Boarding Life

GBH AND BBH

The boarding facilities on campus include two dorms, one for girls and one for boys. The dorms a located on different sides of the campus. There are 33 rooms in the Girls Boarding House (GBH) and there is also an annex with 6 rooms at a two person capacity(the annex is used for staff and visitors).  In the Boys Boarding House (BBH), there are 32 rooms including the annex. Each room is  equipped with a desk and chair for each student and a wardrobe. 

Boarders also have campus facilities available to them during and off school hours. They have access to facilites such as the swimming pool, sports fields and court, the computer labs, the library, classrooms and the AV Centre. On Friday nights, a movie is usually shown at the AV Centre. 

GBH

The Girls Boarding House has 33 rooms:

• Six rooms of four people sharing
• One room of three people sharing
• Twenty-One double rooms
• Five Single rooms
• There is also an area for Form 6 students that is separated from the other rooms

There are three main areas where the rooms are located called the Junior, Middle and Senior Corridors. Junior Corridor houses Form 1 and Form 2 students, Middle Corridor houses Form 3 and Form  4 students and Senior Corridor houses Form 5 students and some Form 6 students.

When students want to relax inside the boarding house, there are two common rooms. One is used as a TV Room and Lounge area while the other has been turned into a games room. 

BBH

The Boys Boarding house has 19 rooms. 

• Four rooms of four people sharing
• Twelve double rooms
• Two single rooms
• One room of eight people sharing ( Used by Visitors)
• The Annex has  four rooms, each with two beds and has its own Ablutions.

There are three corridors. The Junior corridor houses Forms 1 & 2, Middle corridor houses forms 3 & 4. and the Senior corridor, located on the ground floor, houses Forms 5 & 6. The First Floor Common Area is used as a TV lounge and the Ground Floor Common Area is a games room.

Meals

Three main meals are served a day in the dining hall, being breakfast, lunch and dinner. In addition to these meals Boarders  are also given snacks in the morning at 9:00 Monday-Friday.

Every single day of the week, there is snack after Prep time which is the time alotted to study and complete assignments. 

Trips

The boarding houses, GBH and BBH go on at least two trips a year. This past year, students have gone to Rustenburg and Suncity in South Africa. These trips usually occur on long weekends and are optional. 

Leaving the Boarding House

During the weekends, boarders can leave campus to go home. However, they have to obtain an exeat form from their Boarding Master or Mistress and fill it out. The exeat form must be filled out by the student and guardian or adult who will be responsible for the boarder once they have left the Maru-a-Pula School campus.

On school days and weekends, boarders are allowed to leave campus during the day. They must return by 18:00 and each students must sign out and back in at the guard house. 

The Boarding Houses are closed during the term breaks so all boarders must return home. During long weekends, boarders are allowed to remain in the Boarding House.