House System
The school has long been divided into administrative units called 'Houses'. Each house its own office, secretary, and Housemaster, who deals with administrative and disciplinary matters for house students. The House system was designed to provide better communication, distributed administration, more personal attention to individuals, a smaller peer group for students, more practical social events, and even intra-house athletic teams. These are Adams, Barry, Beals and Riley, with each year group occupying one house. In the period of its largest population (~3000 students in the 1960s and later), there were six houses – the two additional houses being Bacon and Palmer – which also contained student common rooms and teachers' lounges. Originally, students in the same class were broken up into different houses; at present, the four houses correspond to the four grade levels. Students remain in the same house throughout their four years at Newton North. Houses are named for notable former principals, such as J.N. Beals and E.D. Adams.
Adams House (Room 277)- Dave Turcotte, Housemaster; Lorene Shapiro, House Secretary
Barry House (Room 220)- Aaron Sanders, Jr., Housemaster; Karen Tobin, House Secretary
Beals House (Room 135)- Michelle Stauss, Housemaster; Cheryl Stover, House Secretary
Riley House (Room 115)- Mark Aronson, Housemaster; Maura Roberts, House Secretary
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