House System
As with most Australian schools, Concordia College utilises a house system. There are currently four houses, three named after three of the streets surrounding the College and the fourth, Malvern after the neighbouring suburb.
- Cheltennam - Green (The Green Army/Warthog Army)
- Highgate - Dark Blue (The Highgate Heroes/Highgate Hippies)
- Malvern - Light Blue (The Malvern Spartans/Malverknights)
- Winchester - Red (The Winchester Warriors/Windians)
Students represent their house in a number of activities, including a Sports day held at Santos Stadium, a Swimming carnival held at Unley Memorial Swimming Pool, and lunchtime house sports. Students earn points for their house through participation in these activities, and the house with the most points at the conclusion of the school year is awarded the House Shield.
Read more about this topic: Concordia College (South Australia)
Famous quotes containing the words house and/or system:
“This is the rat
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. The House That Jack Built (l. 4–6)
“The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces upon us the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb. We do not choose our problems, we do not choose our products; we are pushed, we are forced—by what? By a system which has no purpose and goal transcending it, and which makes man its appendix.”
—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)