House System
In 2011, St. John's adopted a House System whereby students would be sorted into "houses," much like in the Public school (United Kingdom). These houses would be named after six influential figures and institutions in the School's history. Siblings would always be in the same house. The houses as they stand today:
- Chidsey
- Winston
- Hoodwink
- Mulligan
- Claremont
- Taub
Chidsey was named after Alan Lake Chidsey, the founding father of St. John's. Winston was named after the Winston building on the Upper School Campus. Hoodwink was named after the now-demolished Hoodwink auditorium. Mulligan was named after fictional teacher Mrs. Mulligan. Claremont was named for the street St. John's School is located on.
Occasionally, Lower School will have house lunch days, in which they will all wear their house shirts and have lunch at designated tables (3 per house).
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Famous quotes containing the words house and/or system:
“Little Orphant Annie’s come to our house to stay,
An’ wash the cups an’ saucers up, an’ brush the crumbs away,”
—James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)
“We recognize caste in dogs because we rank ourselves by the familiar dog system, a ladderlike social arrangement wherein one individual outranks all others, the next outranks all but the first, and so on down the hierarchy. But the cat system is more like a wheel, with a high-ranking cat at the hub and the others arranged around the rim, all reluctantly acknowledging the superiority of the despot but not necessarily measuring themselves against one another.”
—Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. “Strong and Sensitive Cats,” Atlantic Monthly (July 1994)