New Dorms and Activity Room

The Academy of the Holy Family currently has dorm space within our Third Floor Dorm which has a capacity of 22 resident students. This area includes single, double, and one triple room. There is a family room that includes spacious couches and a TV, as well as large cabinets with some cooking appliances and two refrigerators. There is also a computer room area with three computers and an area to study too. There are also numerous shower stalls which were recently updated a few summers ago.

Marist Hall is also located on our property. It originally was someone’s home but was recently bought, refurbished, and prepared for occupancy of nine students and two resident advisers. This space is a home to juniors and seniors who apply to live there and must have already lived at least one semester in our Third Floor Dorm. This home includes a full kitchen, dining room, and living room. There are two single rooms, two double rooms, and one triple room for the students. It provides more independent living and prepares them well for college.

It was determined that more dorm space was needed for incoming resident students, so our fourth floor is currently under construction to prepare for new students for the Fall of 2020. One dorm area used to house our young Sisters in the Novitiate, but last summer, the walls were taken down and four new rooms were created. Three rooms will be for the resident students and one room is for the resident adviser. Then, our former Saint Agnes dorm, right next to this new dorm, has been a storage space for the past few years. Now it is also being renovated to have three rooms for resident students, as well as a living room area.

Then, also on the fourth floor, there used to be a wall separating the health classroom from the exercise room. This wall has now been removed, the health classroom has been moved to a third floor classroom, and this large room has now become an activity room. Within this room are exercise equipment, large mirrors across one wall, a large 72 inch TV, and much spacious area for the students to dance and release their energy. This activity room has recently been opened to the students, and they are enjoying it! They have been doing some activities there during gym class, as well as going up to exercise in the evening.

We are so grateful to have this activity room so the girls can actively exercise and dance! We are also looking forward to the completion of the two dorm areas on the fourth floor as we look forward to moving in new students there in the Fall of 2020! These are lovely additions to our Academy and we are grateful to all those who have worked on these areas to make our Academy a better home for our wonderful resident students!

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