Dorms

Yes! Roommates are determined close to the start of the new school year. New students bond during our back-to-school registration and orientation. You'll learn our school alma mater, receive a warm welcome from our senior class and take part in long standing traditions and fun activities. It's a great time to get to know your classmates and make many future friends!

Dorm heads are faculty residents and nightly "on-duty" faculty adults who look after the well-being of dorm residents.

Students are allowed to decorate their room with non-permanent items such as area rugs, picture frames, and posters.

WRA provides the following items:

• Access to a vacuum
• Closet
• Desk
• Desk chair
• Dresser
• Mattress
• Regular sized twin bed
• Wastepaper basket

Learning to live with someone different from yourself is a fundamental and critical piece of WRA's residential life program and it is through living with a roommate that some of the most poignant memories and life lessons are shared and learned. Boarders will be given tools and freshmen will have some formal training in how to advocate for yourself, actively listen, negotiate and more. Issues or conflicts are resolved with a dorm head, duty crew member, prefect, advisor and/or the Student Life Office. Only in highly unusual circumstances will we allow a roommate switch to happen.

Each dorm common room has a microwave, so you can heat up mac-n-cheese, ramen, or hot chocolate, but there is no real capability to cook in the dorm. We have dorm feeds and cookouts to encourage bonding and to provide study breaks.

The Office of Student Life works in conjunction with the Admission Office to match freshmen and new students. Returning students choose their own roommates.

Don’t worry; we will take care of you! Unlike most schools, WRA has a fully staffed health center right on campus with a school doctor, nursing and counseling staff. We are always here for you.

Yes, dorm rooms are equipped with wired and wireless access.

A student who wants to spend a weekend night at home or with friends needs to submit a Weekend Overnight Leave request and will require permission from the host parent and their own parent to approve the leave.

Day students are welcome in the dorms when they are accompanied by a dorm resident. Only with special permission may day students be in the dorm common room, or in the dorm in general, during study hours. Day students can spend a weekend night with a boarder friend with permission from the dorm head and the day student parents.