Our Year I Junior Cotillion program places emphasis on etiquette, manners and character education as well as on dancing. The social and character education components of the program include rules of proper telephone courtesy, acknowledgments of gifts, introductions, receiving lines, participating in group settings, polite conversation, paying and receiving compliments, and sports etiquette. Dance instruction includes steps in the Foxtrot, Swing, Waltz, Cha Cha and current line dances. The highlight of the year for Junior Cotillion is the Spring Ball. The ball allows formal opportunity to practice all training. We encourage children to be comfortable together, make new friends and enjoy themselves! After constant practice in a peer group, young ladies and gentlemen are expected to leave the program with confidence and poise that come from knowing the proper etiquette in any social situation. 

In addition to the courtesies connected to the Year I program, our Year II Junior Cotillion program focuses on first impressions, dress code for all occasions, manners in the home and in public places, table manners, formal place settings, styles of dining including American, Asian, and Continental, skills involved in being a guest, hostess or host, and many other areas of social behavior. Other topics covered are the ethics involved in the areas of having honor, dignity, respect, honesty, fairness, a caring attitude, accountability, and citizenship. Students in their second year have an instructional five-course dinner before practicing their aquired skill at the Spring Ball!