house points
Dormitory merit system
House points are awarded to or deducted from students in British schools in which the student body is divided into houses.
- rewardPayment for service
- meritDeserved praise-worthiness
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- incentiveReward encouraging action
- accrualIncremental addition over time
achievement · recognition · motivation · positive reinforcement · gold stars · good behavior · prefects · discipline · assemblies · honor · accumulation · boarding school · tuck shop · classroom · behavior · scoring · school spirit · team spirit
- boarding schoolsboarding school, dormitory, dormitories, dorm, dorm room
- UK Schoolsprimary school, primary schools, secondary schools, secondary school, comprehensive schools
reward vs. penalty
house pointsdetention
Temporary official holding
demerit points · demerits · expulsion · suspension · punishment
house, point, houses, housed, housing, housekeeper, housekeeping, household, housewife