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House System

The House System is at the heart of student life at Mount Lawley Senior High School, fostering school spirit, teamwork, leadership and friendly competition.

Every student is allocated to one of four Houses, Forrest, Hackett, Murdoch or O'Connor, upon enrolment and remains a member of that House throughout their time at the school. Throughout the year, students earn House points by participating in sporting carnivals, academic challenges, cultural events, leadership activities and a range of whole-school competitions. These points contribute towards the annual House Championships.

Established in 1960, the House Championship is one of the school's longest-standing traditions. In 2012, the school was divided into two sub-schools, introducing the Champion House – Middle School and Champion House – Senior School awards. Following the introduction of three sub-schools in 2020, the Champion House – Upper School award was added, alongside the overall Champion House Shield, which continues to recognise the highest-performing House across the entire school.

House Awards Table

House	Champion House	Champion House Senior School	Champion House Upper School	Champion House Middle School	Inter House Swimming Carnival	Inter House Athletics
Forrest (Red)	22	1	1	4	19	22
Hackett (Green)	16	5	0	2	17	16
Murdoch (Blue)	15	4	3	4	14	13
O’Connor (Yellow)	13	4	2	4	16	9

Year By Year Results

We do have a few gaps in our records, and would love to hear from anyone who may be able to help us out with those.

Year	Champion House	Champion House Senior School	Champion House Upper School	Champion House Middle School	House Swimming Carnival	House Athletics Carnival
2026					Forrest (Overall) O’Connor (MS) Forrest (US) Hackett (SS)
2025	Hackett	Murdoch	Forrest	Forrest	Hackett (Overall) Hackett (MS) Forrest (US) Murdoch (SS)	Murdoch (Overall) Forrest (MS) Hackett (US) Murdoch (SS)
2024	Murdoch	Murdoch	Murdoch	Forrest	Hackett (Overall) Hackett (MS) Hackett (US) Murdoch (SS)	Murdoch (Overall) Forrest (MS) Murdoch (US) Murdoch (SS)
2023	Murdoch	O’Connor	Murdoch	Murdoch	Hackett (Overall) Murdoch (MS) Murdoch (US) O’Connor (SS)	Murdoch (Overall) Murdoch (MS) Murdoch (US) O’Connor (SS)
2022	Murdoch	O’Connor	Murdoch	Murdoch	O’Connor (Overall) O’Connor (MS) Murdoch (US) O’Connor (SS)	O’Connor (Overall) O’Connor (MS) Murdoch (US) O’Connor (SS)
2021	Murdoch	Murdoch	O’Connor	O’Connor
2020	O’Connor	O’Connor	O’Connor	Murdoch	O’Connor (Overall) Hackett (MS) O’Connor (US) O’Connor (SS)	O’Connor (Overall) Murdoch (MS) O’Connor (US) O’Connor (SS)

In 2020, the school was divided into three sub-schools and a new category created: Champion House - Upper School.

Year	Champion House	Champion House Senior School	Champion House Middle School	House Swimming Carnival	House Athletics Carnival
2019	O’Connor	Hackett	O’Connor	O’Connor (Overall) Hackett (MS) O’Connor (SS)	O’Connor (Overall) Murdoch (MS) O’Connor (SS)
2018	Hackett	Hackett	O’Connor	O’Connor (Overall) O’Connor (MS) O’Connor (SS)	Hackett (Overall) Hackett (MS) Forrest (SS)
2017	Murdoch	Murdoch	Forrest	Murdoch (Overall) Murdoch (MS) Forrest (SS)	Murdoch (Overall) Murdoch (MS) Murdoch (SS)
2016	O’Connor	O’Connor	Hackett	Murdoch (Overall) O’Connor (MS) Murdoch (SS)	Hackett (Overall) Hackett (MS) Hackett (SS)
2015	Murdoch	Hackett	Murdoch	Hackett (Overall) Hackett (SS) Hackett (MS)	Murdoch (Overall) Hackett (SS) Murdoch (MS)
2014	Hackett	Hackett	Forrest	Hackett (Overall) Forrest (SS) Hackett (MS)	Forrest (Overall) Hackett (SS) Forrest (MS)
2013	Hackett	Hackett	Hackett	Hackett (Overall) Forrest (SS) Hackett (MS)	Hackett (Overall) Hackett (SS) Hackett (MS)
2012	O’Connor	Forrest	O’Connor	Forrest (Overall) Forrest (SS) Hackett (MS)	Forrest (Overall) Forrest (SS) Forrest (MS)

In 2012, the school was divided into two sub-schools and two new categories created: Champion House – Senior School and Champion House – Middle School.

Year	Champion House	House Swimming Carnival	House Athletics Carnival
2011	Forrest	Forrest	Forrest
2010	Forrest	Forrest	Forrest
2009	Forrest	Forrest	Forrest
2008	Forrest	Forrest	Forrest
2007	Forrest	O’Connor	Forrest
2006	Forrest	Forrest	Hackett
2005	Forrest	Forrest	Forrest
2004	Forrest	Forrest	Forrest
2003	Forrest	Forrest	Forrest
2002	Forrest	Forrest	Forrest & O’Connor
2001	Forrest	Forrest	Forrest
2000	Forrest	Murdoch	Forrest
1999	Forrest	Murdoch	Forrest
1998	Murdoch	Murdoch	O’Connor
1997	Murdoch	Murdoch	O’Connor
1996	O’Connor	Murdoch	O’Connor
1995	Forrest	Murdoch	Forrest
1994	Murdoch	Murdoch	Hackett
1993	Forrest	Murdoch	Murdoch
1992	Murdoch	Murdoch	Murdoch
1991	Forrest	Murdoch	Murdoch
1990	Murdoch	Forrest	Murdoch
1989	O’Connor	Hackett	Forrest
1988	Hackett	Hackett	Not Held
1987	Forrest	Hackett
1986	Hackett	Hackett	Forrest
1985	Hackett	O’Connor	Hackett
1984	Hackett	Hackett	Forrest
1983	Forrest	O’Connor	Forrest
1982	Hackett	Hackett	Murdoch
1981	Murdoch	Hackett	Murdoch
1980	O’Connor	Hackett	Murdoch
1979	O’Connor	O’Connor	O’Connor
1978	Forrest	Forrest	Hackett
1977	O’Connor	Forrest	Hackett
1976	O’Connor	O’Connor	Hackett
1975	Forrest	Murdoch	Hackett
1974	Hackett	Hackett	Hackett
1973	Forrest	Forrest	Hackett
1972	Murdoch	Forrest	Murdoch
1971	Murdoch	Murdoch	Hackett
1970	O’Connor	O’Connor	O’Connor
1969	Murdoch	O’Connor	Hackett
1968	Hackett	O’Connor	Hackett
1967	Hackett	Hackett	Hackett
1966	O’Connor	Forrest
1965	Hackett	Hackett
1964	Hackett	Hackett	Forrest
1963	Hackett	Forrest	Forrest
1962	Hackett	O’Connor	Forrest
1961	Forrest	O’Connor	Forrest
1960	O’Connor	O’Connor	Not Held

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