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Charlie Vasilyev
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[bg=#064010]The School of Life is a very special school. It takes in all sorts of kids from orphans sent there because they are too difficult to place, kids who've been kicked out of other schools for various reasons, last chance kids who chose this over reform school or juvie, and even some kids sent there by parents who think they need a kick in the pants.
The schools philosophy is different than most schools. There are high expectations, but the adults don't get involved a lot. Adults simply supervise and teach. If there is a need for adult intervention like a fight breaks out or there is an emergency than adults will step in and help, but other than that they prefer for the kids to hand themselves.
The students are expected to keep their grades up, keep their personal spaces orderly, help and support other students, and lastly the students are expected to work at various places on the school grounds. At the end of each month students are paid based on their performance. If you slacked you will get less than those who worked hard. To teach responsibility older students are assigned to newer and younger students to help them.
The goal of the school is to raise adults who can go out into the real world and know how to work and be responsible citizens without feeding off the system. When children are released at 18 they are given all their savings from living in the school and reccomendation letters from the adults they worked with[/bg]
[bg=#064010]LOCATION/CAMPUS: The school located near the Mississippi near the Pearl River. The nearest town, Florence, is about 20 miles away. The school has a small crop and animal farm.
When you drive down the long private road you will pass a field with animals on your right and crops on your left. You will first come to a small parking lot and a large stone building that is the school house and in-processing center.
Behind the school is a network of dirt paths that go to various locations on the campus.
Go to the left and you'll be led to a barn with a chicken coop on the wall facing the field where the animals are during the day.
Go to the right and you'll find another barn with farming equipment and even further on, near the river, you'll find a greenhouse. The field stretch out the way you entered though they aren't very big.
If you keep going straight you'll come to another fork in the road. This time if you go the right you'll get to a stone path and a small grouping of building. These are the workshops where kids learn mechanics, carpentry, and other skills.
If you go the left at the second fork you'll come to town sqaure type place of dirt. On the left are two large stone houses and on the right are two stone houses. Straight in front is a small stone house that almost backs up the river. These are the dorms.
HOUSING INFO: Each large stone house is a dorm building and is able to house up to 24 children. It has a kitchen, a rec room, a laundry room, and 6 rooms that hold 4 children each. All 6 bedrooms are on the second floor along with 3 bathrooms.
The smaller stone house is for the over-night adult staff. [/bg]
[bg=#064010]SCHOOL SECRET:
Every Sunday night if you to the edge of the school property down on the river banks you'll see a small group of young adults and students. Here is where kids can get cigarettes, alcohol, and whatever they aren't allowed to buy. The ring is run by some young adults in town who don't feel they earn enough at their own jobs or have no jobs. Staff does not currently know about, a downside to low supervision, and not even all the students know about it.[/bg] -
[bg=#010A26]STUDENT INFO:
Students are split into houses by gender. The school believes that mixing ages promotes responsibility, however rooms are splits by age. Ages 12-14 are in the same rooms and ages 15-18 are in the same rooms.
When students first arrive they are provided with clothes if needed, hygiene supplies, bedding, and school supplies. However after the initial supplying they are supposed to provide and pay for their own with the money provided.
Students have schools 5 days a week and there is work 6 days a week. Sunday is considered a free day and students can go to religious services or just relax. Every night, if s student manages his time right, there is free time to relax and write to family.
Homework handed out is minimal because the school believes is more detrimental than helpful. Mostly homework given out is reading or papers.
Students' schedules are not forced upon them. If you choose to not show up for school or work you lose pay.
The only required show up is every morning at 6:00 Am and every evening at 9:30 PM an adult staff members takes roll call at each house. Other than that the adults stay out of the kids schedules.
Twice a month there is a trip to town for kids to pick up hygiene supplies and whatever they needs. It is scheduled by house and not everyone can go every time. One month the girl houses will go and the next the boys will go.
Students are released either when they turn 18 or when they graduate high school.
Students earn anywhere from 0$-80$ a month. [/bg]
[bg=#010A26]CHORES:
House Chores:
Cooking- Providing Breakfast and Dinner for the house. (Lunch on Weekends)
Cleaning the Bathrooms
Cleaning the Rec room
Keeping personal spaces clean(Room, locker)
Laundry(Done by room. i.e. Room 2 does their own laundry and Room 1 does their own laundry.)
School Chores(in Building):
Cafeteria- Provide lunch for school, makes food items to sell at the schools open house
Janitorial- Keeps school building clean, can do basic plumbing and electrician work
Library- Run library including stocking shelves, making sure books get put back, and checking out and in books.
Teacher's Assistant- Helps teachers in lower classrooms
School Chores(out of Building):
Farming(Animals)- Keeps animals, grooms animals, collects eggs and milks, cleans animals stall.
Farming(Crops)- Works in green house and fields, does basic repairs to farming equipment
Workshop- Works in carpentry, mechanincs, and some art to make toys and other items to sell at the open house [/bg]
[bg=#010A26]SCHOOL INFO:
School starts at 8:00AM and ends at 12:00 PM. After lunch works goes on until 6:00 PM, sometimes later if needed.
The building is two stories. The second floor grades 7th-9th. The first floor is grades 10th-12th.
There is no PE class because the work is considered enough physical education. However there are Health Classes.
CLUBS:
- Book club
- Art club
- Study club
- Choir Club
-Theater Club
- Language club (different foreign languages)
- Future Planning club (Goes above and beyond the normal classes to assist kids in applying for college, enlisting, and other things that would help kids plan for the future that aren't covered in normal classes)
- Sports club (intramurals mostly between houses, but there are some co-ed teams)
Sports:
Soccer(Split by house)
Rugby(Split by age and house)
Basketball(Split by age and house)
Swim(In the river split just by age, Co-Ed)
Capture the Flag(Co-Ed)
(Clubs credit to @~Happily.Ever.After~)
Every month there is a sign up sheet for school chores. It's on a first come first serve basis so if you're late you're stuck with the least wanted jobs.[/bg]
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[bg=#313536]TEACHER/ADULT INFO:
Teachers must be at least 21 years old. Over night teachers are expected to bring their own clothes, hygiene supplies, etc.
There is staff there 7 days a weeks. Teachers are only on campus 5 days a weeks while work supervisors are there 6 days a week and on Sunday there are only a few adults that stick around to make sure no one dies or gets seriously hurt.
JOBS:
Teachers: Math, Science, History, English for grades 7-12 plus a few special education teachers for those who are behind in their studies or need special help.
Work Supervisors:
Carpentry-
Mechanics-
Sewing- Includes quilting, knitting, crocheting, etc.
Animals Farming-
Crop Farming/Gardening-
Cook Supervisors- (For in house and in school)
Janitorial-
General Supervisors: Adults who stay over night, work after hours, and weekends. They are paid the least and are mostly there to settle violent disputes, do role call, and sometimes counsel students.
Nurse: there is one nurse during the school hours and two EMTs outside of school hours.
Some adults work more than one job at the school. [/bg]
[bg=#313536]FUNDING:
The school is funded in many ways.
Government: Because they take in orphans they get some small compensation from the government. They also get surprise check ups by social services because of this.
Open House: The school has open houses every 3 months selling things made in workshop and food.
Farmers Market: Once a week some farming students go and sell crops at the farmers market.
Donations: The school is always open to donations of both supplies and money.[/bg] -
[bg=#381E19]ROOM DESCRIPTION:
Student: The room are have one window directly in front of you when you walk in. On either side is a set of bunk beds. The room is small, with about 3 feet between the two sets of bed. Under the beds are two large tupperware containers for the students belongings.
At the end of the bed closest to the door is an old tall locker with no lock. This is where you can hang up clothes if needed. You share it with your bunk mate.
Kids are allowed to decorate their room however they want. Sheets and blankets are donated to the school so they vary. Students can also buy their own stuff in town.
Staff: Staff have the same sized room except it's only two per room. There are still two lockers against the wall near the door for staff to hang stuff up in and large storage bins under the bed. Staff are allowed to decorate their rooms however they see fit. [/bg]
[bg=#381E19]CHARACTERS/ROOMS:
GIRLS-
|House #1|
Room #1:
Room #2:
Room #3:
Room #4:
Room #5:
Room #6: [/bg]
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GIRLS-
|House #3|
Room #1: Madison,
Room #2: Petya,
Room #3:
Room #4:
Room #5:
Room #6: [/bg]
[bg=#381E19]BOYS-
|House #2|
Room #1: Declan,
Room #2:
Room #3: Logan,
Room #4:
Room #5:
Room #6: Shane [/bg]
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BOYS-
|House #4|
Room #1:
Room #2:
Room #3:
Room #4:
Room #5: Kyle,
Room #6: [/bg]
[bg=#381E19]ADULTS-
|House #5|
Room #1:
Room #2: Jezebel,
Room #3:
Room #4:
Room #5: Isaac,
Room #6: [/bg]
[bg=#381E19]@~Happily.Ever.After~:
Jezebel Florissa Wagner/22/Teacher - English & General Supervisor/Launage Instructor
Kyle James Knicll/16/10th Grade/Cleaning/Workshop: Carpentry & Mechanics/Rugby & Swim
Logan Hunter Jackson/14/9th Grade/Laundry/Farming-Animals/Capture the Flag & Music & Swim
Madison Noelle Jameson/13/7th Grade/Cooking/Workshop: Carpentry & Art/Capture the Flag & Rugby & Soccer & Swim
@Charlie Vasilyev:
Isaac Ryung Freeman/24/Special Education Teacher & General Suprvisor/Rugby Instructor
Keziah Ajani Solomon/17/12th Grade/Head Girl(House #3)/Cafeteria/Furture Planning & Theater & Swim
Declan Filip Sloane/13/8th Grade/Cook/Crop Farming-Gardening/Capture the Flag & Swim
Petya Grigorovna Mateev/12/4th & 5th Grade/Laundry & Cleaning/Janitorial/CLUBS
OC Thread-School of Life [/bg]
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