Houses
The school follows a house system, a system commonly used in public schools. The six houses are named after previous principals or people who have played an important part in the formation of the school. Each house is represented by a color which matches the first letter of the house.
- Richard - red
- Oldham - orange
- Buttrick - blue
- Toussaint - turquoise
- Pfeiffer - purple
- Weston - white
- Andersen - auburn
Messrs. Oldham was the founder of the school and Richard the third principal. Mr. Weston, the principal during the inter-war years was instrumental in pulling the school out of financial straits and saving it from dissolution. His memory was preserved in Weston House, the last house to be created, and in Weston Day, an annual sports holiday devoted to competitions in swimming and athletic pursuits. Pfeiffer House was named after an American contributor who helped turn around the schools fortune during Mr. Weston's tenure.
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“Nothing will be left white but here a birch,
And there a clump of houses with a church.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“There is a distinction to be drawn between true collectors and accumulators. Collectors are discriminating; accumulators act at random. The Collyer brothers, who died among the tons of newspapers and trash with which they filled every cubic foot of their house so that they could scarcely move, were a classic example of accumulators, but there are many of us whose houses are filled with all manner of things that we “can’t bear to throw away.””
—Russell Lynes (1910–1991)
“The light by which we see in this world comes out from the soul of the observer. Wherever any noble sentiment dwelt, it made the faces and houses around to shine. Nay, the powers of this busy brain are miraculous and illimitable.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)