Residential Life
At SAS, we believe that adolescents thrive when they have a team of adults who know them and care for them. Our residential houses are intentionally small, just 14-27 residents, so that the students develop deep bonds with their housemates and with the team of residential house parents responsible for their well-being. All residential houses have at least one faculty member living in an attached residence and some have as many as three. The rest of the residential team lives in proximity on campus. Groups of students are frequently in faculty residences for social events, cooking nights, or the opportunity to enjoy the company of faculty children and/or pets.
Equipped for Your Comfort
Each residential house also includes amenities for comfortable living. Students usually live in doubles with a roommate who is assigned to them their first year and chosen by them in subsequent years. In addition to beds, desks, dressers, and closets (plenty of space for clothes and personal items), all houses (all of campus) are Wifi accessible. The houses also have laundry facilities and a commons room with a television and microwave. All houses and rooms are air conditioned.
The Hub of Activity
At some day/boarding schools, the boarders feel left behind at the end of the day. Not at SAS. Day students seem to be on campus almost as much as the boarding students and frequently participate in weekend activities or school-sponsored trips. Boarding students are regularly invited to spend an evening or weekend off-campus with day friends and their families.
Family-Style Dinners
Food brings people together. At SAS, students and residential faculty gather weekly for Sunday dinner. At our monthly family-style dinners every table is assigned to a faculty family, and students are assigned to each table. Assignments change each month, allowing students and faculty families to connect with one another and slow the busy pace of our daily lives.
I love that we hung out with our teachers outside of class just for fun and not because we had to. I loved being in the dorm, because it was like a 24/7 sleepover with all of my friends, and I loved playing sports here because the coaches were also our teachers and friends. There is honestly no way a person could list all the amazing qualities this community has.
Greer Sims '10, Georgia College Univ. '14
Residential Life FAQs
- Who is responsible for my child’s non-academic life?
- It’s 2 a.m. and my child isn’t feeling well. What do we do?
- My child is working on a project with a student in another Residential House. How do they get together during Study Hours?
- My child is having a hard time. Who can I call to check on them?
- How do we keep track of where my child is?
- How does my child use the Library or Tech Lab after hours?
- My child is on Supervised Study. What does that mean?
- My child is not on supervised study. How do I know they are studying?
Who is responsible for my child’s non-academic life?
It’s 2 a.m. and my child isn’t feeling well. What do we do?
My child is working on a project with a student in another Residential House. How do they get together during Study Hours?
My child is having a hard time. Who can I call to check on them?
How do we keep track of where my child is?
How does my child use the Library or Tech Lab after hours?
My child is on Supervised Study. What does that mean?
My child is not on supervised study. How do I know they are studying?
More questions and answers specifically about room arrangements, what to bring, cell phone service, etc. can be found at on our More Info for Boarding Familes page.
Typical Weekday Schedule
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:45 a.m. Advisory Gatherings for Announcements
Students meet in their advisory groups on Mondays and Fridays for announcements. On Wednesdays and Thursdays students meet with their advisors mid-day for advisory, Chapel, and J-Block, an opportunity to learn and celebrate together. (The J stands for joy!)
8:45 a.m. - 9:05 a.m. Classes begin
See weekly class schedule.
3:30 p.m. Afternoon Programs
5:45 p.m. Dinner
6:30 p.m. Student Union open/Supply runs
7:30 p.m. Study Hours begin
9:30 p.m. Wind down
10:30 p.m. Lights out
Beginning in Fall 2022, FLIK Independent School Dining will be our food service provider