House Leader – Elliot Batchelor
Pastoral Support Assistant – Lisa Leeman
| Code | Mentor | Room | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| LKPA | Mrs L Farina | F11 | Yr7 Mentor |
| LKEG | Mrs E Garcia | M22 | Yr7 Mentor |
| LKAH | Mr A Holt | HIT | Yr8 Mentor |
| LKSD | Mr S Dipple | M7 | Yr8 Mentor |
| LKSM | Mrs S Matate | S16 | Yr9 Mentor |
| LKDS | Mrs A Davies | S9 | Yr9 Mentor |
| LKRH | Mrs C Elsbury | M31 | Yr10 Mentor |
| LKEA | Mrs E Andrews | D5 | Yr10 Mentor |
| LKLW | Mrs L Watson | S17 | Yr11 Mentor |
| LKCF | Mrs C Fitzgerald | D4 | Yr11 Mentor |
Why ‘Luther King’?
Hailsham Community College’s House system was first introduced in 2001, the names reflected our sporting focus as a newly designated Specialist Sports College. In 2013, we explored ways of supporting the Olympic legacy in order to provide a lasting reminder of the phenomenal success and achievement of 2012’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. In 2022 the house names were updated again to Inspirational people, because the secondary intake increase necessitated the addition of a new sixth house.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. An African American church leader and the son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr., King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through nonviolence and civil disobedience. Inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi, he led targeted, nonviolent resistance against Jim Crow laws and other forms of discrimination.
King participated in and led marches for the right to vote, desegregation, labor rights, and other civil rights. He oversaw the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and later became the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As president of the SCLC, he led the unsuccessful Albany Movement in Albany, Georgia, and helped organize some of the nonviolent 1963 protests in Birmingham, Alabama. King was one of the leaders of the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The civil rights movement achieved pivotal legislative gains in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968.