Wayland Academy: Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA

Wayland’s 65-acre (260,000 m2) campus is located near downtown Beaver Dam. It consists of north and south halves divided by Hwy. 33. North Campus, the school’s original land, is home to most of the campus buildings. It has separate buildings for different academic faculties, dormitory space, administration, and student life. South Campus, a former fairgrounds, consists of athletic fields and the school’s field house.

The Academic Building and Swan Library are the newest buildings on campus, completed in 1989. The Academic building houses the departments of mathematics, English, history, and modern and classical languages. Swan Library contains a student computer lab in addition to the 21,000 volume collection, including roughly 60 periodicals, and having first issue copies of several major magazines such as National Geographic. Discovery Hall was dedicated in 1971 and is home to the science department. In addition to laboratories and classrooms, it contains a lecture hall and an observatory. The oldest building on campus is Wayland Hall. Originally constructed in 1855, it was for a time the sole building serving the school, and housed classrooms, bedrooms, a chapel, and a kitchen. It has been remodeled several times, and now serves as a dormitory for first-year and sophomore boys. The building was renovated in 2009, creating a modernized dorm with more comfortable living spaces for its residents. This building remains the school’s most recognizable structure due to its four large Corinthian pillars, each of which represents a fundamental element in the Wayland community: Scholarship, Faith, Health, and Service. The second oldest it Lindsay Gymnasium complex. The original gymnasium dates from 1899 and has since been converted to a student union, dance hall, and art studio. The Sol Wolfe 1934 Memorial Pool and a newer gymnasium housing the school’s theater are adjacent to the original gym building. Completed in 1901, Roundy Hall was originally a music building and chapel built partially from funds donated by the Roundy family of Roundy’s Foods. It now houses administrative offices, including the president’s office, the Office of Admissions, the CFO, and the Vice-President of Development. Other buildings on North Campus include the President’s House and Schoen House, the student health center. The primary building on the 26-acre (110,000 m2) South Campus is the field house, built in 1967. Adjacent to it are the school’s eleven tennis courts and athletic fields. An additional field, Brown Field, is located on North Campus and is used for football and field hockey.

Accreditation and Memberships
Accredited by the Independent School Association of the Central States (ISACS) and the North Central Association (NCA)
Member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) 
Member, Cum Laude Society since 1910
Pickard Dining Hall certified as a Blue Zones Project Approved Restaurant

The oldest building on campus Wayland Hall it has been remodeled several times, and now serves as a dormitory for first-year and sophomore boys. The building was renovated in 2009, creating a modernized dorm with more comfortable living spaces for its residents.

Warren Cottage was originally constructed as a girls’ residence hall in 1888 and has since received several additions and renovations. It is still a dormitory for first-year and sophomore girls, and its lower level contains Pickard Dining Hall, a day students’ lounge, and the bookstore and post office.

The twin dormitories, Glen Dye and Ella Dye, opened in the 1960s and house junior and senior students; the men live in Ella Dye and the women in Glen Dye. Student rooms are arranged in a suite-like fashion, with two rooms connected by a private bathroom. Both dorms recently underwent extensive interior remodeling and furniture replacement.