How are dorm rooms furnished?

Each dorm room holds two students. Dorm rooms are equipped with twin beds, dressers, student desks, a mirror, wastebasket, and window shades. Students are responsible for bringing their own bedding (sheets, pillows, pillowcases, blankets). Students may want to bring curtains but these are not required. Dorms are equipped with an iron and ironing board. Each dorm also has a kitchen area with a microwave and refrigerator. Students are responsible for bringing their own cooking utensils and dishes.

What do dorm students need to pack?

What To Bring:

• Appropriate clothing for school, church, work, and casual wear.
• Bathrobe
• Laundry supplies (laundry basket, detergent, etc)
• Toiletries (toothpaste, soap, shaving supplies, etc)
• School supplies (notebook, paper, pen or pencil, calculator)

What NOT To Bring:

• Inappropriate music, videos or video games (see student handbook for a description of movies, music and video games that pass.)
• Inappropriate books or magazines
• Fireworks, candles, incense, lighters, or matches
• Weapons of any kind including switchblade knives, butterfly knives, and pocketknives that have a blade longer than three inches.
• Electric hot plates, toaster ovens, any cooking equipment with a heating element
• TV, VCR, DVD player, etc.
• Cell phones, scanners, and other communication devices
• I-pods or other MP3 players

Optional Items:

• Computer
• Food and snack items
• Crockpots, slow cookers, etc.
• Video game systems (These may be used only on weekends and only in the lounge area.)
• Stereo, CD player, radio

Boarding students who fly into Lexington or Louisville will be given opportunities to shop for needed supplies before being brought to the school. This may be more economical than buying the necessary supplies at home and transporting them on the plane.

Are there sports?

Mt. Carmel is a part of the Kentucky Christian School Athletic Association (KCSAA). We have a boys’ basketball team and a girls’ volley ball team and a co-ed soccer team.

Is there internet access?

Our Library is equipped with several computers that have internet access. At the beginning of the semester, students are given individual passwords in order to use these computers. Throughout the day, our students have time during study hall periods as well as when given special permission to use the internet. For the safety of our students, we have installed internet filters on all computers accessible to students. See the full guidelines for internet usage.

Can students shop for what they need?

Our students have a chance to go to town every Saturday. There are grocery stores, fast food, a Christian book store, and a Wal-Mart in Jackson. If there is an immediate need to go to town during the week, it can be worked out with a dorm supervisor.

During the course of the semester, a special shopping trip to the Fayette Mall and Hamburg Plaza in Lexington is usually planned.

Can students’ families come to visit?

The families of our students are important to us at Mt. Carmel. We welcome families to come visit any time. We have limited guestrooms so please call the office at 1-606-666-5008 to reserve a room.