Each student has a private dorm room. At Conserve School, students experience the joys and challenges of living in a college like setting. They share meals and fellowship with the entire community of students and staff and learn to share common living space in the residence houses harmoniously with other students. Students pitch in to care for the campus during chore time and for the local community during community service time.   Each residence house has a complete kitchen in which students can prepare snacks or special meals. Donahue House (boys) or Elaine House (girls) become a home-away-from-home for students. Each student has a private dorm room and shares a bathroom with one other student. (It’s good to share, right?) In each house, three apartments are set aside for supervisory staff members and one apartment becomes the combined living room and kitchen of the house: a place for students to play games, watch a movie, prepare food, or just hang out (around the fireplace in the winter). Each house has three wings of student rooms (8 – 10 student rooms per wing), with a common space in each wing. The common space in the wing is another great space to hang out and relax with friends.

	Community Expectations
	All members of our community, students and staff, participate in setting the expectations for community living (our community contract), and we hold each other accountable for living according to that contract. These community expectations have their roots in the values set forth in the Conserve Code: Compassion - Honesty - Justice - Respect - Responsibility At Conserve, We Pledge to: Be kind, caring, and understanding. Tell the truth. Uphold what is just. Respect ourselves, our community, and nature. Honor our commitments. In addition to providing a fun, supportive atmosphere, residential life at Conserve also teaches students about responsibility and respect. Students learn to take ownership of their house through maintaining a clean living space. They also come to understand what it means to live in a community with others, giving them a distinct advantage upon entering college.

	Residential Life
	Each residence house is also home to our Graduate Fellows who are students studying for their master of science in natural resources from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources. Besides keeping an eye on things and helping to keep things running smoothly, they’ll organize activities, be there for advice and help with problem-solving, and sometimes just hang out with you. These Graduate Fellows act as mentor, friend and role model for environmental stewardship in the lives of the students of Conserve. The low student/house staff ratio ensures that students get the individual attention they deserve. Click here to learn more about the Graduate Fellowship Program.