House Pascal

House Pascal is named after Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father and is known for his inventions of the early digital calculator, a syringe, a hydraulic press, and the roulette wheel. He laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities, formulated what came to be known as Pascal’s principle of pressure, and propagated a religious doctrine that taught the experience of God through the heart, rather than through reason. He strongly believed that faith and reason are not opposed to each other, but instead complement each other. He even kept a journal entry of an experience he had with God sewn in his jacket close to his heart for the last 8 years of his life. He would take great care to remove it and sew it into whatever jacket he wore each day. His faith was paramount for him and he took great care to focus on it each day in his later years. Many refer to his Christian writings as “the greatest book of Christian apologetics ever written.”

House Pascal is represented by the color orange, the symbol of fire, and the 3 main values of being Innovative, Disciplined, and Tenacious.