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The House system was first started in 1926. There were three houses: Tennyson, Nightingale and Shakespeare. There was a change made in 1927, when it was considered better for the houses to adopt the names of Principals of the school.

This change brought about four Houses, Carter House, Goodchild House, Page House and *Hopfengartner House.

*Named after Annie Hopfengartner, sometimes spelt as Hophengartner.

The House system gives a great deal of healthy rivalry among the four Houses and this is specially evident at the school sports meet and during the inter house netball, tennis, badminton and tennikoit matches. There is also keen rivalry for the Inter House shield - The Carter shield - for the house that scores the highest points for all round activity. English singing, Tamil singing, Oratorical competitions and Cookery are held as inter house competitions.

Carter House named after the Founder Mary Carter. Blue was the chosen colour which remains the same to this day. Carterites take great pride in belonging to the House named after the Founder of the school.
Goodchild House named after Miss Amy Goodchild who succeeded Mrs. Carter in 1897. Miss Goodchild was a lover of music. The House colour is Purple.
Page House named after the longest serving and much loved Principal, Miss Sophia Page. The House colour is Green. In the early days, the motto of the house was “Play the Game”
Hopfengartner House (sometimes spelt Hophen Gartner) was a late addition in 1929 and was named after the very accomplished German pianist and much admired music teacher Miss Annie Hopfengartner, who is considered the founder of Western music at Chundikuli. The House colour is Yellow.

The management of the Houses is entirely in the hands of the girls. Thus the older girls are trained to organise everything on their own initiative. Every House Captain and Vice Captain practically gets to know every girl whether senior or junior in their Houses and help them participate and progress in all extra curricular activities.

Traditionally, the girls belong to the same house as their siblings, mothers, grandmothers and even great-great grand mothers.