SUMMIT -- When Laura Gump, co-founder and president of Sum it Up for Girls, a non-profit girls lacrosse organization, realized that Joseph Albienes and his daughters were driving two hours every ...

The Summit, the first dorm to open at Queens College, can house 489 students and features amenities like a recreation room with a pool table and a sound-proofed music practice area.

Mr. Albienes of Queens Village, N.Y., and daughters Marianna (10) and Fiorella (7) drove more than two hours each way to attend Sum It Up's camp because it was the closest program of its kind that ...