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F ine Arts Preschool “The motivating force behind my work is not only developing excellent dancers, but more importantly, developing young people who are useful, imaginative, worthwhile human beings.”

VIRGINIA TANNER (1915-1979) Welcome to the Tanner Program Fine Arts Preschool Your child is about to embark upon a wondrous journey. The world strengthens eye-hand and fine motor coordination skills. It gives form of fine arts provides children with infinite opportunities to discover to an idea generated in the brain, allowing students to form mental themselves and the world around them in a whole new way. The images and introducing them to spatial awareness, which can be University of Tanner Dance Program Fine Arts Preschool used to problem-solve. Chemists, engineers, architects and inventors provides an environment in which your child will be guided use visual art to create models in order to bring new ideas to life. through creative exploration and become a life-long learner. The Fine Arts Preschool promotes motivated learning and celebrates As parents, you are giving your child an extraordinary gift – a multiple perspectives. The imagination is one of life’s essential key to unlock his or her imagination, cognitive development, and ingredients. With our philosophy of arts and education integration, the ability to discover themselves.The Fine Arts Preschool staff is we are preparing a child’s foundation for success on many delighted to be a part of this magical journey. levels. We are preparing a child who can perceive and enjoy a deeper sense of life’s beauty. Music, dance, drama, literature, creative writing, and visual art are elements that bridge creative intelligence with the cognitive realms of a child’s mind. By exposing a child to music, rhythm, tone, and pitch, we are heightening their sensitivity to sounds in vocabulary and phonics and building their literacy development, which strengthens their ability to socially interact and verbally express their emotions. Dance explores fine motor coordination, self-expression, self-control, physical development, working with a partner, spatial relationships, movement qualities, and mathematic introductions using note value and simple fractions. Drama promotes role- playing, verbal communication, vocabulary, numeracy skills, social interaction, cooperation, emotional intelligence, and self-confidence. Through a child’s natural curiosity, literature provides a wonderful Misha Moffat catalyst for thought provoking ideas, reasoning, recall, creative play, Misha Moffat, Director social cognition, and builds problem-solving skills. Creative writing Tanner Dance Program Fine Arts Preschool allows for reflective thinking, story sequencing and helps children understand the individuality of their own ideas. Visual art education Fine Arts Preschool Philosophy

BY ANNE CANNON

hildren must be challenged to use Creative Writing engages our mind in their imaginations — so not to synthesizing information from all avenues just dream dreams, but to make of learning and allows us to communicate Cthose dreams come true. those thoughts by abstract symbols others engages our sense of hearing and Music can read and interpret. the creation and/or interpretation of Dance engages our physicality. Dance sounds. These sounds, in turn, are used The opportunity to experience the arts communicates expression of oneself to express an endless variety of feelings or becomes very important as we grow so we through the desire to move and control experiences. motion. This process begins even before are trained to bring our whole being into birth. the process of living. Drama and Literature engage our emotions and allow us to express or Visual Arts engage our eyes and Miss Anne Cannon co-founded the Fine empathize with our humanness. We are Arts Preschool in 1992 as an extension of our inner vision. Our perceptions are challenged to internalize and interpret, stimulated, challenged, and broadened. the Arts for the Young Program that she evaluate, critique, and formulate and Virginia Tanner began in the 1960s. We then express our perceptions by conclusions. creating art from a variety of media. Miss Anne continues to contribute her time and talent to these programs. Misha Moffat into the classroom. She has spent the last began her career two decades teaching and choreographing Faculty performing with for the Children’s Dance Theatre both at the Children’s local, national, and international venues. Dance Theatre Misha is currently the faculty co-advisor (CDT) in 1979. for the CDT Dancers’ Council, and the She is trained in Director of the Tanner Dance Fine Arts the philosophy of Preschool. integrating dance and visual arts within The Arts for the Young and Dance/Art Programs developed by Virginia Tanner and Anne Cannon. Julie Goodro Misha attended the graduated magna as a recipient of the Elizabeth R. Hayes cum laude from scholarship in , graduating the University with her BFA in 1991, and returned to of Utah with a Tanner Dance as a member of the faculty. degree in Home Misha is the Director of the Tanner Dance Economics Education. Fine Arts Preschool in which she celebrates She holds a number of certifications: over 28 years of teaching the visual arts Child Development Associate (CDA), and dance to students from all over the Level 3 Kindermusik and Musikgarten valley. She served as Miss Anne Cannon’s Instructor, Orff Level 1, Kodaly Level 2, assistant from the founding of the Fine Music Together, Education through Music Arts Preschool in 1992, Administrative (ETM), and Beginning Suzuki Training. Assistant in 1995, and became director She has had several years of dance training. in 1999. She has presented at numerous In 1993 she joined the Fine Arts Preschool professional development workshops and faculty as a Music Specialist. Since 2004, conferences for arts education, teaches Julie has also served on the board of the summer art camps, and mentors both international Early Childhood Music & students and teachers in bringing the arts Movement Association. Faculty

Mimi Skola Silverstein has an extensive Tad Simonson trained at the Virginia background in performing and teaching Tanner Creative Dance Program and historical and forms. performed with CDT for ten years. She Her roots began with CDT and her received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree wings took her traveling across the nation from the University of Utah. She has with Repertory Dance Theatre. She has been on the faculty of the Virginia Tanner taught for CDT, RDT, and in many Creative Dance Program since 1985 settings from public elementary schools teaching dance, working in outreach, with to colleges. She has worked extensively special populations, and as a member of with Ann Riordan and the Work Activity the Fine Arts Preschool staff. Center for the mentally and physically challenged, teaching dance and work skills. She teaches the CDT third grade, as well as in the Fine Arts Preschool and for the Virginia Tanner Creative Dance Program. Rebekah Richards Eliza Jackson Ward grew began her love for up being nurtured Faculty the arts at a young and loved through age. She danced the Tanner Dance at the University program. She began of Utah Tanner dancing at the early Dance studio and age of 18 months in was a member of the the Parent/Tot Class Children’s Dance Theater and continued to dance in for over nine years. Miss Bekah’s dance the Fine Arts Preschool, Tanner Dance classes training includes the Virginia Tanner and with Children’s Dance Theatre. Eliza also philosophy of nurturing the whole child, grew up playing the violin and has a deep and she continues that mindset in all of the understanding of the need for arts in a child’s classes that she teaches as she carries out the education. After graduating, she assisted in Tanner legacy. She teaches in the Fine Arts the Children’s Dance Theatre program. Preschool and in the Tanner Dance Parent Miss Eliza graduated from the University and Tot program. Miss Bekah graduated of Utah with a Bachelors of Science in from Utah Valley University with a Bachelor Elementary Education and a Minor in of Fine Arts; emphasis in drawing and Music. She taught in the Elementary painting, along with a Minor in Psychology. School classroom for two wonderful She has assisted in the Tanner Dance summer years, and is excited to continue teaching art camps, and at The Children’s Center; an young children the joys of learning. Miss agency specializing in child development and Eliza enjoys dancing, playing the violin, emotional well-being. She has always loved spending time with her husband and being around children, and is thrilled that family, and being a part of this wonderful she is a part of the FAP team. Miss Bekah Tanner Dance community. Miss Eliza is is a powerhouse of knowledge and we are very excited to be a part of the Fine Arts delighted she has come full circle to share her Preschool team and continue to help each experiences, knowledge, and passion of the student find a passion for learning through fine arts with the Fine Arts Preschool. the arts. The Program maturity. The three classes are limited to sixteen students per class. The arts of dance, music, visual art, drama, literature, and creative writing are natural Registration and Tuition disciplines that help children grow through Applications for enrollment in the Fine Arts experience and find joyful ways to express Preschool are accepted beginning January 27, themselves. The Fine Arts Preschool curriculum 2020. Confirmations for new students will be has been developed based on this premise. Each processed and mailed starting mid-February. day students have hands-on involvement in the Children are placed on a first-come, first-served arts, a healthy snack, and the opportunity to basis. To apply, complete the application form choose activities designed to integrate learning. and submit it with a photocopy of your child’s state-issued birth certificate and a non-refundable The Fine Arts Preschool has three program $50.00 application fee. Upon acceptance, you options that meet 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the will be sent three additional information forms: Tanner Dance Studio. Medical History, Student Release, and Parent Tuesday/Thursday 2-Day Option Volunteer. Registration is complete when the Session Dates: Tuesday, September 8, 2020- office is in receipt of these forms, as well as your Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Tuition: $2,075.00 full tuition payment or down payment based on the installment plans available. Monday/Wednesday/Friday 3-Day Option Session Dates: Wednesday, September 9, 2020- Once enrollment reaches capacity, your child Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Tuition: $2,875.00 will be placed on a waiting list, and you will be contacted when space becomes available. Monday–Friday 5-Day Option Session Dates: Tuesday, September 8, 2020- Enrollment is on a trial basis for the first month Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Tuition: $4,700.00 of the Fine Arts Preschool Program. Parents are encouraged to use this time to get to know their Children ages 3½ to 6 are welcome to enroll. child’s teacher and monitor the child’s progress Birthdays must occur on or before March and adjustment to the program. The trial period 1, 2017. All students must be toilet trained. helps to ensure that the student is adapting well Children are placed in classes by age and and will thrive in the program. Tuition Payment Plans & Policy

We have several different programs Monthly Installment Plan Options Withdrawal Policy and payment schedules available, as We understand the importance of making After a student is admitted and through well as payment methods (credit card, educational opportunities affordable for the probationary period, if a withdrawal automatic debit) to meet your needs. You families in today’s economy. Our interest- becomes necessary, a written notice by a may choose from the following tuition free payment plans break your tuition into parent/guardian is required and a prorated payment options: smaller, more manageable installments. refund based on the full-year tuition of You may choose from two different plans. 2-Day: $2,075.00, 3-Day: $2,875.00 and Full Payment 5-Day: $4,700.00 will be issued less a Tuition paid in full for the entire school Installment payments are due on the first $35 processing fee. After the probationary year on or before July 1, 2020 will receive of each month. You are welcome and period, if a withdrawal becomes necessary, a 5% discount. encouraged to sign-up for our convenient a 30-day written notice by a parent/ automatic debit program. Based on the guardian is required and a prorated program option and payment plan you refund based on the full-year tuition select, the installment payment will be will be issued after the 30-day period automatically charged to the credit or less a $35 processing fee. The Studio debit card that you authorized during Finance Director will assist in settling set-up. Automatic debits will help you your account. Students are welcome avoid paying fines for delinquent tuition. (and encouraged) to continue attending After the seventh of each month, if tuition preschool during this 30-day period. is delinquent, a $10 late fee plus $10 for every 7-day period will be applied to Re-Enrollment Policy tuition until paid in full. Families who wish to re-enroll their child for the 2021-2022 school year will be given priority placement beginning in January 2021. Tuition Payment Plans & Policy (cont.)

Tuesday/Thursday 2-Day Option Session Dates: Tuesday, September 8, 2020-Tuesday, May 4, 2021 | Tuition: $2,075.00 Tuesday/Thursday 2-Day Option Single Payment W/ 10-Month Installment Plan 12-Month Installment Plan Session Dates: 5% Discount Tuesday, September 8, 2020- Down Payment $450.00 down payment due $450.00 down payment due Tuition paid in Tuesday, May 4, 2021 on or before 7/1/20 on or before 5/1/20 full by July 1, 2020, with 5% discount Tuition: $2,075.00 Monthly The remaining installments of $180.56 The remaining installments of $147.73 Installment are due on the 1st of August-April are due on the 1st of June-April $1,971.00

Monday/Wednesday/Friday 3-Day Option Session Dates: Wednesday, September 9, 2020-Wednesday, May 5, 2021 | Tuition: $2,875.00 Monday/Wednesday 3-Day Option Single Payment W/ Session Dates: 10-Month Installment Plan 12-Month Installment Plan 5% Discount Wednesday, September 9, 2020- Down Payment $450.00 down payment due $450.00 down payment due Tuition paid in Wednesday, May 5, 2021 on or before 7/1/20 on or before 5/1/20 full by July 1, 2020, with 5% discount Monthly The remaining installments of $269.44 The remaining installments of $220.45 Tuition: $2,875.00 $2,731.00 Installment are due on the 1st of August-April are due on the 1st of June-April

Monday-Friday 5-Day Options Session Dates: Tuesday, September 8, 2020-Wednesday, May 5, 2021 | Tuition: $4,700.00 Monday–Friday 5-Day Option Single Payment W/ 10-Month Installment Plan 12-Month Installment Plan Session Dates: 5% Discount Tuesday, September 8, 2020- Down Payment $450.00 down payment due $450.00 down payment due Tuition paid in Wednesday, May 5, 2021 on or before 7/1/20 on or before 5/1/20 full by July 1, 2020, with 5% discount Tuition: $4,700.00 Monthly The remaining installments of $472.22 The remaining installments of $386.36 Installment are due on the 1st of August-April are due on the 1st of June-April $4,465.00 Arrival and Departure Children need to arrive between 8:45 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. Parents arriving early Tuesday/Thursday 2-Day Option must remain with their child until 8:45 a.m. Teachers will be outside until 9:00 Session Dates: Tuesday, September 8, 2020-Tuesday, May 4, 2021 | Tuition: $2,075.00 a.m. to greet children and walk them into the building. Children arriving after 9:00 a.m. should be escorted into the Preschool In the event that you by an adult. For the safety of our students, will be late picking up your our main doors will be locked at 9:10 a.m., child, please call 801.581.7374 and unlocked before pick-up. Instruction to notify the staff. Late fees will still apply. begins at 9:00 a.m. Preschool concludes at noon. Pick-up time is between 12:00 p.m. and 12:15 p.m. Parents will be charged a Clothing $5 late fee for each 15 minute increment At the beginning of the year, please past 12:15 p.m. Please note that parking send clearly labeled slippers and an on campus is enforced Monday–Friday, oversized, button down art shirt to the 6:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. A University issued Preschool. These will be kept at the studio permit is required on campus to park in throughout the year and returned in May. designated areas. Metered parking or paid Children will remove outside shoes upon parking is also available on campus. arrival and be bare foot or wear slippers depending on the classes throughout the Monday-Friday 5-Day Options Teachers will allow children to be picked day. For art class, an oversized button Session Dates: Tuesday, September 8, 2020-Wednesday, May 5, 2021 | Tuition: $4,700.00 up only by those persons authorized on down shirt is best to also assist in fine the application and transportation forms. motor coordination and button skills. The For the safety of your child, please send Preschool is conscientious about protecting a written note to the Preschool staff if your child’s clothing to the best of our alternate transportation arrangements are abilities. FAP is not liable for damaged made. Authorized persons must sign out clothing. your child at the end of each day. On the days your child is scheduled to Although children will not routinely have from home. Toys from home will be dance, please send them to Preschool in an outside playtime, classes may take limited to coming to school only on show suitable dance clothes. Girls may wear walks, so appropriate dress is important. and tell days. The Fine Arts Preschool is a leotard and footless tights, footless not responsible for lost or damaged items. unitard or leggings. Boys may wear Snacks sweatpants, athletic or biker shorts, or The school will provide a healthy snack Supplies a unitard. Dance clothing should be each day. If your child has special dietary Supplies are included in the cost of washed each week. Each day please send requirements or allergies, please alert the tuition, except for special programs and clearly marked: A backpack or tote bag staff of the Fine Arts Preschool. Do not events. For example, students may be for artwork, notes, etc., and clothing allow children to bring candy, gum, or asked to contribute food for a social, have appropriate for outside weather, including other treats to Preschool. an opportunity to bring costumes from boots in winter. home for the Royal Ball, or the Preschool Toys, Show & Tell may collect butter tubs or #10 cans for Sharing Time (show & tell) will be held an art project. A note will be sent home if throughout the month. Your child’s the Preschool is asking for supplemental teacher will notify you of those supplies. dates in advance. During Sharing Time, children have Birthday Celebrations the opportunity to bring and All Preschoolers will have a birthday share one item of their choice celebration at some time during the school year. If your child’s birthday falls on Pictures a Preschool day, the birthday celebration Miyo Strong will be on that day. When a birthday falls Photography will on a day when the Preschool is not held, take individual we will select the closest Preschool date to their and class photos in birthday. If your child has a birthday October 2020 and in the summer months, an un-birthday February 2021. will be scheduled during the school year. All children are All birthday celebrations are held at requested to be 8:55 a.m. and parents are welcome to present for the class attend. Each child will receive a gift from the photos at 9:00 a.m. Preschool. If your child wishes to give a gift on the day their to the Preschool, we suggest a book, CD, program option is quiet game, puppet, puzzle, or any other item having photos taken. Purchase of from your imagination that could be used at these photos is optional. Preschool. Please, no food treats or individual goodie bags. Any outside private birthday During parent participation days, parents are party invites are to be mailed directly to allowed to bring cameras and video cameras to homes. The faculty prefers that invites not be Preschool. FAP would appreciate donations of handed out at school. duplicate photos for our archives.

Books for Sale Your Child’s Health Periodically, we will send home book order Contagious diseases, colds, and the flu are forms. Books can be ordered from these problems for preschool children. Please keep companies for you to share with your children. your child home if he or she has had a fever or This is offered as an optional courtesy to our throwing up within the last 24 hours, during students and their families. the first few days of a common cold, or if your child has a chronic cough. If a child becomes ill at school, parents will be called immediately to pick up the child. Weather Information “real people” in the arts; visits by artists environment for your preschooler and The Fine Arts Preschool follows University complement an introduction to classical his or her fellow classmates. The faculty of Utah inclement weather closures. In the artists throughout history. cannot at any time accept responsibility for unregistered children. Therefore, parents and event of a severe storm, campus closure Field trips to the theatre, a museum, or to a preschool children are asked not to bring information is broadcast by radio on KUER musical performance are designed to be age guests, siblings, or others to Preschool, on FM 90.1 and television on KUED Channel and interest appropriate. Prior to each trip, field trips, or to parent participation days, 7. Notification may be broadcast on other students will learn about the trip, building unless otherwise noted. channels as well. Be assured that your the added dimension of art appreciation into child will be cared for in the event of any the learning process. After the experience, Communication + emergency. Detailed information on the students will have the opportunity to review, University of Utah’s emergency procedures reflect, and synthesize. If your child will be absent from school, can be obtained upon request in the office. please contact the office at 801.581.7374 We highly encourage parents to download or 801.587.3628 or misha.moffat@utah. the “U Heads Up!” app http://www. Parents as Partners edu. The office will then notify your child’s campusalert.utah.edu/headsup. This app Parent-teacher conferences are held in the fall teacher. In order to keep parents well allows the University of Utah’s community and spring. During these meetings, teachers informed, we will send monthly calendars to receive important emergency information and parents will discuss the child’s progress, and notes home with your child, answer including university closures. development and growth, review learning questions by phone, e-mail, or speak objectives and lesson plans, and collaborate personally with parents as they drop off/ Throughout the Year on strategies to maximize learning. pick up children. Please check backpacks Several times each semester parents are each day for correspondence. A student invited to attend the Fine Arts Preschool. Periodically parents will be asked to share directory will be provided in August and These days are designed to involve the parent their skills and abilities with the Fine Arts updated throughout the year. Parent-teacher and child in a hands-on learning celebration. Preschool. Outside of class, parents are conferences are scheduled throughout the FAP asks that older and younger siblings encouraged to nurture an appreciation and school year. have outside care to honor this special day celebration of the importance of art in our To reach a member of the faculty, please call with just their enrolled preschooler. Details of community and in our lives. the office at 801.587.3628 and leave a message. dates and times will be sent out according to Your call will be returned promptly, usually your program. Guest Policy after Preschool hours. Faculty may also be The Fine Arts Preschool faculty wishes reached via e-mail at [email protected]. Students are regularly introduced to to ensure a positive, focused learning Important Fine Arts Preschool Dates for 2020-2021 PARENT ORIENTATION Saturday, August 29, 2020 STUDENT ORIENTATION 3-Day, 5-Day Program, Monday, August 31, 2020 2-Day Program, Tuesday, September 1, 2020 FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL 2-Day and 5-Day Program starts Tuesday, September 8, 2020 3-Day Program starts Wednesday, September 9, 2020 PICTURE DAY October, February — Date TBD PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES Fall – Week of October 5, 2020 Spring – Week of March 8, 2021 PARENT PARTICIPATION DAYS TBD PRESCHOOL BREAKS Fall Break – October 15-18, 2020 Thanksgiving – November 25-29, 2020 Winter Holiday – December 5, 2020 – January 3, 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Day – Monday, January 18, 2021 Presidents’ Day – Monday, February 15, 2021 F ine Arts Preschool Spring Break – April 1-4, 2021 801.581.7374 Studio Line 801.587.3628 Preschool Direct Line LAST DAY OF PRESCHOOL 801.581.4091 Fax Beverley Taylor Sorenson 2-Day Program – Tuesday, May 4, 2021 tannerdance.utah.edu 3-Day, 5-Day Program – Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Arts & Education Complex 1721 Campus Center Drive , UT 84112 F ine Arts Preschool

Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts & Education Complex 1721 Campus Center Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84112