the building will be denied.

Please read: How to use HealthCheck by Strattum app.

Students, staff, faculty, and musicians who are fully vaccinated and boosted* for COVID-19 do not need to submit a test prior to entering the building.

Those individuals who have been approved for a vaccine and/or booster exemption or accommodation must submit a negative COVID-19 nasal swab PCR Test no more than three (3) days prior to their first entry to the building, and on a weekly basis thereafter, (as detailed in their exemption approval letter). Test results must be submitted to aileyforward@alvinailey.org in order to receive clearance to enter the building

In addition, all students must utilize the HealthCheck app on a daily basis.

*Fully vaccinated and boosted is defined as having received 2 doses of a 2-dose vaccine plus one booster shot; or 1 dose of a single-dose vaccine plus one booster shot no less than 2 weeks prior to the first entry to the building, as described in the Vaccine Policy.

No, entry is not possible without the results. We understand that at different times during the pandemic, receiving test results have taken longer than others. Ailey requires negative test results to enter the building. Students will have to take online classes until your negative test is confirmed and submitted.

No, saliva tests will not be accepted. A ‘nasal swab PCR test’ is the most accurate and the only acceptable test for entry to the Ailey building. If you obtain a "rapid test" you must make certain to ask if the test is a 'nasal swab, PCR test' and not an antibody or antigen test. Students will not be allowed to return to school without submitting result from a ‘nasal swab PCR Test.’

You must not come to school! Please consult the CDC guidelines to read about the 14-day recommended quarantine in the event of a positive test result.

Contact tracing methods are in place to track the spread of infection through the HealthCheck app.  If a student shows symptoms of, or tests positive for COVID-19, the students and instructors in a cohort of fully vaccinated students will not be asked to quarantine.  Students in a cohort of both vaccinated and unvaccinated students will be asked to quarantine, and self-monitor as guided by the CDC and Government regulations.

In the event that a cohort needs to quarantine, in-person instruction will be terminated, and classes will continue virtually.

Online Classes

• An internet-enabled device with webcam to participate in Zoom classes

• Reliable internet access

• A safe moving space clear of obstructions

• The ability to log in and out of Google Classrooms and Zoom independently

• If desired, students may choose to purchase marley floors or ballet barres, but these items are not required

In-Person Classes 

• Masks will be required at all times in The Ailey Studios

•  A cell phone (for contact tracing app. & building entry)

• A supply of small bottles of hand sanitizer you can carry with you daily

• A basic First Aid Kit (ie: pain reliever/fever reducer, a supply of any personal medications you are prescribed to take by a physician, etc.)

Dress code will be required for the Academic Year. Details will be announced by our Boutique Manager Colette Hawkins. Please check back to this page.

Level placements for the Academic Year have been determined based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, proficiency in ballet and modern, instructor recommendations, and informal observation prior to Ailey School closure in March 2020. Previous evaluations and attendance records were also reviewed to determine level placement.

Safety Questions: aileyforward@alvinailey.org. Please cc: dtricarico@alvinailey.org. 

Questions and information about the program: juniordivisionadmissions@alvinailey.org.

Registration assistance: jdregistrar@alvinailey.org. 

Payment questions: bursar@alvinailey.org.