Studio Information
Our school year session for Fall 2025 – Spring 2026 runs from September 8th through May 21st. All classes are billed for a total of 32 weeks, even though there are 33 weeks on the schedule. This allows for each class to have one cancellation with scheduling a makeup for it.
Our summer 2026 session weekly classes run from Monday June 29th – Thursday August 20th.
Summer camps are Mon-Thurs 9am – 12:30pm and our first week is June 15th.
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All dancers attend class independently. Parents drop off and pickup at entrances and are invited to watch during designated parent watch weeks quarterly.

Tuition & General Policies
- Tuition is due on the 1st of each month, September through May for the Fall-Spring Session and in 2 payments for the Summer Session. Your tuition will be automatically processed to ACH/Card on file unless it is paid prior to the 1st (or listed summer session date). If your payment is not received by the 1st after processing, we grant a 3 day grace period. By the 5th of the month a $25 late fee will be assessed and applied to your account. Once your account is 21 days past due, we will suspend class participation until the account is brought current.
- There is an annual membership fee of $50 for the first student and $25 for additional students with a $125 family cap- this is billed only for our Fall-Spring session, no membership fee will be applied for summer. Annual membership fees are billed Sept 1st or upon registration and are not pro-rated.
- We do not adjust tuition for absences. Dancers can choose to make up their absences in other classes on the weeks that they are present in the same style of dance, in any level at or below their placement; with instructor permission they may take a level above within 30 days of the absence.
- Dancers are enrolled until they are withdrawn by a parent or guardian by filling out this form. This will kick start the 30 day change in enrollment policy.
- Siblings receive a 10% discount calculated by the office staff. Siblings are calculated separately, then totaled for the family bill. The discount is applied to the lesser of the tuition amounts.
- Adult and College Students operate on a different tuition scale, please see below. Adult classes are complimentary for families with currently enrolled dancers for the Fall-Spring session only.
- One discount per student (no college and family rate, sibling and college rate etc).
- Classes that do not meet the required minimum enrollment of dancers (specific to location and instructor) will be canceled and combined with another class. Dancers will have multiple options for a different class.
- Camps, events, master classes, and intensives are not part of monthly tuition discounts.
- Please inform the instructor and the office if there are any new medical problems, physical limitations or family dynamic changes that we should be aware of. Please also email the studio and, if possible, inform the instructor if there are any deaths in the family or other issues that we should be aware of when working with your dancer.
- Age placements are based on age as of October 31st for Fall/Spring sessions and July 31st for summer session.
- In the event that class options change due to local, state, or federal restrictions, we reserve the right to transition to virtual classes at any time and if applicable, tuition will be adjusted for the upcoming billing period to reflect the training options available, at which time families can determine to implement a 30 day change in enrollment form. Note: tuition is the same regardless of in-person or virtual training.
- With the exception of Parent Sneak Peek Weeks and Parent Participation Weeks, spectators are not allowed inside the dance space (virtual or in-person). Dancers attend class independently.
- Private lessons are paid to the studio directly in advance of the lesson and are scheduled with individual instructors at a rate of $2/minute for all instructors (except guest instructors). Please email the office for this request. Private lessons are open to all dancers at CVDA.
- All choreography is property of CVDA. If you would like to perform any of the choreography learned, you must get permission from the instructor and give credit where it is due upon the performance.
For our Dance Party! and Core Program Dancers:
- 30 Minute Class – $69/month
- 45 Minute Class – $79/month
- 60 Minute Class – $89/month
- 75 Minute Class – $99/month
- 2nd class is 15% off
- 3rd class is 20% off
- 4th class is 25% off
Siblings receive a 10% discount calculated by the office staff. Siblings are calculated separately, then totaled for the family bill. The discount is applied to the lesser of the tuition amounts.
PreCompany/Company and Nutcracker Lead Role Program Dancers:
Tuition table by request and calculated by total hours per week, per dancer – total available by request for current members only. All families on unlimited plans as of 2024-2025 or Summer 2025 are grandfathered at the current rate for another year.
Adult Program:
All parents of currently enrolled dancers receive complimentary enrollment in Adult classes offered during our Sept – May session. All college students with an active enrollment in a local university or community college receive complimentary enrollment in Adult classes offered during our Sept – May session. All other adults tuition is as follows:
1 class per week $40/month
2 classes per week $75/month
3 or more classes per week $100/month
Family Unlimited Packages
(prices are per month)
One Dancer
$469
Two Dancer Family
$550
Three Dancer Family
$625
4+ Dancer Family
$700+
Newberg
311 E 1st St,
Newberg, OR 97132
McMinnville
822 SE 1st St.
McMinnville, OR 97128
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View our full Tuition & Policy Doc here

Communications With CVDA
Phone # for all locations: 503.537.3902
Text Line for all locations: 503.766.5266
Chehalem Valley Dance Academy’s phone is a message only service at this time. Leave or send your message with the dancer’s name, location, and a phone number or email for response (for voicemail) and we will respond between Monday and Saturday during our admin hours.
Email addresses for all locations
hello@iheartcvda.com • trials and new enrollments
office@iheartcvda.com • General Inbox including trials
billing@iheartcvda.com • Billing/accounts/registration
Please include dancer full name, location, and requested info. We will return emails between Monday and Saturday during our admin hours
Studio Wide App – Required for all dance families – Stack Teamapp
All families will studio communication through this app. One person per family is required to have the app downloaded, be in the appropriate location group, and have push notifications turned on.
In this app you will find:
• All Documents
• All News & Emails
• All Events
• All Reminders
Stack Teamapp – join @iheartcvda and then the location that you are attending.
If you do not have this app properly downloaded you will miss out on CRUCIAL information including special events and reminders for Parent Sneak Peek Weeks.
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What Our Clients Say:
This place is amazing! Every time I pick my daughter up she always screams "I want to go again, it's so much fun mommy!" Whenever I have a question it gets answered so fast and the info is always so helpful, the instructors are so friendly, and I know my children are safe here! Thank you CVDA!!!
"Dance skills are life skills"! We have been a part of the CVDA dance family for 5 years. We chose this for our daughter over school sports and we have no regrets. The teachers are well trained, attentive, kind, and positive. Our daughter has excelled in many areas in and outside of dance. This is largely a result of the opportunities she has had and the amazing role models (teachers and staff) at CVDA. Dance skills really are life skills.
It has been such a positive outlet for my kiddos, and gave them something to look forward to every week, even during the shutdown. I have been so impressed with the passion all the instructors pour into each and every class.
It's hard to put into words how amazing this dance studio is. They don't only teach dance at CVDA, Kristen and her team teach their students life skills like respect, confidence and how to give back to the community. We started our daughter in ballet when she was 5. It was amazing to watch our very timid shy daughter go into her beginners ballet class and come out with her head held high and a smile from ear to ear!
We found our home and second family. Each girl is ushered in and apart of a community that becomes family. The skills learned are way more than just dance related.
CVDA may be a dance studio, but what it excels at most of all is being an example of what it means for a business to exhibit virtue. That's not to say they don't have excellent training, they do - the instructors are talented, patient, and dedicated, and they have the trophies to prove it. Yet when you sign up for classes at CVDA, Kristen (owner) doesn't promise awards and scholarships, she promises your child will learn the skills necessary to be a positive, productive human being. Or as she puts it, "dance skills are life skills". As one example, they model positive contribution by actively serving and fundraising for the community every year.