House System
The House System was instituted in 1959 by then-principal Rev. Lute. Each member of the student population is usually assigned to a particular house during their form 1 year and remain in that house during the rest of their academic career at Naparima College.
The houses usually compete with each other in some aspects of school life, most significantly is that of the annual Sports Day, where each house competes for the top ranking in sporting activities at Naparima College. Initially there were six houses but was then reduced to four.
The four houses are as follows:
- Flemington House (yellow) – named for Allen Flemington, who served as a missionary and a French teacher at the school from 1939–1940. He left the school to volunteer for service in World War II as a fighter pilot, where he died in combat.
- Grant House (green) – named for the founder of Naparima College, Kenneth J. Grant.
- Sammy House (blue) – named for James Sammy, who taught at Naparima College from 1912–1968.
- Walls House (red) – named for long-serving principal, Victor B. Walls.
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