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SPRING 2021 NEW YORK CITY Welcome and Orientation Guide ALL ORIENTATION ACTIVITIES ARE MANDATORY FOR ALL STUDENTS M M M CAMPUS W. 85TH ST. MAP ST 1 61 Street (Main Campus) Enterprise: NY 61 • 211 West 61st Street HAYDEN BROADWAY PLANETARIUM CLASSROOMS, OFFICES, 2nd FLOOR: M STUDENT SERVICES Student Lounge CLASSROOMS: Vending Machines Rooms 100 – 407/408 Voice Rooms: 2A – 4F 3rd FLOOR: W. 79TH ST. M Student Lounge AMERICAN 1st FLOOR: MUSEUM Performance Theatres (101 4th FLOOR: OF NATURAL Library HISTORY & 104) Reception Student Store Student Success and LMHC Offices BEACON THEATRE AMDA at W54th Street Enterprise: NY 54 250 West 54th Street CLASSROOMS/ VOICE ROOMS: Floors 10, 11, 12, and RD W. 73 ST. 1001 - 1312 13/ Penthouse W. 72ND ST. M M BROADWAY The Ansonia 4 Enterprise: NY Ansonia HUDSON RIVER 2109 Broadway, Entrance on 73rd Street W. 70TH ST. AVE. CLASSROOMS, OFFICES TH Performance Theatre Classrooms: (Studio 1) CENTRAL PARK CENTRAL Studio 1–6 Reception NORTHWELL HEALTH- Voice Rooms: 3A – 3D Student Employment Office URGENT CARE COLUMBUS AVE./ 9 AVE./ COLUMBUS The Stratford Arms Residential Hall 117 West 70th Street AVE. CLASSROOMS, OFFICES, AMENITIES: TH LINCOLN M STUDENT HOUSING CENTER 24 Hour Security CLASSROOMS: Hideaway Lounge SA1, SA2 CENTRAL PARK WEST PARK CENTRAL Outdoor Patio Space 1st FLOOR: Communal Kitchen Office of Student Affairs Laundry Room 1 Reception AMSTERDAM AVE./ 10 AVE./ AMSTERDAM W. 61ST ST. The Amsterdam Residential Hall W. 60TH ST. 207 West 85th Street STUDENT HOUSING Vending Machines TH M CENTRAL PARK SOUTH/ 59 ST. AMENITIES: Communal Kitchen COLUMBUS 24 Hour Security Laundry Room CIRCLE Student Lounge 6 Administrative Offices W. 54TH ST. 421 West 54th Street, 2nd Floor THEATRE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES DISTRICT Admissions IT M Education Services Financial Aid Student Accounts Int’l Student Services Student Campus Map – January 2021 Updated INFORMATION Please refer to the following sources for more information regarding AMDA policies and student life. HOUSING LICENSE Complete policies for those residing in AMDA housing, including those regarding guests, roommates, keys, security, maintenance, and conduct. AMDA CATALOG The Catalog is the primary source of information on academic life at AMDA: academic policies, financial aid and student accounts, program information, and course descriptions. STUDENT HANDBOOK The essential guide for student life at AMDA. It contains information on living in the city, transportation, AMDA departments and resources, and our Code of Conduct. All student are required to complete the Student Handbook and Course Catalogue Acknowledgement Form before the first day of class. You will either receive copies of these publications or can download them from amda.edu. CONTENTS Welcome to AMDA 2 COVID-19 Information 3 AMDA Community Re-Entry Policy 4 Supplemental Food Plan 5 Move-In and Housing 6 Financial Aid 8 Spring 2021 Orientation 9 Before Your Arrival 10 Preparing for Success 11 Return to Campus Needs 12 Required Supplies 14 Textbooks 15 Required Dance Attire 16 Healthcare Services 18 Getting to AMDA 20 Area Hotels 22 Contacts 23 This document was last updated:January 26, 2021 WELCOME TO AMDA Congratulations on starting your education and performing arts career at AMDA! We are eagerly anticipating the start of our Spring 2021 Semester, and sincerely look forward to welcoming you to the AMDA family. Over the last 6 months, our official AMDA Safety Task Force has been tracking current updates daily both domestically and globally to ensure that we take every precaution necessary in preparing our campus to be a safe and healthy learning environment for our faculty and student body. We pledge to train, develop, and equip you with the tools, knowledge, and experience needed to be competitive and successful in today’s industry. During your virtual orientation, you will be introduced to AMDA’s resources and the tools available to you to help you be successful. We encourage you to read this guide prior to orientation and to share this information with your parent, guardian or support team. If you have questions regarding orientation or any information contained in this guide, do not hesitate to contact your Admissions Advisor. For additional orientation schedule information, visit: https://www.amda.edu/student-life#orientation 2 AMDA NEW YORK | 2021 ORIENTATION COVID-19 INFORMATION AMDA is committed to reopening our campus in mask for performance purposes or a faculty member a safe and healthy way, following all guidance and is required to remove their mask to provide specific recommendations from our New York State and New instruction. York City government agencies, as well as guidelines If a student has a disability or medical condition that from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and World prevents them from wearing a mask, the student will be Health Organization (WHO). asked to contact AMDA’s Office of Accessibility Services. AMDA has assembled an Emergency Response Team The Office of Accessibility Services will evaluate student (ERT) on campus in order to create and direct responses documentation and work with the student to find a and to ensure that safety and health are the top priorities long-term solution. While this evaluation is in progress, for our community. The ERT is composed of staff students must wear an alternate face covering such as a members from every department to reflect the needs of clear face shield our entire campus. The ERT’s responsibility is to create processes and responses that are effective in mitigating Education and Training the risk of contracting COVID-19. All faculty, staff, and students returning to campus AMDA’s Emergency Response Team can be reached will be required to complete training that outlines basic at [email protected]. background COVID-19 Information, AMDA’s health All return to campus information, including the measures, including effective hand washing, physical information we present below, is available to the public distancing, proper use and care of face coverings, and on the AMDA Website at: https://www.amda.edu/ taking personal responsibility while caring for yourself coronavirus. and others. The course content is broken into units which can be accessed through your canvas portal. Policy for Wearing Personal Protective This will be an on-line course that will be monitored, Equipment graded, and which students will be required to When on AMDA’s campus, students, faculty, and complete to ensure understanding of AMDA’s updated staff will be required to wear masks inside all campus on-campus procedures and protocols. buildings, at all times, unless specifically instructed AMDA’s updated code of conduct, communication (voice lesson, singing in a musical theatre class, etc.). and the required education will emphasize that health When students, faculty, and staff do take off masks to and well-being are a shared responsibility among sing, for example, other solutions for safety, such as the students, faculty, staff, visitors, and surrounding one below, will be provided: community members. AMDA will provide a plexiglass divider for use in classrooms when a student is required to remove their AMDA NEW YORK | 2021 ORIENTATION 3 AMDA COMMUNITY RE-ENTRY POLICY Given all of the information we have at this moment, it is clear that the best way to start our Spring semester in a safe environment while giving us the best possible chance to start our semester COVID- free as a community, is to require that all AMDA community members are required to receive an on-campus COVID-19 test prior to the start of in-person classes. The main focus of this required testing is to identify individuals who may be incubating infection and to make sure that they do not come to campus until they are COVID-free, thereby reducing risk to the wider AMDA community. For more questions on Returning to Campus, click here for our Return to Campus FAQ. All students, faculty, and staff members are required Out of State and International Students to submit proof of a negative COVID-19 Test Result All students who have arrived on campus from taken prior to arrival on campus. This required test must outside of the continental United States or from a be the test that utilizes the nasal or throat swab method statenon-contiguous to New York must abide by the (also known as the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) current New York Travel Restriction Guidelines. test). This test will detect if you are actively infected with the COVID-19 virus. Antibody testing results will not be In-Classroom Capacity accepted. Each Classroom will be limited to 10-12 students in addition to one or two necessary faculty members, IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are traveling internationally per state and local guidance. This number takes into or from a non-contiguous state to New York you must consideration both the room capacity and the activities follow the New York State Travel Advisory and complete which will be occurring within the defined space and either the test out option or complete a required 10 day allows for proper social distancing parameters to be quarantine period. met. For context, normal operating capacity and class size for AMDA is 18-22 students. To ensure the safety of the entire AMDA community, our All of AMDA’s individual voice studios will be limited efforts will be put towards: to one person per room at all times. Since only one • Communicating and encouraging community person at a time will be using these voice studios, members to engage in safe practices (social AMDA students will be isolated and able to sing in these distancing, PPE use, etc.) leading up to arrival at voice rooms safely. For enhanced cleaning measures, AMDA. advanced air filtration units will be installed in these • All community members will be required to: studios. » Complete a COVID-19 Health Safety & Hygiene training.