One of the most prestigious art schools in the country, founded in 1903 and located outside Boston. The students here are the elite: the best at whatever they do, be it dance, drama, music, visual art, or fashion. The atmosphere is competitive: students are encouraged to do their best but also to beat others. And everyone is ambitious: they know there are only so many roles in a play, so many musicians in a band or orchestra. And there is only ever one lead. Threatened with the closing of the school, these students will do anything to keep it open. Friendship means nothing when your future is at stake. Weatherfield may be an arts school, but it is still a high school - and this is what high school is about. Competition, drama, gossip, it's all here, but added is that desire to be the best.
10.16.08 The skin is complete [obviously]! Now, all we need are some active, contributing members ^^ ~tris.
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Beech Hall for dance is the smallest hall. Three stories tall, it has a large marble entry area and two mirrored, hardwood-floored classrooms on each level. Teacher offices are located on the second floor. Each level also has changing rooms, and there is miscellaneous room on the third floor that is used for meetings and costume fittings. Several racks of costumes are stored in this room.
The Meyer Music Hall is one of the larger halls, along with Jacobs Hall. It has four floors. The first floor includes teacher offices and a lounge area for music students at the back. The second floor offers instrument storage lockers, a general storage closet, and the school's music library. The third floor is filled with practice rooms of varying sizes with soundproofed walls, allowing both ensembles and individuals to practice. The fourth floor is where large ensembles - chorus, concert band, jazz band, and orchestra - meet. There are three rehearsal rooms.
Vandellan Hall is medium sized with three floors. The first floor of Vandellan Hall is a large, well-lit gallery, open to the public and showcasing student and faculty works. Faculty offices, a darkroom, and a room dedicated to sculpture and pottery complete with a kiln for firing clay, are located on the second floor. On the third floor are rooms dedicated to specific classes - painting, drawing, crafts, and the like - as well as a large classroom for lectures and courses like art history.
Miller Hall is small, similar in size to Beech. It has only two floors, but spreads over a larger area. The first floor has various classrooms, all equipped with sewing machines, where students can sew or design. Faculty offices are also located on the first floor. The second floor is split into two rooms - a room for students to store their current projects, and a room for modeling students.
Jacobs Hall is large, similar to Meyer Hall in size. The back of Jacobs Hall is a huge stage, accessible from both the first and second floor, though with only a few seats for spectators. It mimics the stage in the performing hall and is used for rehearsals. It has a balcony area and a forward area, allowing people to test its acoustics. The first floor of Jacobs Hall also includes a classroom for those interested in the technical part of stage, a classroom for set and costume design (several fashion designers are enrolled in this class), a classroom for the playwriting class, and a miscellaneous classroom for any other groups that need to meet. The second floor includes faculty offices, a costume and prop storage room, and an equipment storage room.
Student work is showcased here. It is also the building that the academy is attempting to replace. Davidson Hall is dominated by a two-tiered theater that seats 750. On the upper level of the building (also the entrance to the balcony tier) is a large gallery showcasing student works of art. Student "fashion shows" are held here as well. Campus store and refreshment place (open only for performances) are located on the lower level.
Named after Charles A. Weatherfield's wife, Allen Hall is used for various miscellaneous activities. It includes academic subject classrooms, a large computer lab, conference rooms, a library, and the principal's office. The computer lab is open and accessible for all students, and they may use the computers to play games, send emails, or the like.
The school grounds consist of an area surrounding and between the building. No building is beyond reasonable walking distance of another, but there is still enough space for students to socialize outside. The grounds consist of curving stone paths, manicured lawns, several trees, benches, and a large pond with a fountain in the center.
A large cafeteria located next to the Weatherfield Dorm. Students are required to eat lunch here. They may go into town - provided their parents have signed the permission slip - for dinner, and they are not required to eat breakfast, although if they choose to eat it they must eat in the cafeteria.
Breakfast - 6:30 am - 8:30 am Snack - 10:00 am - 11:00 am Lunch - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Dinner - 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Students are permitted to enter the city provided they are juniors or seniors and their parents have signed the appropriate permission slip that acknowledges that the school is not responsible for students while they are off school grounds. Students may shop, eat, visit museums and galleries, attend concerts, or watch shows. They are permitted to go out into the town from 4:00 pm, but are required to be back by 9:00 pm. If they wish to stay out later for a concert or show, they must get a teacher to serve as a chaperone. Students are highly encouraged to have a cell phone and to leave it on should they need to be contacted. The school has been known to loan phones to students who do not have them, although it is never stated as a rule.
Marble and mahogany are common in the nicest of the four dorms, Weatherfield Hall. Known contemptuously by lower-dorm residents as the Weatherfieldians, students residing in this dorm had parents who made major donations to the school. Their rooms are comfortable and near everything - who said there's no politics involved in high schools?
Families who paid the regular tuition and donated a bit get to send their children to Dusten. Moderately nice and comfortable, Dusten is largely carpeted and has furniture of fairly good quality. The residents call themselves Dusties, and residents of other dorms sometimes refer to them as such in a teasing way.
The worst building for paying students, Linsom Hall is also the oldest building on campus. The residents' families probably did not donate at all but did pay the tuition. Cheap laminate floors and relatively flimsy furniture are common here, and many students choose to bring their own mattresses. Unlike Dusten and Weatherfield, it has no lounge.
Essentially the scholarship student building, Smithies are viewed with a certain degree of sympathy by residents of upper Halls. Freshmen are far more likely to be put in Smith than any other grade level, and the occasional paying student does end up here. Most scholarship students get to Linsom by their senior year, some even make it to Dusten. Very cheap floors and drab, flimsy furniture grace this building. It has no lounge.
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