school houses ...
At Dargaville High School we have numerous activities as interhouse competitions. Activities range from sporting and cultural to speech and Maths competitions. Students are allocated houses as soon as they enrol at the school encouraging team collegiality and a sense of belonging. The Houses have become very competitive over the last few years with a variety of codes in academic and cultural being added to the “sport” flavour of yesteryears.
The House system and naming was setup at the beginning of Dargaville High School (1920's), obviously the founder from British roots. Dargaville High School has four houses:
St George (Red) Patron Saint of England
St Patricks (Green) Patron Saint of Ireland
St Andrews (Blue) Patron Saint of Scotland
St Davids (Yellow) Patron Saint of Wales
House Points to Date
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| St Andrews | 144 | 182 | 178 | 212 |
| St Davids | 154 | 199 | 220 | 254 |
| St George | 159 | 218 | 222 | 250 |
| St Patricks | 159 | 219 | 204 | 220 |
2009 House Prefects
| St Andrews | Alice Wade | Brayden Nichols |
| St Davids | Daryl Cathro | David Mullan |
| St George | Karah Pickering | Shane Tregidga |
| St Patricks | Taria Tane | Henk Esterhuizen |
The house prefects have a number of responsibilities: primarily to ensure their house wins!
The House Prefects work closely with the Dean, Mrs P. Burnett.
The office has records going back for years and they tryto put pupils into their parents house if they went to Dargaville High School. All pupils with the same surname are in the same house. The houses are then balanced number wise throughout the year with new students with no past affiliation to the school.