Log into your iClassPro account to make these requests.

Requesting an Excused Absence

• Go to “My Account.” Under your student’s name, click on “Future Absences.” You may request the absence by date or enrollment (class).
• Follow the prompts to complete your absence request. If you would like to schedule a make-up class at the same time, list the day/time/name of the class and the date to attend in the “Leave an optional comment” section.
• Submit your request.

Requesting a Make-up Class 

• Go to “My Account.” Under your student’s name, click on “Makeups” > “Request a Makeup.”
• Find the class you would like to attend for the make-up by scrolling, filtering, or searching.
• Click on the class > click “Request Makeup” on the class details page.
• On the “New makeup enrollment” page, in the space to write “Anything else we need to know?,” please indicate the date you would like to attend the make-up.  Click “Add to Cart.”
  • Note: the system automatically shows your make-up on the next available class date; HPSD staff will reschedule it for the date you indicate.
• Click “Complete Transaction” on the check out page. You will not be charged for the makeup class.

You may reference our current class schedule for information on class titles, days, and start times: September 2025 - May 2026 classes.

Make-ups must be confirmed by the office before students may attend: You will receive a confirmation email for requests made through the portal. Confirmation may also be given verbally in person, over the phone, or via personal email from an HPSD administrator.

Unexcused absences are not eligible for make-ups: Follow the procedure above to request an excused absence in the registration portal, email admin@hydeparkdance.org, or call the office at (773) 493-8498 (leave a voicemail if needed). In your communication, include the dancer's full name, the name of the class(es) they will miss, and the date of the absence(s). Absences can be excused retroactively up to two weeks after the absence occurred. 

Excused absences are eligible for make-up during that same session only: Session defined as September-May (full year) or short sessions Fall 1 & 2, Winter/Spring, and Summer 1 & 2. Make-ups expire at the end of the enrolled session and do not transfer to another session.

Make-ups cannot be scheduled in classes that are already at capacity unless there is an expected absence in the class for the requested date.

Make-ups can be taken in any class of the same level or a lower level as the missed class: For example, a dancer in Pre-Ballet 3 may take a make-up in Pre-Ballet 2 or Pre-Ballet 3 but not Ballet 1.

Make-ups should be taken in a class of the same type and level whenever possible: Exceptions will be made if there are no available classes of the same type at the appropriate level.

Dancers may pre-schedule and attend make-ups for documented future excused absences.

Dancers are not required to make-up their classes unless they are Special Programs students (Studio Company, HPSD scholarship recipients, Teacher Trainees & Assistants).

Make-up class policies and the number of make-up you can take per enrollment differ depending on your type of enrollment:

Full-Year Classes (September-May):

• Attend up to six (6) make-up classes per enrolled class before March 31. 

Short series and drop-ins (Fall/Winter/Spring/Summer):

• Make-ups cannot carry over into another season (except for Winter into Spring).
• Attend up to two (2) make-up classes for each 6-9 weeks session (Fall/Winter/Spring).
• Attend up to one (1) make-up class per 4-wk session (Summer).
• Drop-ins can be rescheduled upon request.

Excused absences from performance workshop and summer camps, intensives, and workshops: 

• Includes requests for excused absences from rehearsals, costume fittings, and performances.
• Requests made via email should be directed to artisticteam@hydeparkdance.org with admin@hydeparkdance.org CC’d.
• Requests made via phone or through the registration portal should be followed up with notification to artisticteam@hydeparkdance.org.  
• There are no equivalent events where these kinds of absences can be made up unless otherwise noted by the Artistic Team Administrator. 

HPSD Studio Companies: 

• Company dancers may request up to four (4) excused absences for September-December and five (5) for January-May across all of their classes, not including rehearsals.
• Classes missed in excess of the amount for the designated time periods must be made up by March 31.
• We also recommend getting in touch with artisticteam@hydeparkdance.org and Company leaders directly to provide more information about absences. See your Company materials for level-specific Company leader emails.
• All absence and make-up information should be recorded in the student's Special Programs folder for monitoring and review during the class year.

Teacher Trainees (TTs) & Assistants (TAs):

• Request excused absence from cooperating teachers via email with at least 24 hours' notice whenever possible and CC the office (admin@hydeparkdance.org) and Teacher Trainee Program Director Jane Sawyer (jsawyer@hydeparkdance.org) on these emails.
• All absence and make-up information should be recorded in the student's Special Programs folder for monitoring and review during the class year.
• TTs and TAs are not enrolled in the classes they assist with so should not use the registration portal to request excused absences and make-up.