If instruction is dropped after the third week of the school year, no refund is made. The School provides practice rooms and individual lockers for instruments. Students, other than pianists or organists, are expected to provide their own instruments in good working order. A trip is one way to or from a Practicum site. This program is offered during the afternoon and evening on Fridays at Jiminy Peak in Hancock, Massachusetts.
Transportation is included and takes about two hours round trip.
Box lunch is provided by Emma Willard's Food Service. The Drivers' Education program offered at Emma Willard is approved by both the State Education Department of New York and by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. The two phases of the course include classroom instruction and in-car driving and observation. This course is offered once per year beginning in late September. The course runs approximately 20 weeks.