The Khalsa Cup

Four houses, one school year. Every child belongs to a house from their first Sunday, and every act of seva, good manners and hard work earns points. The house with the most points at the end of the year lifts the Khalsa Cup.

This week’s scoreboard How to earn points

The four houses

Each house carries the name and the symbol of a quality we want in every child. Class lists go up here once children are assigned.

Ajit ਅਜੀਤ

Dhaal · the shield

Unconquered. The shield protects everyone around it — Ajit is the house that stands up for the child who needs help.

House students

Names go up here once children are assigned to their houses.

Fateh ਫ਼ਤਹਿ

Nishan · the flag

Victory. The Nishan Sahib flies over every Gurdwara — Fateh is the house that finishes what it starts.

House students

Names go up here once children are assigned to their houses.

Jujhar ਜੁਝਾਰ

Kirpan · the sword

Brave in struggle. The Kirpan is carried for others, never against them — Jujhar is the house that keeps trying.

House students

Names go up here once children are assigned to their houses.

Zoravar ਜ਼ੋਰਾਵਰ

Sher · the lion

Mighty. A lion is calm before it is strong — Zoravar is the house that leads by example.

House students

Names go up here once children are assigned to their houses.

Why these four names

The Chaar Sahibzaade ਚਾਰ ਸਾਹਿਬਜ਼ਾਦੇ

Guru Gobind Singh Ji had four sons — Baba Ajit Singh Ji, Baba Jujhar Singh Ji, Baba Zorawar Singh Ji and Baba Fateh Singh Ji. Baba Zorawar Singh Ji was nine and Baba Fateh Singh Ji was only seven: younger than most of the children in this school. Asked to give up what they believed, all four said no, and they said it calmly.

That is the bravery our houses are named for — and it is not only the bravery of a battlefield. It is telling the truth when a lie would be easier, sitting with the child nobody sat with, owning up to a mistake, finishing the homework nobody would have checked. Children the age of the Sahibzaade did something hard because it was right. So can we, every Sunday.

Their story is told each year in the closing weeks of December, and in the Assembly through the year.

Scoreboard

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Week by week

Week

Leading

The table fills in as the year runs — the first points are awarded on the first teaching Sunday, August 23.

How to earn points

Points are for what a child does, not what they know. Any teacher or sevadar can award them, and they are added up on Sunday.

Points can also be lost

Unkind words, running in the Darbar Sahib, arguing with a teammate or leaving a mess behind costs the house 5 points. A house is only as strong as the way its children treat each other.

Cup days