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Wylie Preparatory Academy's House System
Fostering Spiritual, Social, and Emotional Growth Through Christ-Centered Community
A House System gives schools a meaningful way to bring their identity and values to life while building community, encouraging student involvement, and creating opportunities for service and leadership.
At Wylie Preparatory Academy, the House System is designed to foster spiritual, social, and emotional growth through Christ-centered relationships and activities. Guided by the belief that with Christ, no one is left behind, Wylie Prep uses its House System to help each student grow into the kind of graduate the school strives to develop: a wise thinker, a culture changer, and a servant leader.
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This also entails fostering a strong sense of camaraderie among students through engaging in enjoyable events such as the spring lip sync battle, intramurals, chapel services, and student-led service projects. Students and faculty in grades 9-12 are assigned into four distinct Houses, each with unique characteristics: namesake, crest, colors, Scripture, and symbols.
Led by two faculty members and six student leaders, the Houses compete for points in a wide variety of categories throughout the school year:
- academics
- sports
- community service
- school event attendance
- participating in group Bible studies
- service projects
- helping lead school events
Managing the House system involves a significant amount of oversight and organization.
ClassReach serves as an invaluable tool assisting in tracking service hours, House points, and attendance at school events. Additionally, records of service hours, awards, and honors can be placed on each student's transcript.
Through the unique setup of the House system in ClassReach’s course feature, deans are able to
- message students
- upload Quorum notes
- manage calendars
- track GPA
- issue transcript credit for Applied Ministry
See the tools Wylie Prep uses to manage student information and support its House System.
Classreach helps wylie Prep build school culture and create servant leaders.
“We wanted a way to give our students a bond within high school that wasn’t necessarily at the grade level and an opportunity to build leadership. We wanted students to see themselves as a leader in a variety of places.”
-Kristi Shaw, Business Manager, Wylie Prep
Wylie's House system began in the 2014-2015 school year. Each year, as new students are assigned to their House, the community comes together for the House Induction Ceremony. Students who have a family member previously inducted in the House program will already be aware of their House assignment, as the system prioritizes keeping families together, including alumni connections.
The House system engages the entire family through traditions and generational involvement. Through the use of a robust forms feature, ClassReach partners with Wylie to provide a way for students or their parents to report service hours effortlessly. The form is designed to allow repeated submissions so that the student is able to keep an ongoing record of hours, and deans can easily stay on top of the records throughout the semester.
Students interested in serving as a leader in their House must meet certain qualifications determined by the Wylie faculty. ClassReach provides GPA reports, transcripts, and forms where teachers can fill out a recommendation for the student who has applied for the leadership position.
Wylie Prep has fully embraced the task of cultivating camaraderie and building community through their House system, effectively helping students develop skills needed to answer God’s call in their lives. Students are developing interpersonal skills, teamwork, perseverance, edification, sportsmanship, leadership, service, integrity, trustworthiness, and citizenship as they grow into servant leaders.
At ClassReach, we are grateful for the opportunity to partner with organizations like Wylie and other schools that are pouring into the next generation of leaders. As experts in technology, we are committed to delivering cutting-edge and user-friendly tools that empower schools to carry out their vital missions in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
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