Transportation To/From
2017 NMH Summer Session
REGISTRATION DAY
Registration day, when all students must arrive, is Saturday, July 1, between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm. NMH Summer
Session is not able to accommodate students in the dormitories before 10:00 AM, and all students must arrive before 4:00 PM.
CLOSING DAY
Closing day, when NMH Summer Session ends and all students depart, is on Saturday, August 5. Final classes take place
on Friday, August 4, and there are special farewell events for students that evening. (Students can, in fact, depart after classes
end after 3:00 PM on Friday, August 4, although most will wish to remain for the farewell activities on Friday evening and then
depart on Saturday morning.)
Families are invited to join us for dinner, student performances, and an opportunity to speak with individual teachers on the
evening of August 4; teachers will also be available to speak with parents on the morning of August 5. (We understand that
many families will be unable to attend, particularly since half of our students come to us each summer from other countries.)
When making departure travel plans, please remember that students must leave campus before 12:00 noon on August 5.
The school is not able to provide meals, lodging, or supervision for students after that time.
FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM NMH SUMMER SESSION.
Additional details—as well as a form to complete with students’ travel plans to NMH Summer Session and plans for departure
travel at the end of the summer—are sent to students after they enroll.
Because of space limitations, our buses are for students only. If family members are accompanying students, they must
make their own travel arrangements (see Private Ground Transportation, below). Also, family members cannot be
accommodated in our dormitories, nor can we provide local transportation between our campus and area hotels/motels and
restaurants (none within walking distance).
BY CAR
Northfield Mount Hermon is easily accessible from Interstate 91 and Route 2.
From Interstate 91 in Massachusetts: Follow US Interstate 91 north to Exit 28A. From this exit, follow Route 10 North for
about three miles. The sign and main entrance to the campus are on the right. Turn right and proceed up the road to the
campus, where signs will direct you to Registration.
From eastern Massachusetts: Follow Route 2 West to Route 63 North. Turn right onto Route 63 and travel north
approximately eight miles. Turn left onto Route 10 South and travel about 1.5 miles. The sign and main entrance to the
campus are on the left. Turn left and proceed up the road to the campus, where signs will direct you to Registration.
BY PUBLIC BUS OR TRAIN
The local bus terminal/train station is in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Representatives of NMH Summer Session will be in
Greenfield to meet public buses and trains on Registration Day and will transport to the Greenfield terminal any students who
are traveling by public bus or train on Closing Day.
BY PLANE
Students should fly to Bradley International Airport, in Hartford, Connecticut, where NMH will provide charter buses to our
campus. There is no fee for students to ride these buses. See complete details on next page.
If a student chooses to fly to another airport, parents must make their own arrangements for transportation to NMH (see
Private Ground Transportation, below). Please keep in mind that after a student’s plane arrives, he/she still must go through
baggage claim (and Customs for international flights)—and after sufficient time allowed for that, the drive from Logan Airport
(Boston, Massachusetts) to our campus is more than two hours and from JFK Airport (New York) to our campus is more than
four hours—and, as noted above, all students must arrive on our campus before 4:00 pm on Saturday, July 1, no exceptions.
PRIVATE GROUND TRANSPORTATION
The following car services provide transportation to/from airports. Contact directly for rates and reservations.
GREEN RIVER TRANSPORTATION: www.ridegreenriver.com, telephone 1-413-883-6352
THOMAS TRANSPORTATION: www.thomastransportation.com, telephone 1-603-352-5550
BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
We will have charter buses at Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Connecticut—approximately one hour from our campus—on
Saturday, July 1. PLEASE NOTE: we do not provide buses or chaperones to/from airports in Boston or New York.
Because of the number of students requiring transportation to/from Bradley Airport, NMH Summer Session is not able to
provide any special arrangements. Flight reservations must be made with the following times in mind.
ARRIVAL
• Students flying to Bradley Airport on Saturday, July 1 must arrange flights that arrive at the airport before 2:00 PM. The last
NMH charter bus leaves Bradley Airport promptly at 3:00 PM that day. All students are required to arrive on the NMH campus
before 4:00 PM, so reservations must not be made for flights that arrive at Bradley Airport after 2:00 PM on July 1.
• If a flight cannot be arranged that will arrive at Bradley Airport before 2:00 PM on Saturday, July 1, the student must take a flight
that arrives on the afternoon or evening of Friday, June 30, and stay overnight at the Bradley Sheraton Hotel.
 NMH Summer Session teachers will be at the Sheraton Hotel at Bradley Airport from 12:00 NOON on June 30 through 3:00 PM on
July 1, to assist students taking our charter buses. They will have all students’ names and flight information, so they will know
when students are scheduled to arrive.
 One of our teachers will meet—at their arrival gate—those students whose parents have made special arrangements with airlines
to have them travel as Unaccompanied Minors. The teacher’s name will be provided to parents after the student has enrolled so
that the name can be given to the airlines. There is no fee for this service.
 All other students, upon arrival, must check in with our teachers at the Bradley Sheraton Hotel (meeting room number will be
emailed to families in June). The Sheraton Hotel is located right inside the airport, a short walk down the hall from where
flights arrive—students don’t even have to go outside. Students will not be individually supervised by NMH teachers on Friday,
June 30, but they will be required to check in periodically with our teachers throughout the evening.
 Although it is best if flights on June 30 arrive in the afternoon or early evening, for students with flights arriving very late on
June 30, our teachers will remain in the meeting room until all students check in (or meet them at their arrival gate if parents have
made special arrangements with airlines to have them travel as Unaccompanied Minors).
• NMH Summer Session has been using this arrangement successfully for many years. Each summer, more than 50 of our
students stay overnight at the airport hotel and take our charter buses the next day.
• Hotel reservations for the night of June 30 must be made ONLY through a Sheraton website link that the Sheraton Hotel
will establish for the use of our families - parents must not make reservations through any other agency. This link will be
emailed to families after students enroll. NMH Summer Session has a special arrangement with the Bradley Sheraton Hotel,
allowing our students who are under 18 years old to stay overnight on June 30 without parents (since our teachers will be staying
there). Please note that NMH Summer Session cannot make reservations for students.
• There will be an NMH bus leaving Bradley Airport at 9:00 AM on July 1 for those students who stay overnight, so they do not have to
wait until 3:00 PM for our afternoon bus. Students who stay overnight are required to take the 9:00 AM bus.
DEPARTURE
 On August 5, our buses transporting students to Bradley Airport will leave NMH at various times throughout the morning, with the
first bus arriving at the airport by 8:30 AM and the last bus arriving at the airport by 1:00 PM. There is no fee for these buses.
 Flights should be scheduled to depart Bradley Airport at 10:00 AM or later. If students have flights departing late afternoon or
in the evening, they must plan for time spent waiting at the airport—as noted above, our last bus will arrive at the airport by
1:00 PM. NMH does not provide any supervision of students whose flights leave later in the day unless you make special
arrangements with us (see below). Children travelling as Unaccompanied Minors must be supervised by an adult.
 Some airlines require that an adult escort a student right up until actual boarding/flight take-off. If a student’s age, or parents’
personal preference, requires that the student be accompanied by an adult until flight departure on August 5, parents must make
arrangements either with NMH Summer Session or with another provider. If parents wish to arrange for this service with NMH
Summer Session, there is a form to complete (sent after students enroll) and a fee of $100 per child.
 If a student has a flight departing from Bradley Airport before 10:00 AM on August 5—or any flight departing from another
airport—parents must make their own arrangements for the student’s transportation to the airport (see Private Ground
Transportation, previous page).
 Do not make flight reservations for Sunday, August 6, as students cannot stay overnight at NMH on August 5 and students under 18
years old cannot stay overnight at the Bradley Sheraton Hotel on August 5 because NMH Summer Session will not have overnight
adult chaperones at Bradley Airport. If you are unable to book a flight on August 5, you must book a flight on Friday, August 4.