The environment is nurturing. Every effort is made to maintain a loving, safe, fun yet stimulating place to live and learn. Children entering their third-floor atrium step into a village of brightly colored landscape scenes which distinguish each of the six dormitory wings. In close-knit configuration below a large skylight are the entrances to separate wings for young, intermediate and older boys and girls, along with the houseparents who care for them. Two children share a room in the young and intermediate wings that have bunk or twin beds.
Older children have rooms of their own.
Complete furnishings are available but children are their own best home decorators. Each wing has a family room complete with a captioned TV, toys, a computer and a small kitchenette for snack time. One flight of stairs below is the children's rec room, infirmary and the dining commons where three hot meals a day are served. Children have use of the gymnasium, theatre, playground and athletic field. Complementing these activities are trips with staff to such neighboring sites as the YMCA, bowling alley or skating rink.