Boarding

Rituals

The Boarding Experience Resident Faculty Rituals Leaves and Permissions

Daily Needs Student Possessions Student Rooms

Academic Day

Corridors should be quiet from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Music may be played quietly. Students are expected to be considerate of those who may be studying in their rooms. Watching television and recreational viewing of videos and DVDs in Maguire Auditorium, the gym, and the AV Center are prohibited.

After the Academic Day

As a boarding school, Emma Willard provides a rich community experience, which is enhanced by numerous daily activities shared beyond the classroom. For example, students and faculty eat in the dining room and encounter one another in a host of venues after the academic day has ended. To ensure that students are safe and accounted for outside the classroom, students are asked to follow this check-in schedule:

Weekdays

• Breakfast By 7:45 a.m. Required of grades nine through eleven Monday through Friday.
  
• Dinner By 6:45 p.m. Required Sunday through Thursday.
• Quiet Study 7:30–9:30 p.m. Required Sunday through Thursday.
• Evening Sunday through Thursday, 10:00 p.m. for freshmen, 10:30 p.m. for sophomores, 11:00 p.m. for juniors and seniors. Students must be on their own halls.

Weekends

• Dinner By 6:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday (if on campus).
• Evening 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday for all students. Students must be on their own corridors for this check-in and must remain there. Seniors may be off their halls or off-campus on weekends until 12:30 a.m. with permission from resident faculty.
  

Campus Leaves. All leaves are granted according to the permission form signed by parents and students at the beginning of each academic year. The school does not grant any off-campus permissions to students whose forms are incomplete or non-existent. Additionally, the school reserves the right to exercise its judgment in granting students permission to leave the campus. Students are not permitted to stay overnight in hotels or motels except in the company of adult relatives. RPI fraternities are strictly off limits at all times.

Signing In and Out. Providing a written record of her plans when a student is going to be away from school and signing back in when she returns are essential to the safety and well-being of the boarders and to the smooth running of the dormitories. When signing out to leave campus, students must be absolutely precise about their destination, time of departure, means of transportation, and expected time of return. A student must always call her houseparent or the resident faculty member on duty to ask permission if she wishes to change her plans after she has left campus. Messages may not be left on answering machines, with Security, or with other students. A student must sign herself (and herself only) in and out whenever she is away from campus. There are no exceptions to this rule.