Dorm Life

The dormitory exists to provide a nurturing, Christian environment for boarding students attending Lustre Christian High School. The Dorm Staff strive to encourage the students in spiritual, academic, and overall growth in the context of a quality, family-style environment. LCHS accepts applications from both American and International students. The LCHS dorm is a unique situation to meet students from other cultures and situations

Dorm Features

The dorm features a boy’s wing, girl’s wing, and gathering room where boys and girls can mingle under the supervision of dorm staff. Students can be found in the Gathering Room during their free hours playing games, availing the internet and watching movies. A galley kitchenette provides full service access to appliances and personal food preparation. Each dorm wing boasts a common room where students can relax among the same gender or study with classmates.

Dormitory bedrooms are outfitted for two students with twin/single size beds, bedside tables, closet space, dresser space, built-in desks with bookshelves and a chair. Boarding students are responsible to provide all their own personal effects needed.

One common use bathroom is located on each floor of the dorm. Self-serve laundry is available free of charge in each wing. Students are responsible for house cleaning each week, including personal and common areas.

Dorm Residents

In turn, students who live in the dorm are expected to recognize and respect the authority of dorm staff in every aspect of dorm life, just as they would in their parent’s house. They understand that they have both privileges to enjoy and responsibilities to fulfill, just as in a typical Christian household. As boarding students enrolled in LCHS, they are expected to abide by the rules, routines, and policies outlined in the school’s handbook, particularly those that apply to the LCHS Dorm. They are also expected to be good stewards of the dorm facilities that the Lord has given to LCHS and to be considerate of their fellow dorm residents throughout their stay.

Dorm residents come from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Because of this multicultural environment, they have the opportunity to interact with one another in interesting and unique ways, developing both personal skills, such as self-care and discipline, as well as social skills, including resilience, flexibility, and forbearance. This challenging yet exciting dorm life dynamic expands a young person’s perspective on life and the world, enriching their experiences as they grow and mature into young adulthood within the context of a Christian boarding school.

Dorm Routines and Expectations

Dorm residents are responsible for maintaining cleanliness and orderliness, not only in their respective rooms and personal spaces but also in the common areas, as assigned and scheduled by the dorm staff. They must do their assigned chores properly and promptly, as this is part of basic life skills training in the context of dormitory life.

Dorm students develop a sense of responsibility when it comes to their personal space and property. Moreover, they must respect one another’s personal space and belongings, refraining from any form of stealing or violation of someone else’s property. They learn how to share the provisions in the dorm, being considerate of one another’s needs.

Students in the dorm practice modesty in clothing and conduct.

Students are required to declare and register all their electronic devices (phones, tablets, laptops, etc.) at the beginning of the school year in order to gain access to internet service in the dorm. Any newly acquired device must be declared and registered as well. Gadget/device turn in is a dorm routine/rule that must be followed every night as scheduled. Students may claim their devices from the tech room at a set time in the morning of the next day.

Dorm Staff

In this “home away from home,” boarding students are cared for by full-time dorm staff that serve as dorm parents. LCHS usually hires a married couple who have a heart for ministering to young people and caring for them as though they were their own children. They guide students to do well in their studies, helping with homework and providing tutoring as needed and when able. They monitor behavior, teach basic life skills, and build discipline based on principles taught in God’s Word. They plan dorm activities, often in support of school events and extracurricular activities. They communicate with parents/guardians and work with faculty and school staff regarding student progress. Dorm staff desire to see each student grow in personal responsibility, spiritual development, and overall maturity.

The dorm parents are directly accountable to the Dorm Committee that works closely with them in ensuring that dorm services are delivered effectively and efficiently, that dorm routines and rules are followed and implemented smoothly, and that dorm life remains healthy for all its residents and aligned with the mission and vision of LCHS.