On resumption, our students are assigned to houses. The houses are as follows:
St. Francis House
Mother Adelaide House
Mother Veronica House
St. Clare House
Saint Francis House
The house is named after St. Francis of Assisi (the father founder of Franciscans). St. Francis of Assisi was born in the year 1182. He was a young youth who gave up his inheritance and bound himself to God, embracing poverty and living the life of the gospels. He preached to all the love of God. He laid the foundations of Franciscan orders. He died in the year 1226.
The house colour is green which signifies for nature, fertility, and life and symbolizes self respect and well being. Our students are the best when it comes to track events and match past. They are respectful and highly intelligent.
The house motto is ‘Growth in knowledge and Morals’.
Saint Clare House
Clare house is one of the four houses in San Francesco. The house colour is blue which symbolizes the Virgin Mary, colour of inspiration, sincerity and spirituality. The motto of the house is ‘Truth and Sincerity. Our students are the best in javelin throw, long and high jump. In academics, they are the best in essay and the Mathematics competitions.
St. Clare was born at Assisi in the year 1193. She followed her countryman St. Francis in his life of poverty and was the founder and ruler of an order of nuns (Poor Clares). She led a very austere life, abounding in works of piety and charity. She died in the year 1253.
Mother Adelaide House
Adelaide Vaast and Veronica Cordier are Franciscan from the Monastery of Our Lady of the Angels, Tourcoing. They founded the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in the year 1847 in Glasgow in response to educate the poor children. Unfortunately Adelaide died prematurely and left Veronica alone.
The colour of the house is pink, the combination of colour red and white. Pink is a quiet colour that provides feeling of caring, tenderness, self worth and love acceptance. Notably among its achievements is winning the over all trophy at the first Inter House Sports Competition in the year 2011. In academics, quite a number of them are outstanding.
The motto of the house is ‘Love and Caring’
Mother Veronica House
Veronica house got its name from one of the founders of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. She was an outstanding Educationist, caring and loving sister. The colour of the house is purple which symbolizes royalty, mystery, honour and dignity. Purple is a colour of good judgment and it is used to seek spiritual fulfillment. The motto of the house is ‘Peace and Unity’. Our students are the best in various indoor games. In academics, they are the best in debate and essay writing.