Houses

Newville Elementary is excited to kick off a new initiative to bring a sense of “family” to our school.  With the start of the school year, we are instituting a House System with goals of:

1. Creating a sense of belonging for all students and staff

2. Creating a system of student mentors

3. Building a culture of excitement about coming to school that does not supersede what it means to be a “Bulldog”, but only adds to that experience

Students and all staff have been randomly assigned to a House which they will remain in for their entire career at Newville. 

Houses are broken down by colors, animals and have several different characteristics.  Our houses are as follows:

 

House of Tenacity	House of Compassion	House of Friendship	House of Courage	House of Integrity	House of Imagination
Tiger	Wolf	Horse	Bear	Eagle	Fox
Color: Black	Color: Red	Color: Blue	Color: Green	Color: Yellow	Color: Purple
Characteristics: Perseverance Grit Endurance	Characteristics: Patience Tolerance Generosity	Characteristics: Loyalty Gratitude Dependability	Characteristics: Humility Boldness Bravery	Characteristics: Truth Strength Unified	Characteristics: Curiosity Uniqueness Eagerness

 

Every early dismissal day we have this year (8 total), will be a House Activity Day.  During these days, we will have team building activities, lessons tied to our Profile of a Graduate and other fun games.  Some of these days we will have the whole House together (K-5) and other days we will divide into our K-2 and 3-5 Houses.  Throughout the year, we will also have House activities which will include:

• House Color Days (students dress in their House color)
• Special House lunches.
• Random House Challenges
• Many other fun activities

Right now there seems to be a lot of energy around our Houses and the kiddos seem to be excited!  I hope that you have heard about our Houses, but if you didn’t, check in with your kiddo(s) to see what House he/she is in.

We are enthusiastic to begin this endeavor!