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REGISTRATION FORMS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE
*REGISTRATION: Please register as soon as possible so that we may accommodate your requested schedule. Our continued growth has made it necessary to set a limit on our registration and place registrants on a "first come, first served" basis. A non-refundable $100 deposit per student (applied to workshop fee) is required to secure your reservation. The $25 family registration fee will be waived for those whose registration is postmarked on or before March 1, 1999. After this date all families must pay this fee. The Registration Deadline is April 1, 1999 for everyone except Teacher Trainees. All registrants whose applications come in after our ceiling is met, or who register after April 1, will be placed on our waiting list..All balances are due on or before April 24, after which a $30 late fee must be assessed. We are sorry, there can be no refunds on cancellations made after May 1, 1999.
(Before May 1st you may receive all but you nonrefundable deposit. See refund policy below)
Recommendations
 | Because of the full daily schedule, it is recommended that you |
| have at least one adult attending for each two students. |
| Non-Suzuki siblings may enroll in enrichment classes only. |
| Advanced non-Suzuki students are encouraged to enroll in the Advanced String Camp. |
*HOW TO REGISTER
1- Please register for the level you are on now! Class assignments are planned around registration codes and cannot be changed after April 1.
2- Remove the center sheets. They contain all necessary registration forms.
3- Every parent or adult applicant must fill out the General Registration Form on p.15. Check each registration form which applies to you or your child's registration, and sign the release forms.
4- Please fill in completely all forms that you have checked.
5- Compile all information on the Payment Summary. Note the family registration fee which must be paid by each family after March 1.
6-All incomplete forms will be mailed back, unregistered.
7-Mail completed registration forms and a check (sorry, no credit cards) payable to ISSI to:
Intermountain Suzuki String Institute
7374 South 1710 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84121
8-Teen Dorm applicants read this information then mail the Teen Dorm form with all other needed information to ISSI as above, before April 1, 1999.
Please review all due dates to avoid missed registration and late fees!!
Intermountain Suzuki String Institute Refund & Late Fee Policy
The Intermountain Suzuki String Institute and Advanced String Camp is a non-profit organization. Some years we lose as much as $5,000 in an effort to keep our tuition low. The deficit is made up by large donations, mostly by grandparents.
A considerable amount of our funds must be spent up front printing and mailing our brochures and securing our student and faculty facilities. As registrations come in it is a full time effort to enter them into the computer, deposit and balance funds, prepare and mail confirmations, assign classes, form orchestras and chamber groups and prepare the music. The faculty is hired in the fall, based on past enrollment, and we have contracted with them to pay salaries and all travel (tickets are purchased from January through May), housing and food costs. As you can see, we spend approximately $100 per student up front to ensure a quality Institute. Because of this our board, consisting of eleven people including parents, voted to have a non-refundable $100 deposit per student. The parents on the board, volunteers who do many jobs without pay, are the most adamant about this policy. They have been shocked to see how much work Institute really is. This deposit is applied to the cost of tuition. In many institutes a large, non-refundable registration fee is charged, which is not applicable to the tuition, just to cover drops and other unforeseen expenses. We are trying to avoid this because we know there are many families for whom Institute is a very big financial sacrifice. Their only vacation money is used on it, or their children work all year to pay for it themselves.
In April we hire the additional faculty needed to meet our final registration, which has gone up every year. We then contract with these teachers and pay their travel expenses. We have also begun our scheduling process, which usually takes us four or more weeks to complete. Our Institute offers many more options than a large group workshop and the scheduling and hiring process is much more involved and costly. Along with this we must order T-shirts, give final food counts, and print all of the individual vouchers and orientation booklets for those who have registered. All of this information is disseminated to various committees. For every change there must be numerous contacts made. For these reasons we cannot refund any of the registration fees after May 1st. We are then obligated to pay all costs and any refunds would be a loss to the Institute.
It is also necessary to charge a late fee for late registration and past due fees. Our expenses double in some areas when we keep our orders waiting. Time delays cause the whole process to come to a halt. We must redo vouchers, food and T-shirt orders, revamp chamber groups and schedules, make numerous phone calls and mail out statements to collect fees and learn of the intentions of the registrants. Many times we have scheduled students and are not informed that they intend to drop. If their fees have not been paid it is a loss to the institute not only in money but in much time and effort.
We on the Institute board feel that the Institute experience is an invaluable asset to those who attend and we are trying to make it a quality experience in every possible way. We truly care about those who attend; many families have come for 15 to 20 years! Unfortunately, it is an expensive undertaking. None of us on the board are in a position to cover any financial problems should they occur, so we must be very careful to make sure we can fulfill the financial obligations of the Institute with the enrollment fees. We are trying to keep costs down and feel that these policies are for the benefit of everyone involved.
Thank you,
Institute Board of Directors
REGISTRATION
FORMS
(You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader or GhostScript installed to view and print! See
the Table of Contents)
Most people need to download ALL the forms!
General Registration and Summary of Payment Forms (EVERYONE must fill out both forms)
String Institute Student
and Teacher Workshop Registration Forms
(You must fill out either one of these or the Advanced String Camp Form, or for some
families, BOTH)
Advanced String Camp and Teen Dorm Registration Forms
Child Care, Meal Ticket, and Financial Aid Forms