Delta Junior High House Games bring color, competition to school life

Junior High isn’t just a new grade, it’s a whole new experience and different from elementary school. One of the first experiences for students at Delta Junior High is finding out your house color. What do these colors mean and how did it start?

In 2015, Jeff Lansing had an idea, he called it House Games. Something fun for the junior high students and teachers to compete in. House games happen at least once a month. There are six teams (known as houses) and each team is a mix of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. The team you are placed on is decided by the house color you draw at junior high orientation. You will keep the same house color throughout junior high.

The six houses are pink, green, white, orange, purple, and gold. Each team also has two teachers as leaders. The pink house leaders are Brigid Quinn and Jessica Fellman, the green house leaders are Holly Stiles and Rex Beck, the orange house leaders are Justin Hairston and Andrew Palmer, the purple house leaders are Christpher Tempas and Mathew Erik, the white house leaders are John Parsons and Delorie Lee, and the gold house leaders are Jeff Lansing and Tammi Kovelanko.

House Games are games like musical chairs, volleyball, or others that we make up. The houses will select the needed number of players for each game. This can be different for each game and house. If your house wins, you get points. A house can also earn points during spirit week. Spirit week is an event when there are different themes every day for a whole week. Teachers will vote which student matched the theme the best. Whoever wins earns points for their house. Whichever team has the most points at the end of the year gets to go to the Buffalo Drive-In for ice cream!

House games always bring a lot of laughter and fun to Delta Junior High and is probably one of the most loved events at our school.

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