Houses
Every student upon arrival at the John McGlashan College is assigned to one of the four school houses. The houses compete in annually for the Elvidge Cup and the Minors Cup. The four Elvideg cup competitions are in the college Athletics in term one, the Cross-country in term two, the Haka competition in term three, and the College Swimming-sports in term four, all are compulsory for students to participate in. The inter house Minors competition cossets of Golf, Tennis, Rugby sevens, Twenty20 Cricket, Soccer, Hockey, Table Tennis, Badminton and Volleyball. The houses are:
- Balmacewen (Red) - Named for Bella MacEwen, John McGlashan's wife.
- Burns (Gold)
- Ross (Blue)
- Gilray (White) - Named for Colin Gilray, the longest serving principal of the college.
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