About the House System - How it started and who are the teams?

At the beginning of the 2001-2002 school year, the children were told about the idea of having 'houses' or 'teams' or 'families' at school.
They were asked if they would like to be a captain of one of these 'houses' and three sixth grade students volunteered.
Elections were then held for the vice-captain positions, and every child in the school voted.

Next, the Teachers and Captains had a meeting in which the captains got to pick students from their team. They had to choose boys and girls from each grade level.
Once the teams were decided, we informed the students.
The following day we had our first 'house meeting' in which a team name was decided upon, a color, as well as a motto, and the children started working on a logo. (Each of the teams will have their own team T-Shirts)

The students participated in competitions against each other in sports such as soccer, basketball, baseball and running races. They also were able to challenge the other teams in other games and activities - The limit being only that of the imaginations of the students.
We also had academic challenges such as math games, spelling, reading, etc.
Dr. Hall was able to devise many sporting challenges called "Tabloids of Sports" where the students were challenged in many different ways - running, jumping, skipping, throwing, kicking etc.

The house system is designed to promote healthy competition. It encourages students to succeed with the support of their team members.