Houses
Like many independent schools Rossall adopted a house system early on, with each pupil belonging to a house. It forms an integral part of life at the school and there are frequent inter-house events in sports as well as the arts. The middle school houses are used simply as a means to compete in competition. The senior school house have this purpose too but are also physical entities with their own buildings. The current houses are:
| House Name | Student's Gender | Part of: | House Colours | Founded | House Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor | Boys + Girls | Middle School | 2004 | Boarding | |
| Dragon | Boys + Girls | Middle School | 2006 | Day | |
| Falcon | Boys + Girls | Middle School | 2006 | Day | |
| Stag's Head | Boys + Girls | Middle School | 2006 | Day | |
| Lugard | Boys | Senior School | 1985 | Boarding + Day | |
| Puffin | Girls | Senior School | 2011 | Boarding + Day | |
| Dolphin | Girls | Senior School | 1980 | Day | |
| Maltese Cross | Boys | Senior School | 1886 | Boarding + Day | |
| Mitre Fleur-de-Lys | Boys | Senior School | 1975 | Boarding + Day | |
| Pelican | Boys | Senior School | 1888 | Boarding + Day | |
| Rose | Girls | Senior School | 1884 | Boarding + Day | |
| Spread Eagle | Boys | Senior School | 1868 | Boarding + Day | |
| Wren | Girls | Senior School | 2008 | Boarding + Day |
- Wren was originally founded in 1987 but was abolished and then re-launched in 2008. This was due to an insufficient intake of girls into the school.
- Anchor was originally formed as a boys boarding house, but was amalgamated into Maltese Cross Anchor shortly after its 100 year anniversary in 1991-92. The original colours were Brown and UN Blue, and the house was notorious for the warlike and irreverent attitude of its members, a contributory factor in its dissolution.
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“Wherever there’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever there’s a cop beating up a guy, I’ll be there. I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad. I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry and they know supper’s ready. And when the people eat the stuff they raise, and living in the houses they build, I’ll be there, too.”
—Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977)
“The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. Its fit hour of activity is night. Its actions are insane like its whole constitution. It persecutes a principle; it would whip a right; it would tar and feather justice, by inflicting fire and outrage upon the houses and persons of those who have these. It resembles the prank of boys, who run with fire-engines to put out the ruddy aurora streaming to the stars.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Men will say that in supporting their wives, in furnishing them with houses and food and clothes, they are giving the women as much money as they could ever hope to earn by any other profession. I grant it; but between the independent wage-earner and the one who is given his keep for his services is the difference between the free-born and the chattel.”
—Elizabeth M. Gilmer (1861–1951)