Ladies' College - Houses

Houses

There are four school houses. Brock, Carey, Durand and de Sausmarez, commemorating the names of families who have been benefactors to the College and distinguished in their service to the Island. From the beginning of Year 3 in the Junior Department, all girls are members of a House and daughters of former Ladies' College pupils are normally placed in the same House as their mothers were. Leadership in the Houses comes largely from the senior girls who are elected to the offices of House Secretary, Captain and Treasurer. The Houses are responsible for raising money for charity, organising team sports and other House competitions throughout the year. House events are always enjoyable. House events can be: photography, netball, hockey, gym, tennis and athletics, but they are changed all the time. House points are accumulated or lost by individual members of each House and the House Trophy, awarded at the end of the academic year, is a tribute to the efforts that all the girls in the House have made according to their talents and abilities.

But, there were not always four houses. In 1930, there were only three houses, Brock, Carey and De Sausmarez. In 1931, the school said that there were too many people to fit into three houses so they created a new house called Durand.

Each House has an emblem; a shell for Brock, a swan for Carey, an eagle for de Sausmarez and a lion with a crown for Durand. In addition, the Houses are identified by four colours; red for Brock, white for Carey, blue for de Sausmarez and green for Durand.

The houses are all named after famous Guerns, for instance, De Sausmerez after the man who built tourist attractions Sausmerez Park and Manor and the other houses all after some other famous or wealthy or powerful man in the island's history.