Welcome to the ECHS House System blog. Here, everyone that is interested in helping to start a trial run of a Harry Potter-style house system can contribute ideas and constructive criticism to make this idea a reality.
Just thought I'd mention that even though most people are probably familiar with the system of Houses from the Harry Potter novels and movies, the whole non-magical aspect of Hogwarts in those stories is actually based largely on real British boarding schools. In other words, the "House System" did not originate with Harry Potter, and we're not specifically trying to mimic anything directly from Harry Potter--just in case someone is uncomfortable with that. (Yale and Harvard, as you saw in the article Shawn handed out, have had a similar system for a very long time; long before Harry Potter.) It's just that Potter provides a common reference to the model we're talking about, with which a lot of people will be familiar.
American Founding Fathers (this would make some people very happy): Paine (House of Paine--I call it!), Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Hamilton, Washington, etc.
Tigers: (As earlier discussed)
Charter founders: Randy Harmon, Coach, Jimmy Mac, Dave Montana, etc.
Chemical families.
Famous Universities: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Oxford, Cambridge, Sorbonne, etc.
I like all of those ideas for house names. The Founding Fathers seems like a good choice to legitimize the system. I would always prefer a more jokey type of nomenclature, but this is probably a better time to be serious.
I think the great thing about the Founding Father as names is the fact that they automatically lend themselves to goofy nicknames--Benjamin Franklin House becomes the bennies, the benjies, the franks, etc.
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Just thought I'd mention that even though most people are probably familiar with the system of Houses from the Harry Potter novels and movies, the whole non-magical aspect of Hogwarts in those stories is actually based largely on real British boarding schools. In other words, the "House System" did not originate with Harry Potter, and we're not specifically trying to mimic anything directly from Harry Potter--just in case someone is uncomfortable with that. (Yale and Harvard, as you saw in the article Shawn handed out, have had a similar system for a very long time; long before Harry Potter.) It's just that Potter provides a common reference to the model we're talking about, with which a lot of people will be familiar.
Hey, Jonathan, could you add me as an author? Please send me the invitation at melwaterhouse@hotmail.com
Ideas on names:
American Founding Fathers (this would make some people very happy): Paine (House of Paine--I call it!), Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Hamilton, Washington, etc.
Tigers: (As earlier discussed)
Charter founders: Randy Harmon, Coach, Jimmy Mac, Dave Montana, etc.
Chemical families.
Famous Universities: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Oxford, Cambridge, Sorbonne, etc.
Famous dialogues of Plato.
Famous thinkers/ philosophers.
Famous scientists.
I like all of those ideas for house names. The Founding Fathers seems like a good choice to legitimize the system. I would always prefer a more jokey type of nomenclature, but this is probably a better time to be serious.
I think the great thing about the Founding Father as names is the fact that they automatically lend themselves to goofy nicknames--Benjamin Franklin House becomes the bennies, the benjies, the franks, etc.
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