Saint Joseph School

Mimi wrote:

Oby wrote:Okay, hit me with the image of the dorm quad. Is the quad 4 separate rooms with central shared stuff, is it one big room for 4 people with shared ammenities? Is it two people per room and two rooms with a central common area? I have 3 quadmates, but does that mean that I have 4 roomates? Or one, or none? Just curious how that dynamic works. I don't really care where the dorms are, but knowing what the room I live in looks like would be a big help

Sure thing.

The boys' dorm is still part of the original architecture. Since Saint Joe's was originally an all-girls' school run exclusively by the church, privacy concerns were not paramount at the time of its' construction. The quads are pretty much large square rooms. All four boys sleep in the same room, which in my head always had two bunkbeds, though four single beds could also work. The beds are on either side of a simple open space, in which the boys might put a TV or whatever. All quads have at least a couple windows. The boys' dorm has bathrooms and showers at the end of each hall, shared by everyone who lives on that floor.

When it was rebuilt after the Rikti war, the girls sortof lucked out. Their new dorm is much nicer, and built with the sensibilities of the modern day. The girls' dorm was not entirely destroyed, however, so a small number of the rooms are still done in the "classic" style of the boys' dorm. The other modernized rooms, however, have one of two styles.

The first style is really what I would call a "joined double". Three rooms: two bedrooms, each with a pair of beds, seperated by a small common room.

The second style is similar to the "open" style of the boys' dorm, but due to more modern architecture, provides more privacy by placing the beds in recessed "nooks." This second style has a larger common area, but essentially mimics the old style.

The girls' dorm also has shared bathroom and showers on each floor.

Now, a word about both dorms. Each floor has an RA (resident assistant) double-sized room that a single student occupies. This person is usually a kind of "dorm monitor," harkening back to the days of a staff member who lived with the students and kept them in check. Nowadays, only one staff member lives in each of the dorms, on the ground floor. The other floors are "monitored" by student RAs.

Also, the boys' dorm has a small number of odd singles and doubles, some of which have their own bathroom facilties. Nobody remembers what the function of these rooms are, and some are occupied, some empty. If you've ever been in an old building and stumbled across a wierd room with a random sink in it? Yeah, that sort of thing.

Also, both the boys' dorm and the remaining "old" section of the girls' dorm have a garrett room, up at the point of the roof. It's sortof like living in the attic.

Last word on this: there is a proposal to build a new set of dormitory buildings. Whether they would be for freshmen or for upperclassmen is not known, but certainly, one or the other.

Mimi wrote:

Oby wrote:Okay, hit me with the image of the dorm quad. Is the quad 4 separate rooms with central shared stuff, is it one big room for 4 people with shared ammenities? Is it two people per room and two rooms with a central common area? I have 3 quadmates, but does that mean that I have 4 roomates? Or one, or none? Just curious how that dynamic works. I don't really care where the dorms are, but knowing what the room I live in looks like would be a big help

Sure thing.

The boys' dorm is still part of the original architecture. Since Saint Joe's was originally an all-girls' school run exclusively by the church, privacy concerns were not paramount at the time of its' construction. The quads are pretty much large square rooms. All four boys sleep in the same room, which in my head always had two bunkbeds, though four single beds could also work. The beds are on either side of a simple open space, in which the boys might put a TV or whatever. All quads have at least a couple windows. The boys' dorm has bathrooms and showers at the end of each hall, shared by everyone who lives on that floor.

When it was rebuilt after the Rikti war, the girls sortof lucked out. Their new dorm is much nicer, and built with the sensibilities of the modern day. The girls' dorm was not entirely destroyed, however, so a small number of the rooms are still done in the "classic" style of the boys' dorm. The other modernized rooms, however, have one of two styles.

The first style is really what I would call a "joined double". Three rooms: two bedrooms, each with a pair of beds, seperated by a small common room.

The second style is similar to the "open" style of the boys' dorm, but due to more modern architecture, provides more privacy by placing the beds in recessed "nooks." This second style has a larger common area, but essentially mimics the old style.

The girls' dorm also has shared bathroom and showers on each floor.

Now, a word about both dorms. Each floor has an RA (resident assistant) double-sized room that a single student occupies. This person is usually a kind of "dorm monitor," harkening back to the days of a staff member who lived with the students and kept them in check. Nowadays, only one staff member lives in each of the dorms, on the ground floor. The other floors are "monitored" by student RAs.

Also, the boys' dorm has a small number of odd singles and doubles, some of which have their own bathroom facilties. Nobody remembers what the function of these rooms are, and some are occupied, some empty. If you've ever been in an old building and stumbled across a wierd room with a random sink in it? Yeah, that sort of thing.

Also, both the boys' dorm and the remaining "old" section of the girls' dorm have a garrett room, up at the point of the roof. It's sortof like living in the attic.

Last word on this: there is a proposal to build a new set of dormitory buildings. Whether they would be for freshmen or for upperclassmen is not known, but certainly, one or the other.

Eric Copper wrote:Okay, I think we used to have 8 quads each but we now have 12. The 4 new quads for each side, are they the new dorm buildings? If so, what are their layouts? Are they "joined double" layouts or something else?

Passion's Flame wrote:i know it's been brought up elsewhere but what about sacraficing some functionality in scooi to make 2 seprate dorm rooms you can split large rooms into 6 quads easily along with walls and everything, meaning 20 people to a large room. it's an easy set up and costs very little just uses alot of space.

Cryogene wrote:For those students with special residential needs (too huge for the beds/doors, can only sleep/recharge under specific conditions, could be dangerous to any roommates, etc.), where are they housed? In specialized rooms in the dorms, or somewhere else entirely? And do they get their own rooms, or does the staff seek to pair them with roommates that won't be bothered by (or also need) the unusual conditions?

Nox wrote:A question: How would the staff, especially the school counselors, react to someone that was difficult read with psi powers?

I have a DM/DA scrapper and psi shielding is in the power set. I was thinking about having a low level of psi interference always occurring around him.

Nox wrote:What kind of science research programs/facilities does the school have?

Or would there be some kind of arrangement with one of the research institutions in Paragon City?