NWS+Internationl+House+Dormitory

__**Introduction**__ As for new international students, coming to a new place, new environment, and new country without knowing anyone is intimidating. Entering a new school at a foreign country is then, full of concerns, but the most concerned matter for most teenagers is making friends. Especially for new international students, friends are first people who help them to adapt, support, and relieve loneliness or home sickness. Each year, new students of every high school classes step into the NWS dormitory, wondering about adjusting themselves to the dorm life. The hard time will get through after a month; they will feel that everything just fit into place: school, friends, and the neighborhood. Everyday, life in the dorm is full of joy and happiness. For people who love spending time with friends, this will be the place they want to be in!!!

__**Location and Neighborhood**__ NWS International Dormitory is located at 1411 Bellevue Avenue, which is only one block west of the school. It is in Capital Hill, next to the Downtown Seattle. Students can easily go to Downtown on foot within ten minutes. Grocery stores are available; the most convenient one is the one across the street, the corner store. A little further is QFC and Bartell, they are also in a walking distance. Various kinds of food are also accessible: Teriyaki, Pho, Thai, and many others. However, Chinatown is the number one choice when it comes to eating. Taking a bus down there takes merely fifteen to twenty minutes.

__**Building Structure**__ There are four floors in this dormitory. In the basement, there are a laundry room with five washers and five dryers, a computer lab with six computers and a printer, a game room with a foosball table, a study room, a TV room and a kitchen. On each floor, there is a common area, Fishbowl, for people to relax and discuss about homework. On the first floor, there’s a lobby, an assistant director’s room and an RA office.

__**Rooms**__ There are 26 rooms total in the entire dormitory. Normally, it is two people per room. However, SRAs and seniors get the privilege to have their own room if there are extra rooms. In each room, there are a bookshelf which is attached to the wall, a closet with two lock boxes inside, four movable drawers and two beds, tables and chairs. In order to provide more opportunities for students to speak in English and make friends from all around the world, students from different countries, especially the ones who speak different languages, are put into the same room as roommates most of the time.

__**Facility**__ Wireless internet is available in the dormitory although there are 6 computers in the computer lab.

Dormitory has various kinds of activities regularly for all the dormitory residents. The RAs normally choose wherever they think might be fun for all dorm residents to go altogether, such as ice skating, watching baseball games or basketball games, going to picnic, visiting museums, etc. Residents also get to brainstorm and give suggestions about where to go. We go to at least one activity per Quint with the whole dorm residents; we also get to go somewhere within a smaller group.
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__**Regulations**__ There are lots of rules to protect this International House Dormitory. Top 10 rules are the main part of it. 1. Illegal Drugs and Alcohol 2. Tobacco Products 3. Firearms and other weapons 4. Symbols of Violence, Hate and Racial Prejudice 5. Physical or Verbal Threats or Posturing 6. Sexual activity 7. Violence, Physical Aggression, Sexual or Physical Harassment or Disruptive Behavior 8. Dishonesty, Lying or Stealing 9. Tampering with Fire Alarms or Safety Equipment 10. Compliance with Dormitory Safety and Security

Other than this “Dorm Top 10”, there are plenty smaller rules. In order to make sure the residents’ safety, it requires residents to sign-in / out whenever they leave and come back to the dorm.

Dorm Curfew Weekdays: 09:00pm (for SRAs, 09:30pm) Weekends: 11:30pm (for SRAs, 12:00pm)

Room Curfew Weekdays: 10:30pm (for SRAs, 11:00pm) Weekends: 12:30pm (for SRAs, 01:00am)

Meetings We have all dorm meetings on every Mondays and house meetingson every Thursdays.

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Interviews**__ - how do students think about the dorm

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