Vacations: I divide the year into 4 quarters of 13 weeks and teach for 11 of those weeks during the school year quarters. I then spread tuition evenly over the 3 months of each quarter for ease of budgeting for you and for me! Summer is a different animal altogether and will be posted about separately.
| Week | Dates | Notes |
| 1 | Dec 5-9, 2011 | Studio Open |
| 2 | Dec 12-16, 2011 | Studio Open |
| 3 | Dec 19-23, 2011 | Studio Open VACATION Dec 21, 22, and 23 for CHRISTMAS! J |
| 4 | Dec 26-30, 2011 | VACATION |
| 5 | Jan 2-6, 2012 | VACATION Jan 2 and 3, Lessons resume on Wed Jan 4th |
| 6 | Jan 9-13, 2012 | Studio Open |
| 7 | Jan 16-20, 2012 | Studio Open |
| 8 | Jan 23-27, 2012 | Studio Open |
| 9 | Jan 30-Feb 3, 2012 | Studio Open |
| 10 | Feb 6-10, 2012 | Studio Open |
| 11 | Feb 13-17, 2012 | Studio Open |
| 12 | Feb 20-24, 2012 | Studio Open |
| 13 | Feb 27-Mar 2, 2012 | Studio Open (Happy Leap Year!) |


