Sporting Houses
Prior 2007, Pine Rivers High School was split into four sport houses. Upon enrolment of the school, students were put into the houses of either 'Tjingilli', 'Wandajina', 'Kuran' or 'Kulukan'. Each of the houses were allocated a primary colour that the students could choose to wear on sporting occasions, including swimming carnivals and athletics days. In 2007, a choice was made to abandon the previous system of houses and split the school cohort into two sporting houses. All students (and teachers) with a last name ranging from 'A' to 'L' were assigned to the 'Pine Panthers', whereas 'M' to 'Z' were allocated to the 'Rivers Rhinos'. The emblems of 'Pine Panthers' were the panther animal and the colour green, where 'Rivers Rhinos' adopted the rhino for its emblem and yellow as its colour.
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