Robin Hill Students work to gain the most house points

NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) - Students at Robin Hill Schools are working hard to earn points that will go towards their class house. The children are divided up into houses, just like from the book Harry Potter. Teachers believe the point system is already working.

Superintendent Melissa Baughman said this is the first year the district divided up the roughly 400 students into four houses. Each house is complete with a name, color, and mascot.

There's Team Courage, the pink dragons.

"This is a flame to represent the dragon," said Sophia Nawaz, a 6th grader on the team.

Team Confidence holds a blue tree of live as it's symbol.

"It grows strong," said Debbie McKnight, a Kindergarten teacher and Head of House Confidence.

"Blue is my favorite color," said Jenna Bonilla, a 4th grader.

Team Integrity is the color purple.

"Our symbols is keys," said Archer Love, a 3rd grader.

"The key to everything is integrity. Because integrity means doing the right thing when nobody else is looking," said Tonya Bonilla, the school principle and Head of House Integrity.

Lastly, there are the green Wisdom Owls.

"I love the owl symbol, it's like my favorite animal," said Grace Elliott Cole, a 3rd grader.

During the first few days of school, students found out what house they were in by drawing from a bag.

"I was very surprised. I didn't know I was going to get it. It was at random," said Love.

Their signatures are forever enshrined in a leather house book, with their symbol.

"We had to sign a book and our name so we know who's on the house of courage," sai Sophie Johnson, a 2nd grader on Team Courage.

"And they stay in the house until they graduate 8th grade," said Superintendent Baughman.

Then the youngest children were buddied up with the oldest kids.

"You see them hugging each other. And otherwise, they would've never been friends," said Baughman.

Then, the houses competed to find out who could scream their chant the loudest.

"We got to come together to be as loud as we could," said Katelyn McGlamery, the school counselor and head of team courage.

While it's a lot of fun, the most beneficial part of the house system are the points. Houses can points from good attendance, good grades, community projects, and reading books. Parents can even help rack up the numbers by signing up for PTA or turning in paperwork quickly.

"The points are working," said Kim Mathis, 3rd grade teacher and Head of Team Wisdom. "I had 100 percent back to school attendance and every single parent turned in the paper work we needed to have a successful school year."

Students can then use those points for prizes, like shirts and hats.

"You can like, get new stuff," said Allysia Taylor, a 3rd grader on Team Integrity.

But the best prizes are the new relationships.

"What was your favorite part?" News 4 asked a 7th grader. "Spending time with other people," Ridge Walden replied.

"I get to meet new friends," said Tinley McGlamery, a 4th grader on Team Confidence.

The teachers said the house points can only be earned and never taken away. At the end of the year, the house with the most points gets to have a party at a water park.