My House

MY HOUSE

LIFE IS SWEET AT DELAWARE

House captain Vansh Mehra (Delaware, 2021) says the Valentine’s Day candygram run is a perfect example of his house’s fun attitude to life.

Interview Helena Pozniak Photography Joe McGorty

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ODelaware? Fun. As the largest boys’ house at Aiglon, there’s always something going on, and it’s usually quite noisy! But the atmosphere is always really friendly, mostly because the ‘D-Boys’, as we’re known, are such a tight group of friends. We’ve bonded on expeditions and sports courts – from sleeping in hay barns to climbing mountains together to beating other houses on the athletics track.

We also like to spread the love. One of the highlights of the Delaware year is leading the Valentine’s Day candygram run. I was in charge this year, helping to hand-deliver messages, tokens of friendship and jokes – and of course plenty of sweets. Students don’t know who the sender is, but they can have a good guess – once I’ve made sure the messages stay on the right side of appropriate, of course!

It’s a really active house; wild at times, but always in a positive way. As captain, part of my job is to represent everyone here, speaking up for Delaware when we want to get across our point of view or we need to fight our corner. I’ve been here six years now, so I have a great sense of what we’re about and knowing what to say when I’m called on.

When I first arrived here at age 11, I was a little nervous, with all the usual homesickness. Once I got to know people in the house, however, that all