House System

Altruismo traces its origins to the rainforests of the Amazon, where a group of powerful Brazilians were given the name because of the Portuguese meaning behind it: "the Givers."

They care deeply about lifting others up, but they also maintain a firecely competitive spirit and pride.  

Amistad is the House that originates from Mexico.  A group of kind but powerful individuals that are known most for their unconquered spirit.  This is why, in the language of their ancestry, their name means, "friendship."

The House takes great inspiration from its symbolic animal, the immortal peacock, and the leaders always remind the members that the fighting spirit of an Amistadian never dies.

"Once the peacock finds its feathers, it discovers who it really is."

Isibindi is a tight-knit group of individuals, like a pride of African lions, where family means everything.  The House's symbolic animals, the mute swan and the lion, serve to empower incoming members.  While new students might be quiet or shy at first, the longer that they are in the House, the more they begin to display the characteristics of strength and bravery.  In Zulu, Isibindi means "Courage".

Reveur is a royal House whose name in French means "dreamers" or "idealists" -- because the members who fill this group are students filled with freedom and wild abandon who recognize their dreams and will let nothing stand in the way of achieving them.  This can be seen in the unicorn, which is on the center of the House's crest, a powerful creature who is almost impossible to tame.  Similarly, the House of Reveur is a House of passion.