Residence Life

Mission

We know that neither teaching nor learning cease with the end of classes each day; they merely take on more subtle forms.  Understood in this light, the Stuart Hall boarding program is the fullest embodiment of our commitment to educate the whole person, Mind, Body, Heart, and Spirit.  That commitment is the foundation of the Residence Life Mission:

"Residence Life at Stuart Hall School creates a nurturing environment that teaches young women to understand themselves in the context of their community, encourages them to both serve that community and to be leaders within it, and to develop a reverent respect for the world around them and an undying passion for the people who live in it."

Our Residence Life Program at Stuart Hall School is a partnership between the staff-the Dean of Students, the Residence Life Coordinator, Dorm Parents, and On Campus Faculty-and the students: Prefects, Hall Assistants, and Dorm Council.

Dorm Parents and On Campus Faculty

The Residence Life Program at Stuart Hall creates a nurturing community in accordance with its Mission by employing a staff specially trained and well suited to support our boarding students.  Dorm Parents are adults who live on dorm and supervise a specific hall, assist students with life away from home, and provide a School presence in evenings and on weekends.  On Campus Faculty work at Stuart Hall and live either on campus or on dorm, and serve in roles comparable to those of Dorm Parents.  A member of the On Campus Faculty or a Dorm Parent is on duty at any given time to monitor student permissions and sign-outs, secure the building, distribute medicine, proctor study hall, and otherwise ensure that the standards and policies of Stuart Hall are maintained.  Our On Campus Faculty and Dorm Parents bring a wealth of experience and a diversity of talent making our boarding population into a warm and vital community.

Prefects and Hall Assistants

Sustaining a caring environment at Stuart Hall is a responsibility of all members of this community, not only the adults.  To this end, experienced boarding students may become Hall Assistants and then Prefects.  These young women form the backbone of the student body, acting as mentors to newcomers, friends to returners, and leaders by example to all.  They are assigned to specific halls, where they help to maintain a clean living space and promote a positive atmosphere.  Prefects are a valuable link between their peers and the Residence Life Staff; additionally, there is an international Prefect who acts as liaison to the Staff for her fellow international boarders.

Dorm Council

The Dorm Council provides boarders with the opportunity to shape their own residential experience at Stuart Hall.  Council members are elected in the first month of school and meet with the Residential Life Coordinator weekly thereafter.  The Residential Life Coordinator works with the Dean of Students to address the concerns of the Dorm Council.