The tutor teaches critical study and organizational skills, helps other teachers modify their instructional methods and testing strategy to meet the student's specific needs, and tracks academic progress on a daily basis. Hoosac School conducts a six-week summer program of academics for enrichment and remediation, SAT preparation, and English as a Second Language. Qualified students nominated by classmates serve as prefects and proctors. These student leaders maintain order in the dorms, monitor and correct student behavior as needed, and oversee the work program. All students are assigned routine tasks involved with the upkeep of the buildings and grounds and the general operation of the School.
Students take the initiative in publishing a yearbook, a newspaper, and a creative writing magazine.
They stage plays and choral events and plan outings, dances, and other activities. Hoosac varsity teams compete against other independent schools in the region in soccer, hockey, lacrosse, basketball, tennis, and softball. Skiing, flag football, swimming, skating, snowboarding, volleyball, bicycling, and cross-country are offered as recreational and intramural sports. On weekends, students attend dances at Hoosac and other schools such as Miss Hall's, Emma Willard, and Darrow. Lectures, concerts, plays, skiing at nearby slopes, roller- and iceskating, movies, shopping, and excursions to nearby amusement parks and historical sites are other popular activities.