This idea just struck me today and I'm not sure whether I like it or not yet, but I thought I'd throw it up here and see what everyone thinks.
We now have two "trinkets" that sit with a Head of House--the Von Snyder Plate and the House Cup. I was just thinking, what if we generate two more such items, based on other criteria? As a reminder, the Plate is for the House with the most awards at the academic awards assembly; and the Cup is for the House with the most points at end of year. The other items could be for things like school spirit (how many people wear House or school colors at a given event, or how many people show up to support House or school teams, etc), or our "athletic" competitions, or whatever else we want.
I thought it would be fun to provide more opportunities to pass some of these items around; and it could also give the opportunity to have the goal of having a "royal flush" of all four items at once. That being said, I don't think it should go more than four, because then there's just too much. Having four unique items each winnable in different ways seems kind of neat.
As you can see, I've not really thought this through in much detail, so this is all I have to say at the moment. Comment away!
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If I may offer an addendum: I think ONE more trinket would suffice. I think that the current house competition--dodgeball, whatever--should carry the risk of losing and the possibility of gaining or retaining this trinket. If we go to four that opens the possibility of each house having one thing--which seems a bit too much like the trophies they give to each and every tee-ball player. I also like the "triple crown" nature of having just three.
Good point. Four just seemed like a good number because there are four Houses. I doubt it would often happen that one House had each if there were four; but I agree about the dilution of significance if there are too many prizes.
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