Following the Governor’s announcement on Wednesday, November 18, all Circus Juventas events, performances, and in-person classes are suspended starting Saturday, November 21 through Friday, December 18. For more information please read our latest newsletter or visit our Holiday Show or Annual Gala webpage.
COVID-19 UPDATES
WHEN CLASSES RESUME
The health and safety of our students and staff is our top priority at Circus Juventas. We have worked diligently to adhere to all mandates and recommendations from the Office of the Governor, Minnesota Department of Heatlth, and CDC. We will continue to monitor and update our procedures as necessary throughout the year.
CJ will be operating within state-mandated capacity limitations to ensure that we do not exceed 25% building capacity and that all students and staff can maintain 6 ft. social distance. All students will be temp checked and given a Health Screening Checklist upon entering the building. We have increased our cleaning and sanitization procedures, replaced the filters in our HVAC system, and installed fans to increase air flow. Our student traffic patterns within the building have been adjusted to avoid clustering of students at arrival and departure and to help maintain separation of students by hour.
Thanks to our families and staff for following these procedures. Together, we will stay CJ strong!
CJ'S STAY SAFE CATEGORIES
We have assigned each of our classes and acts a CJ Stay Safe Category. CJ will use these categories to help determine which acts and levels can be conducted based on the ability to meet social distancing requirements. When possible, curriculum will be adapted to adhere to social distancing and/or bring the class into a lower category.
- Category 1: Can maintain 6 feet of distance from other students/no shared equipment/minimized coach contact.
- Category 2: Can maintain 6 feet of distance from other students/some shared equipment/minimized coach contact.
- Category 3: Will maintain 6 feet of distance whenever possible from other students, but there will be times that 6 feet of distance cannot be guaranteed/limited student-to-student contact/students will be masked if closer than 6 feet/shared equipment
- Category 4: Will maintain 6 feet of distance whenever possible, but there will be longer periods in which students will be closer than 6 feet during training/students will be masked if closer than 6 feet/high student-to-student contact/shared equipment
CJ Stay Safe Categories are indicated throughout the session guide in the “Prerequisites AND CJ Stay Safe Category” column.
If you have any questions regarding the CJ Stay Safe Categories, please email adminstaff@circusjuventas.org.
CJ STAY SAFE CATEGORY ADJUSTMENTS FROM FALL TO WINTER SESSIONS
Please note that in order to create acts for our Spring Celebration performances, we have adjusted the CJ Stay Safe Categories for certain classes. The current plan is to begin instituting these adjustments no earlier than February. All adjustments will be within MDH and CDC guidelines, and we will continue to monitor mandates throughout the year. Though the changes are still a few months away, we wanted to alert families to the planned adjustment prior to winter registration.
Masks will be worn any time students are closer than 6 feet.
Acrobatics: Increasing to category 3. Students may be closer than 6 feet with limited student-to-student contact during tricks.
Clowning: Increasing to category 3. Students may be closer than 6 feet with limited student-to-student contact during choreography.
Contortion: Increasing to category 3. Students may be closer than 6 feet with limited student-to-student contact during tricks.
Dance: Increasing to category 3. Students may be closer than 6 feet with limited student-to-student contact during choreography.
German Wheel (performing levels): Increasing to category 3. Students may be closer than 6 feet with limited student-to-student contact during tricks.
Globes (performing levels): Increasing to category 3. Students may be closer than 6 feet with limited student-to-student contact during tricks.
Low Casting (performing levels): Increasing to category 3. Catcher will be introduced, and limited student-to-student contact will be made with catcher.
Low Wire: Increasing to category 3. Students may be closer than 6 feet with limited student-to-student contact during tricks.
Multiple Trapeze: Increasing to category 3. Four students per trapeze (two on the lower trapeze and two on the higher trapeze) will be closer than 6 feet with minimal student-to-student contact during tricks.
Rola Bola: Increasing to category 3. Students may be closer than 6 feet with limited student-to-student contact during tricks.
Side by Side: Increasing to category 3. Two students per trapeze, which will bring them closer than 6 feet, with minimal student-to-student contact during tricks.
Triple Trapeze (performing levels): Increasing to category 4. Teams of 3 or 4 students on each trapeze will be closer than 6 feet on the trapeze for extended periods of time with high student-to-student contact. Contact will be limited within assigned teams.
Unicycle (performing levels): Increasing to category 3. Students may be closer than 6 feet with limited student-to-student contact during tricks.
Vault Mini: Increasing to category 3. Students may be closer than 6 feet with limited student-to-student contact during tricks.
HEALTH SCREENING CHECKLIST
COVID-19 Cancellation Credit Policy
Circus Juventas 2020-2021 cancellation credit policy:
- If Circus Juventas is required to shut down due to state mandates before 50% of the session has occurred, families will receive a credit on their student account for the cost of the remaining classes. CJ will only issue account credits, no cash refunds will be offered.
- If Circus Juventas is required to shut down due to state mandates after 50% of the session has occurred, no credits will be offered for the remaining classes.
- CJ will not issue refunds or credits for any classes missed due to short-term closures related to a positive COVID-19 diagnosis of a student or employee within the building.
- CJ will not issue refunds or credits for any classes missed due to mandatory quarantine of individual students resulting from student exhibiting COVID-like symptoms, being potentially exposed or exposed to, or testing positive for COVID-19.