Terms and Conditions

Welcome to Elevate Academy! These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of Elevate Academy's website and services, located at 6300 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028. By accessing this website and/or using our services, you accept these terms and conditions in full. If you disagree with these terms and conditions or any part of these terms and conditions, you must not use our website or services.

Elevate Academy is owned and operated by Vance Educational Group, a California-based corporation. These terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Vance Educational Group.

1. Website Usage

The Elevate Academy website is intended to provide information about our film and media arts education programs, faculty, and facilities. By using this website, you agree to the following:

• You must not use the website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website.
• You must not use the website in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful purpose or activity.
• You must not use the website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish, or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit, or other malicious computer software.
• You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including, without limitation, scraping, data mining, data extraction, and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website without Elevate Academy's express written consent.
• You must not use our website to transmit or send unsolicited commercial communications.
• You must not use our website for any purposes related to marketing without Elevate Academy's express written consent.

2. Service Agreements

Enrolling in any course or program at Elevate Academy constitutes a service agreement between you and Elevate Academy. This agreement is subject to the following terms:

• Enrollment: Enrollment is contingent upon meeting the admission requirements outlined on our website and submitting the required application materials. Elevate Academy reserves the right to deny enrollment to any applicant who does not meet these requirements.
• Tuition and Fees: Tuition and fees are subject to change without notice. All tuition and fees must be paid in full prior to the start of the course or program, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing. Details about refund policies are available in our Refund Policy document, accessible through the admissions office.
• Attendance: Regular attendance is required for all courses and programs. Excessive absences may result in academic probation or dismissal. Specific attendance policies are outlined in the course syllabus.
• Academic Integrity: Elevate Academy maintains a zero-tolerance policy for academic dishonesty, including plagiarism, cheating, and any other form of academic misconduct. Violations of this policy may result in disciplinary action, up to and including expulsion.
• Cancellation and Withdrawal: Students may withdraw from a course or program subject to the terms outlined in our Refund Policy. Elevate Academy reserves the right to cancel a course or program due to insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. In such cases, students will receive a full refund of all tuition and fees paid.

3. Intellectual Property

The content of the Elevate Academy website, including but not limited to text, graphics, images, logos, and software, is the property of Elevate Academy or its licensors and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, or create derivative works of any content on this website without Elevate Academy's express written consent.

Any original works created by students as part of their coursework at Elevate Academy are subject to the school's intellectual property policy, which will be provided and signed upon enrollment. Elevate Academy typically retains the right to use student work for promotional purposes but respects the student's ownership of their creative endeavors.

4. Limitation of Liability

Elevate Academy shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising out of or in any way connected with the use of our website or services, including but not limited to damages for loss of profits, data, or other intangible losses, even if Elevate Academy has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Our liability is limited to the extent permitted by law. In no event shall Elevate Academy's total liability to you for all damages exceed the amount of tuition and fees you have paid to Elevate Academy.

5. Governing Law

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to these terms and conditions shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California.

6. Modifications

Elevate Academy reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time without notice. Your continued use of the website or services after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new terms and conditions. It is your responsibility to review these terms and conditions periodically for changes.

7. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these terms and conditions, please contact us at:

Elevate Academy
6300 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Phone: (323) 460-4321
Email: [email protected]

8. Severability

If any provision of these terms and conditions is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

9. Waiver

No waiver of any provision of these terms and conditions shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by Elevate Academy. A waiver of any right or remedy under these terms and conditions on one occasion shall not be construed as a waiver of any other right or remedy or on any other occasion.

10. Entire Agreement

These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and Elevate Academy with respect to the use of our website and services and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and Elevate Academy.

11. Force Majeure

Elevate Academy shall not be liable for any failure to perform its obligations under these terms and conditions if such failure is caused by any event beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, strikes, labor disputes, fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural disasters.