Having grown up in Tomball, Texas, I have never heard or been exposed to this idea of a school being divided into houses. Yes, there might have been a reference here and there in some literature I've read, but nothing I can honestly say I remember. My association with houses is Harry Potter. When I joined the school I currently work at, I couldn't help but draw parallels between it and Harry Potter. After all, the school motto is "Overcome evil with good."
To make it more interesting, the houses are named mostly after the fruits of the spirit...that's right....love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness & self-control... just substitute truth for self-control and meekness for goodness. Prem, Anand, Shanti, Dhiraj, Kripa, Namrata, Nishtha, Satya.
I dare say that I sometimes wonder if I will ever see that "great cloud of witnesses" float by in the hallways or teachers pull wands out from under their saris.
