Houses
As with other schools, Brighton SC has student houses. At Brighton SC, each of the houses is named in honour of a famous ship captain.
Each house is headed by a teacher, A House Captain, House Vice Captain, Junior House Captain and a Junior House Vice Captain. For Chorals a 'Cultural' captain is nominated to head each house as a conductor for the Chorals competition.
Students are split into four different houses, also represented by a colour:
- Lonsdale (Yellow)
- Phillip (Green), after Captain Arthur Phillip, head of the First Fleet.
- Murray (Red)
- Grant (Purple)
Note: In 2004, a fifth house, Peter (Blue), emerged to compete at the annual swimming sports. Peter never became a formal institution of the school and once more fell into obscurity.
Throughout the year some key events such as:
- Chorals - House choir event
- Swimming - House swimming competition
- Athletics - House athletics competition
- Cross Country
Tournament of the Minds, and Debating were formerly House competitions, but in recent years have not been undertaken.
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“Science is facts. Just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts. But a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.”
—Jules Henri Poincare (1854–1912)
“And the Harvard students in the brick
hallowed houses studied Sappho in cement rooms.
And this Sappho danced on the grass
and danced and danced and danced.
It was a death dance.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Wherever there’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever there’s a cop beating up a guy, I’ll be there. I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad. I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry and they know supper’s ready. And when the people eat the stuff they raise, and living in the houses they build, I’ll be there, too.”
—Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977)