Upon enrollment students are assigned an Academy email address.  The address is usually made up of some form of the user’s name followed by “@nyma.org”. The email address information for your child is available in the Parent Portal.

You may send any mail or packages to your child c/o the New York Military Academy 78 Academy Avenue, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York 12520

If you need to share unpleasant news with your child who is a boarder, we strongly suggest that you alert your child’s TAC office prior to, or soon after, contacting your child.  If you do this, there will be someone here who can check on how your child is doing and offer support.

Prior to enrollment, students may contact the Dean of Academics Office to discuss any questions they may have about their course requirements and selections.  Once matriculated, students should discuss any plans or changes in their academic program with their advisors.  For more complicated situations or specific concerns about academic planning, students should contact the Dean of Academics for additional information.  Students can check their progress toward meeting diploma requirements by accessing their grade book in Rediker.

If a boarder is not feeling well enough to attend classes or other required appointments, the student must report to the health center.  After evaluation and treatment — if  deemed appropriate — the student will be given a place to rest until feeling well enough to return to classes.  Cadets may not stay in the barracks while ill.  If the severity of the illness is such that they must go home, parents will be contacted and arrang

If students would like to request permission to miss a class or a sporting/team event or to be late for check-in because of a special event, it is necessary to request permission from the Dean.  In order to do so, your contact the Dean’s office at least seven days prior to the date of the event.

We understand the need for cadets to be with their families and close friends when there is a family emergency, such as a death in the family.  If such circumstances arise, please contact the Dean’s office.  We will help you to make arrangements for your child’s return home.  You do not need to petition for your child to miss classes during an emergency.  

Please note that there is often a tension at these difficult times between the student’s need to attend classes and the need to be at home with family and friends.  When appropriate, we will do our best to ease that tension by excusing absences, obtaining assignments to be done at home, or extending deadlines for work.  However, it is important that your child not be away too long, as it will only make the eventual return to school more stressful if too much work is missed.

We monitor cadet attendance closely and have a strict standard for unexcused absences with cadets subject to disciplinary action.  

We also monitor the number of excused absences.  Whether due to college visits, time spent at home or in the health center due to illness or personal emergency, or approval by the Dean, several absences can create a cumulative drag on one’s academic performance.  If we notice a cadet is accumulating excessive absences, either the advisor or the Dean will have a discussion with the cadet, and perhaps the cadet’s parents, with the goal of learning how we might best support regular class attendance.

In addition, there is a withhold of credit for a course from any cadet who has missed more than 20% of the scheduled class meetings in a term.  In extreme cases, the Academy may require a medical leave of absence.  If you have any questions or concerns regarding your child’s attendance record, please contact your child’s adviser or the Dean.