House System

At NHCA we have a student leadership program designed to organize and enrich student life while allowing older students to take leadership among their peers. This student leadership program will be called the House System. The house system broadly indicates a basic grouping of students. At NHCA, houses will be led by student captains, appointed on the basis of their character and leadership. Captains in turn are assisted by representatives from the various grades (6th and above).

Houses are supervised by a Head of House selected from the NHCA faculty. Over the course of the year, all students in the house will formally and informally contribute to their house’s success (providing encouragement, competing in activities). Houses will engage in contests centered on academics, academy culture, and sports. Points for student conduct and success will be awarded throughout the year with the highest achieving house ultimately winning the annual House Cup.

The house system at NHCA is designed to help build smaller communities within the larger NHCA community so that all may belong to something meaningful and grow in faith, friendship, and charity. Through the houses, friendships are strengthened, faith is lived, and NHCA is more fun!

Students are divided into three houses. Each house is named for an outstanding Christian figure in Western culture that represents an ideal, a cultural “archetype”, for the kind of men and women NHCA seeks to produce: St. Augustine (the philosopher and theologian), St. Boniface (the leader and saint), and C.S. Lewis (the poet and artist).

These names recognize and highlight the distinct way that art, ministry, scholarship, and leadership can transform the world. Though students are not assigned to houses on the basis of any perceived personal characteristics, the houses seek to impact their worlds by following in the path of excellence demonstrated by their namesakes.