THE MUSIC SCHOOL is a non-profit educational institution with open enrollment. Everyone is invited to participate in the joy of music. Have fun and learn music at your own pace in classes, private lessons or groups. Scholarship assistance is available to needy and talented individuals.

April, 2013, marks the 35th anniversary of The Music School! In the spring of 1977, a small group of music educators had a dream of a music school where children could learn about music – exploring, reading, and using the keyboard. A group of 13 children, grades 4-6, enrolled in a 12 week pilot program. The program was successful, and a summer trial program was planned. Based on the success of the spring and summer programs, the first official school year began in the fall of 1977. Present day, The Music School has an enrollment of over 500 students during the school year, and another 300 in the summer.

The Music School is an outreach program of Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church. Talented teachers who enjoy working with children are invited to apply for open positions at The Music School.

Call us at (408) 739-9248 for information and to enroll. We invite you to schedule a visit during class sessions at 728 West Fremont Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94087.

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Please check What's New? for any changes, or call 408-739-9248.

OFFICE HOURS

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE AT THE MUSIC SCHOOL

The Janice Williams Scholarship Fund is dedicated to the memory of one of our most devoted faculty members who served The Music School for 19 years. Jan was a wonderful musician with great creativity and a special gift for making music an exciting adventure for all of her students. Over the years, Jan taught in almost every curriculum we offer, but she is especially remembered for her Young Musician Violin and Kaleidoscope classes. Many of her students have become accomplished musicians and are now contributing their talents to the community. If you would like to contribute to the Scholarship Fund, please make checks payable to: The Presbyterian Church of Sunnyvale, Janice Williams Memorial Fund.

GET THAT OLD INSTRUMENT OUT OF THE CLOSET

If you have a musical instrument that is no longer used (saxaphone, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, etc.), please consider donating it to The Music School for use in classrooms and/or for use by students. Your donation might be tax deductible and we would be pleased to provide you with a donation receipt for your tax records.

TUITION/TERM POLICY

Our curriculum and tuition are based on a nine month school year from September to June.

The total term tuition is divided into nine equal payments for your convenience. This tuition fee is constant - it is not smaller in months with three classes nor is it larger in months with five classes.

Payments are due the first week of each month, September through May. The first week in June is included with May's tuition to equalize the term. However, if a student drops a class, we cannot refund for this week. You will not receive a monthly bill. Please mail or drop off you payments.

Each student has a student ID number. Please include this number with all payments to insure they are credited to your account promptly.

The annual registration fee is non-refundable. This fee - $30 for the first student, $25 for the second student and $20 for each additional student in the same family - covers one full year from the date it is paid. We will keep track of this date for you.

Most classes require the purchase of student books. We will bill you for these materials when they are issued. Tuition refunds are available only with a written request stating the reason. All refunds must be approved by the Director. Forms are available in the office.

We do not impose a written contract; but if it is necessary to drop a class, we must have 4 weeks advance written notice. Tuition will be charged and students are welcome to attend during those four weeks. Drop forms are available in the office.

A $10 late fee will be charged for any account over 30 days part due.

Returned checks will incur a $25.00 service charge.

Class makeups are not possible. We do make up material missed. Private Lessons: Makeups will be done for teacher absences. Makeups for student absences cannot be guaranteed. They are at the discretion of the individual teacher.

PRIVACY POLICY
revised June 21, 2011
NOTE TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS:

The Music School has created this Privacy Policy to explain why we collect particular information and how we will protect your personal privacy within our website. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the website located at www.themusicschool.org. In order to fully understand your rights we encourage you to read this Privacy Policy. The Music School reserves the right at any time and without notice to change this Privacy Policy simply by posting such changes on our website. Any such change will be effective immediately upon posting.

Our Commitment to Privacy
The Music School is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information, by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

1. Our Commitment to Children’s Privacy
2. What Information is Collected
3. How We Use Information
4. Security
5. Other Websites
6. Photo and Video Policy
7. Contacting the Website

1. Our Commitment to Children's Privacy
   Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. Our website is a general audience website, and we do not knowingly collect information about children. Should a child under 13 make known to us his or her personally identifiable information, we will use that information only to respond directly to that child to inform him or her that we must have parental consent before receiving his or her personally identifiable information. We encourage parents of children under 13 to regularly check and monitor their children's use of e-mail and other activities online.
2. What Information is Collected
   
   1. For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "personally identifiable information" means information that identifies a particular individual, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, and phone number. When other information, such as e-mail newsletter choices, interests, and preferences, is directly associated with personally identifiable information, this other information also becomes personally identifiable information.
   2. There are many features on our website for which no registration is required. However, if you are interested in obtaining information, products or services from the The Music School, or in participating in certain activities on this Website (such as making an online ticket reservation, registering for a class or music lesson, or participating in surveys), you may need to provide us with information about yourself. Our registration forms require users to give us contact information that may include name, email address, address, interests, and similar information.
   3. In addition to information you choose to provide to us, we also collect non-personally identifiable information through technology to make our website more interesting and useful to you. We collect an IP address from all visitors to our website. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our website, analyze trends, track users' movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the website, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
3. How We Use Information
   
   1. From time to time, we may use third party suppliers to provide services on our website. If a supplier wants to collect information about you, you will be notified. However, you will never be required to give information to a third party supplier. We restrict the way third party suppliers can use your information. They are not allowed to sell or give your information to others.
   2. We may periodically send promotional email about special announcements, emergency closures or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
   3. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests. We never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out.
4. Security
   The security and confidentiality of your information is extremely important to us, and we take a number of steps to safeguard any personally identifiable information that you provide to us. However, no method of transmitting or storing electronic data is ever completely secure, and therefore we cannot warrant or guarantee that such information will never be accessed, used or released in a manner that is inconsistent with this policy.
5. Other Websites
   Our website contains links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another website for which The Music School has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on all such websites as their policies may be different than ours.
6. Photo and Video Policy
   We may use your student's photo without their name on our web site, in performance videos, and in publications. We will assume we have your permission to do so unless you inform us otherwise. Please contact the Director of The Music School if you do not want us to use your student's photo.
7. Contacting the Website
   If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this website, or your dealings with this website, you can contact:

   Director of The Music School
   The Music School
   728 W. Fremont Ave.
   Sunnyvale, CA 94087

   Please reference Privacy Policy in your subject line

News articles about The Music School:
•Cupertino Courier article (7/28/2004)
•Los Altos Town Crier article (3/1/2000)
•Sunnyvale Sun article (10/29/1997)
•Sunnyvale Sun article (10/10/2010)

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