2 - The Kiski School

RESIDENTIAL LIFE
STUDENT LIFE
Adam Schapiro, Dean of Students
Tel: (724) 639-8025, E-mail: adam.schapiro@kiski.org
More than half of the hours a young man spends during his Kiski experience are spent in and around the
dormitory. Dormitory living at Kiski provides boys with a wonderful community living opportunity.
Boys sharing a room develop life-long friendships and enjoy similar interests, while learning to be
tolerant and accepting of differences. Together with the dormitory masters and prefects, they are made
aware of the various rules and regulations concerning school life and dormitory living, as well as the
importance of being respectful of each other’s attitudes and possessions.
Since having a roommate is an essential part of the Kiski experience, students live two to a room. Every
effort is made to ensure that each student has a roommate with whom he can learn, grow and share the
Kiski experience. Any differences that may arise that seem too much to overcome are resolved through
consultation with the student residential advisor and prefects in the dorm, the dormitory master, and
finally the Dean of Students.
A dormitory’s “personality” develops through the school year, and is defined through the efforts of the
dormitory masters, the prefects, and the boys living in the dorm. All dormitories have a common social
room, the Day Room, with a TV, VCR, and DVD player and comfortable chairs and sofas for the
residents’ entertainment during leisure time. Some dormitories also offer billiards, table tennis, table
soccer, or air hockey.
The Dean of Students handles rooming requests for the upcoming school year in the spring. New
students or their parents may contact the Dean over the summer if they have a specific housing
request or question. Final roommate and housing arrangements are available after September 1.
Students living in Kiski dormitories are reminded that they are essentially living as guests in the homes
of the dormitory masters. They should conduct themselves accordingly; behaving as gentlemen and
being respectful of the attitudes, rights and possessions of others in the dormitory. Freshmen,
sophomores, and juniors must be back in their dorm for the night Sunday-Thursday nights by
10:00 p.m. and by 11:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights; seniors must return by 11:00 p.m.
every night.
The School will have access to all rooms at all times. The dormitory masters in a given building
having full authority for enforcement of school and dormitory rules. Failure to adhere to rules of
conduct in the dorm will be referred to the Dean of Students. Student Residential Advisors and
Prefects are assigned to each residence to assist dorm masters and to provide help and guidance to all
boys. They also assist in supervising the evening study period and lights out.
Dormitory masters check rooms on a regular basis for general cleanliness and order. Students are
responsible for making their own beds, emptying room waste cans, hanging clothes appropriately,
putting food away in sealed containers, turning off fans or other electrical items, and keeping a generally
neat and orderly look to the room. All rooms have locks and residents are provided with a key at
registration. A student’s room should always be locked and windows closed when he and his roommate
are absent. Conversely, a student’s room should never be locked when he or his roommate is in it due to
fire code safety rules and regulations. Using the dorm windows as an entrance and tampering with or
removing the window screens is unacceptable. A replacement for a lost key may be obtained from
the Business Office, but a $100 fee will be charged if the lock to the room needs to be changed.
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