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All the PaRK IS community is organized into Houses: Hillary, Cousteau, Vasco da Gama and Armstrong. The House System promotes a sense of belonging across age groups and a degree of friendly competition between students. It provides opportunities for teachers and students to develop all aspects of their growth and learning: personality, morality, creativity, knowledge and skills. The activities promote values of fair play, teamwork, citizenship, mutual responsibility, self-discipline, initiative, perseverance and resilience. Participation in activities contributes to excellence in academic, social, sporting and cultural fields. Every house carries the name of one of the great explorers of human history. Each house represents a type of exploration (sea, mountain, deep ocean and space), each explorer comes from a different country. PaRK IS Houses are:
The Hillary House is named after Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, a mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist.
After Hillary, this is a House that explores and cherishes three main traits:
This House is named after Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a French Naval officer and explorer. Cousteau was a multidisciplinary innovator. As well as a researcher and explorer Cousteau was also interested in photography, film and writing.
This is a House that cherishes three main traits:
This House is named after Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by Sea. He designed the route connecting the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and therefore bridged a gap between the West and the Orient.
This is a House that cherishes three main traits:
This House is named after Neil Armstrong, the first astronaut to land on the moon. He was perseverant, hardworking and fearless.
This is a House that cherishes three main traits: