Dorm Life

The way St. Andrew's approaches life in the dormitories is essential to the School's educational mission.

Underformers live in dormitories by gender and by form. Sixth Form students act as residential leaders and mentors on all corridors and assist the corridor parent in all areas. Mentoring younger students is the most important responsibility of a senior at St. Andrew's.

There are six boys' dorms and eight girls' dorms. Each dorm features a central common room with basic kitchen facilities, often near the dorm parent's apartment, where dorm meetings take place and dorm desserts and celebrations are held. Students live primarily in double rooms, with a few single rooms and triple rooms. Each dorm is assigned a number of jobs so that students do the bulk of daily work needed to care for their space, including taking out dorm trash and recycling, vacuuming the halls and cleaning their common rooms and kitchen areas each morning.

Although our underformers learn a great deal from their corridor parents and seniors, they learn most about themselves and others by living with roommates and sharing a home with students from a wide variety of backgrounds. Our dormitories are remarkable classrooms where students learn the importance of good communication, respect for others, friendship and trust.