Blue skies. The nicest day Athalian students and former students have seen in a long while. It's early morning and orientation is still a few hours out. Maria sits in her office, an almost exact replica of her former office (a nod to Warren Athalia) getting things together for the rest of the day. As usual, Criston is wandering the campus outdoors, smiling at the students around him as he plots for his famous and obligatory post-orientation party. The campus proper sits at the top of the hill of the nearby town, Pavella. It has two wings with the upper floors being dorms and the lowers floors being classrooms. As it stands right now, there aren't enough classrooms for Maria's liking but for the number of current students they have, it will more than do. On the west wing, the girls' dorms overlook the nearby lake. On the East wing, the boys' dorm overlooks the town itself. The central 'wing' houses teacher's offices, the nurse, as well as the main office. Back behind that is the dining hall and off to the west of that is the gym with a dock to the lake where students can swim at their leisure (events are also held on this spot as it is very nice for picnics and barbecues.