Soowees Dormitories
Jun 15, 2016 17:48:50 GMT -5
Post by Principal Terisa Avau on Jun 15, 2016 17:48:50 GMT -5
SMA has five Houses students are separated into based on values, learning type, and personality. They are: Sun, River, Mescal, Clay, and Sky
While at SMA, students will stay in an on-campus dormitory with several students of their same House (to promote a sense of harmony, though room-sharing is allowed and encouraged on certain occasions).
The dormitories lay at the sand garden end of the courtyard, north of the school building. There is a large smoothed stone-and-glass mosaic walkway leading up to the wide glass front doors of the dormitory building depicting the different house crests. The entryway is surrounded by succulents, especially aloe plants, and a few rare yellow mescal bean trees with purple blooms in spring mimicking hyacinth (Note: DO NOT TOUCH OR COLLECT THE BEANS).
Upon entering, students are greeted in an open foyer similar to that of the school building; tall ceilings and glass walls to allow for the collection of sunlight for the solar glass powering the dorms. There is a large curved check-in desk made of soothing white stucco and clean glass in curving modern lines. The front desk is staffed 24 hours, seven days per week by trained staff and graduate students during their down time. There is an alternate office behind the desk for Professor Rhodes, followed by a short hall of offices for resident assistants. An open lounge-style sitting area with plush wide-bottom chairs and comfy couches are available for visitors near the convenience store (constantly restocked by goodies from shops in town).
The dorm house is separated into three floors (one for every two grade levels), and each floor into five halls (one per House). The dorm halls are NOT segregated by genders, but students are roomed with other students of the same gender identities. Room-sharing among students of same-gender identities is allowable on special nights with prior parental and staff consent only. Each hall also has a moderate-sized study room, casual lounge with TV, and a gaming lounge stocked with games of all formats and genres (of which RAs are frequently eager to monitor and engage in with other students).
Soowees Dormitories are set up similarly to regular college dormitory suites, with four private bedrooms set off from a small central sitting room in each suite. However, each private bedroom also has its own private bathroom, and each suite also contains two large soaking tubs outside of the private rooms.
Each room is also soundproofed with spells that are easily switched between on and off through unique mechanisms on the wall above the bed (so as not to be confused with the light switches). There are handicap-accessible rooms available for those who need them, housing only three people at a time with large private handicap-accessible bathrooms for each student resident.
If any further accommodations are requested, please feel free to let your RAs, Professor Rhodes, or either Principal or Vice Principal know. We at SMA are always more than happy to help to make this space safe and accessible to all.
(Special thanks to VP Ahmed for writing up this fantastic description!)
While at SMA, students will stay in an on-campus dormitory with several students of their same House (to promote a sense of harmony, though room-sharing is allowed and encouraged on certain occasions).
The dormitories lay at the sand garden end of the courtyard, north of the school building. There is a large smoothed stone-and-glass mosaic walkway leading up to the wide glass front doors of the dormitory building depicting the different house crests. The entryway is surrounded by succulents, especially aloe plants, and a few rare yellow mescal bean trees with purple blooms in spring mimicking hyacinth (Note: DO NOT TOUCH OR COLLECT THE BEANS).
Upon entering, students are greeted in an open foyer similar to that of the school building; tall ceilings and glass walls to allow for the collection of sunlight for the solar glass powering the dorms. There is a large curved check-in desk made of soothing white stucco and clean glass in curving modern lines. The front desk is staffed 24 hours, seven days per week by trained staff and graduate students during their down time. There is an alternate office behind the desk for Professor Rhodes, followed by a short hall of offices for resident assistants. An open lounge-style sitting area with plush wide-bottom chairs and comfy couches are available for visitors near the convenience store (constantly restocked by goodies from shops in town).
The dorm house is separated into three floors (one for every two grade levels), and each floor into five halls (one per House). The dorm halls are NOT segregated by genders, but students are roomed with other students of the same gender identities. Room-sharing among students of same-gender identities is allowable on special nights with prior parental and staff consent only. Each hall also has a moderate-sized study room, casual lounge with TV, and a gaming lounge stocked with games of all formats and genres (of which RAs are frequently eager to monitor and engage in with other students).
Soowees Dormitories are set up similarly to regular college dormitory suites, with four private bedrooms set off from a small central sitting room in each suite. However, each private bedroom also has its own private bathroom, and each suite also contains two large soaking tubs outside of the private rooms.
Each room is also soundproofed with spells that are easily switched between on and off through unique mechanisms on the wall above the bed (so as not to be confused with the light switches). There are handicap-accessible rooms available for those who need them, housing only three people at a time with large private handicap-accessible bathrooms for each student resident.
If any further accommodations are requested, please feel free to let your RAs, Professor Rhodes, or either Principal or Vice Principal know. We at SMA are always more than happy to help to make this space safe and accessible to all.
(Special thanks to VP Ahmed for writing up this fantastic description!)