<p>I was wondering how your house is decided. Also, are there 10th and 11th graders in the same house? Any other info about L'ville would be great too! And any info on homesickness. :D </p>
<p><a href=“Life at Lawrenceville - The Lawrenceville School”>http://www.lawrenceville.org/campus-life/house-system/index.aspx</a></p>
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<p>Lville uses a house system based on the English “public” schools, i.e, boarding schools such as Rugby and Eton. This was instituted in the 1880s I think. 9th graders are placed in the Lower Houses - one for boys, one for girls. The tenth and eleventh graders live in the Circle and Crescent Houses. The original Houses from the 1880s, for boys, are still there, grouped around the original Circle driveway and are called Circle Houses. The girls’ Houses, begun in the 1980s are grouped on an adjacent crescent shaped road so their Houses are called Crescent Houses. All these Houses have their own flags, colors, student officers and traditions. They have their own House sports teams which compete in Circle and Crescent leagues. Each has a Housemaster, usually residing in an apartment in the House with his/her family plus an Assistant Housemaster with his/her own apartment. The 12th graders - seniors then move on to senior houses which are more relaxed in terms of rules, allowing students to segue into a more collegiate living environment as they prepare to enter to graduate and head to university.</p>
<p>The Lville House system does enable bonding with other members of one’s House; the traditions, songs and histories of the Houses is a wonderful aspect of the school’s character. However, due to the movement from one House to another according to grade level, there is potential difficulty connecting between grade levels as 9th graders live apart from 10th and 11th graders who live separately from 12th graders. Lville addresses this issue with older student mentors helping the younger students, the mix of older and younger students in clubs and on teams, etc.</p>
<p>Some other schools resolve this age separation issue by being grouped “vertically”. For example, Exeter’s dorms include student from all ages who live together in the same dorm as they progress through the grades. Other schools overcome the age separation simply by their smaller student population. </p>
<p>I thought there was a sorting hat.</p>
<p>That could work for college admissions as well - save everyone a lot of time</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the info!</p>