2017-2018 School Year Registration
Our tutors’ schedules fill up fast. Be sure to register early for this school year so that you can choose a schedule that will work well for you and your family! You’ll find everything you need to know about registration in this post, including when, where and how to register, the amount of the registration deposit, and other important dates.
When to Register
Registration for Symbols families begins on the following dates and times for each location:
Vancouver: Monday, July 17th @ 9:30am
Coquitlam: Wednesday, July 19th @ 9:30am
Richmond: Friday, July 21st @ 9:30am
How to Register
To register, please phone us or visit us in person at the center on or after the registration day. On the first day of registration (which is typically very busy), we need to take registrations in the order they arrive and we also need to avoid confusion, so we cannot complete a registration by email or voicemail; we need to speak with you on the phone or in person. If you receive a busy signal when you call, instead of calling back, please leave a voicemail with your name and callback number. All voicemails are automatically timestamped and emailed to us; we will reply to voicemails in the order they are left. After the first day of registration, things will be calmer and we’ll be able to complete registrations by email and voicemail. Remember – the sooner you register, the more likely you are to get the exact schedule you want!
If you plan to phone to register, please call 604.696.2030 and follow the prompts.
Registration Deposit
To complete a registration we will be taking a non-refundable $150.00 deposit. This deposit will be fully credited to your Term 1 invoice; it is not a registration fee. If we have your credit card information in our system, the deposit will be charged to your card within a few days of registration. If we do not have your credit card information on file, we ask that you either provide your credit card information, or cash or a cheque, at the time of registration.
Other Useful Info
This registration is for the entire 2017/2018 school year, beginning September 5th, 2017 and ending June 29th, 2018. Although our school year has two terms, terms are for billing purposes only; students are registered for the entire school year, unless we are given one month notice to end tutoring. Other important dates, including all days we are closed for statutory holidays, the Winter Break and our one week Spring Break, can be found on our online calendar.
Our policies, which include our lesson cancellation/rescheduling policy and our tutoring termination policy, can be found on this page. Our policies for the 2017-2018 school year remain unchanged from the previous school year.
Price Change
Effective September 5th, 2017, our rate will be increased by $2 per lesson (about a 3% increase) for all students. For the typical 2-lesson-per-week student, the price increase translates to at most an additional $16/month on our equal monthly payment, but for many students (especially those whose schedules fall on stat holidays), it will be less. This price increase is necessary to pay for a wage increase for our excellent tutors, and to offset other increased overhead costs we have been facing, particularly with our leases. This is just our 3rd price increase in our 11 year history.
