Dormitories are a concept that has been developing since ancient Rome. Throughout the history they have developed under the influence of the Chruch and today, they are considered a way of enabling children to acquire education in different occupations that are not available in their home towns. In frames of this paper, five semi-structured interviews were conducted with different profiles of the Dormitory's staff, in order to gain insight into specific issues and question that could not be found in official documents and pedagogical literature. The life and work of students within the High School Dormitory Zadar is based on building and maintaining trustful relationships, adaptation process of young people to more independent life. The upbringing and education is done through various facultative activities and much attention is brought on the assistance in learning, which is especially valuable when it comes to vocational subjects. Although the Dormitory has a number of positive aspects within the framework of pedagogical conditions, such as encouraging independence and educating young people for adult life, it is necessary to work on material and technical conditions, which proved to be the biggest problem of this Dormitory.