Delaware
Purpose-built as a boarding house, Delaware offers light and spacious accommodation on the edge of the forest with a huge private garden and spectacular views.
Meet the House Team
Simon Rowntree
Delaware Houseparent, Psychology Teacher
Ben King
Delaware Assistant Houseparent
Carolina Silveira Freitag de Ruiter
Delaware House Assistant
House Facts
Total students: |
53+ |
Year Groups: |
Boys, Years 9 - 13 |
Founding Year: |
1968 |
Location: |
Lower campus |
Building Feature: |
Nestled next to a rich forest with a bubbling stream as its backdrop |
CONTACT |
Delaware |
Welcome to delaware
Here in Delaware, the boys are known for their brotherhood, love for their house, and spontaneous parties. With the best location in the school, Delaware is closest to the sports field and gym. The house feels like a home where students unwind, work, rest, and spend time with friends.
From the Students
“I am forever grateful to Delaware, the house that made me the person I am today”ZED
House Captain, Class of 2024
“In life everything is legendary, as long as you are in Delaware”JOEY
House Captain, Class of 2024
House History
Delaware’s idyllic setting and purpose-built facilities are a haven for the 53+ senior boys who live here. An open-plan common area blends life in house to the surrounding garden and allows the boys much closer proximity to school life than their predecessors, who lived in a house going by the same name further down the street in lower Chesières.
The house was created when the boys took over the old ‘Hotel Beau Séjour’ in central Chesières due to the arrival of girls to Aiglon in 1968. As the fourth boarding house and in keeping with the tradition of names following the alphabet, the building became known as Delaware. The boys then moved to the current house in 2006 when the school constructed its first-ever, dedicated boarding house.