Post by Professor Annabelle on Apr 4, 2014 17:01:38 GMT -6
WELCOME STUDENTS! I am Headmistress Annabelle, and I will be helping get you settled in here at Hogwarts. I know that most of you are excited to jump right in and get into the thick of things. But first let us make sure we are all on the same page. Did all of you read the rules and disclaimers? Yes? Great! Then we should have no problem getting through this information pretty quickly. First let's break down who's who here at Hogwarts.
Staff
The Staff here are Myself, My Deputy Headmistress, all the Heads of Houses and Professors of classes. The staff are here to help you, answer your questions, and help you find your way here. They can give and take house points, issue detentions, submit your name for awards and other such things like this. The staff's 'chain of command' from Highest to lowest is:
Headmistress Annabelle
Head of Houses
Professors
Keep in mind any professor can be a Head of House.
Not all questions can be answered. Sometimes the student is encouraged to discover the answer for themselves. It may not be the quickest way, but in the longer run it may have been presented this way as a teaching lesson for the student. And all students are here at Hogwarts to learn.
You can contact any of the staff by clicking on their name to bring up their profile and then clicking send message. You may also go to their office and speak with them.
Prefects
A select group of students have been designated as Prefects. A Prefect is someone who the staff feels not only adheres to and shows knowledge of all rules and regulations, but is of a friendly out-going personality, helpful to other students in need, responsible and trustworthy. Prefects can also give and take house points and may suggest detentions for you if you deserve it.
Students should not ignore the Prefects when a Prefect gives them an order or request. The student should obey their Prefects. The Prefects usually get their information directly from the staff. They are an extra set of eyes for the staff. If you feel a prefect is abusing that power, please inform the staff immediately.
Detentions
If a student misbehaves or breaks school rules, a Professor may issue them with a detention to serve. Detention tasks do not simply mean students sit and write lines; these detentions can involve tasks from cleaning to organizing, and anything else a Professor deems a suitable service to the school. A student must behave during these detentions, and they will remain under supervision of the Professor who is overshadowing them.
N.E.W.Ts/Graduation Reviews
In order to ensure that students are learning to the best of their abilities and are receiving all the advice they can get through the school, Professors will hold appointments for students in Fifth Year, and Seventh Year in order to discuss their N.E.W.T subject choices and future career options. These meetings are mandatory, and all students will be required to meet their appointed Professor promptly at the relevant time.
Apparition Lessons
Students are offered the opportunity to participate in apparition lessons in their seventh year at Hogwarts. This is a key ability witches and wizards have a preference to when they need to travel to locations locally. All lessons will be taught by a fully qualified Ministry official or a Hogwarts Professor, and students must not attempt apparation outside of the allotted lesson time.
Patronus Lessons
Seventh years will be taught how to cast a Patronus. This ability, whilst extremely difficult, is a common element to be assessed in the Defence Against the Dark Arts N.E.W.T, and thus students will be taught how to cast this spell in their lessons.
The Forbidden Forest and the Chamber of Secrets
The Forbidden Forest is out of bounds to all students without staff supervision.
Legend has it that the Chamber of Secrets was built by the great Salazar Slytherin himself. Whilst it has occasionally been accessed, it is unfortunate that the exact location is unknown, as are the dangers which lie within. Perhaps it is for this reason that the Hogwarts walls were built to move so much...
Exams
All students must sit exams, and pass in the majority of subjects in order to progress on to the next year.
Class/Year Promotion:
As academic and magical achievement are the primary functions of Hogwarts, attendance at classes is mandatory. Social interaction is important to a student's growth; however this should not supersede academia.
If it is felt that a student has not completed their classes to the satisfaction of the staff, they will not be promoted to the following year.
Activities And Special Events
There are many opportunities for Hogwarts Students to participate in extracurricular activities and socialising. Students are encouraged to take advantage of the school's facilities such as the Grounds and Quidditch Pitch, as well as the Library and Student Commons. Hogwarts also has many clubs with which to participate and even smaller activities among students are also welcomed and encouraged.
Hogwarts Castle and the Grounds
Students are encouraged to explore and utilize all portions of Hogwarts castle and grounds. Portions that are not permitted to students will have proper notices saying such.
Common Rooms and Dormitories
Students are encouraged to mingle with their fellow house members in their own common room. 'Sneaking' into another common room is discouraged. Additionally, the dormitories are not unisex. No boy should be seen in a girl dormitory and vice versa. There are magical wards in place against this.
Fighting
Fighting is strictly prohibited at Hogwarts. This includes any sort of physical altercations whatsoever.
The School Uniform and Dress Code
Dress should at all times be smart, inoffensive and appropriate for the school environment. The dress code applies to students when travelling to and from classes, and to and from the evening meal.
Students should present a clean and tidy appearance. Boys should be clean shaven at all times. Jewelry should be discreet; one set of small stud-type earrings and a watch is permitted. No body and/or facial piercing are to be displayed. Unobtrusive, discreet make-up may be worn but no lipstick or colored nail varnish is acceptable.
Boys
House color striped tie
long sleeved white oxford shirt
black or grey trousers
House color/trim sweaters/jumper
black socks and shoes
black school robes
black all-weather cloak
Black pointed hat
Girls
House color striped tie
Long sleeved white oxford shirt
black or grey skirt or pinafore
black or grey tights or leggings
House color/trim sweaters/jumper
black socks and shoes
black school robes
black all-weather cloak
Black pointed hat
Students are permitted to wear street clothing in the evenings and on weekends (with the exception of the evening meal). All street clothing must be neat and tidy with no holes or offensive material.
Traveling Away from Hogwarts
There are two occasions when Hogwarts students are permitted to travel away from the grounds of Hogwarts: Hogsmeade weekends, and summer holidays, during which they may visit Diagon Alley to purchase supplies for the new term.
Hogsmeade Weekends
Occasionally throughout the term, students 3rd year and above are permitted to walk to Hogsmeade village. Students are expected to compose themselves in a manner that does not demean themselves or the principles of Hogwarts. Punishment for misbehavior there will be the same as at Hogwarts.
Diagon Alley
Diagon Alley/Hogwarts Express is a place for all students, new and returning, to purchase supplies for the upcoming school year. Students are expected to compose themselves in a manner that does not demean themselves or the principles of Hogwarts. Punishment for misbehavior there will be the same as at Hogwarts. Students may ONLY visit Diagon Alley during term when accompanied by a Staff member. NEW students are aloud to post in All Shops up until the Day before Term starts.
Term and Registration
Term runs for 8 real life weeks. A two week vacation between each term will be observed.
A person may register an account AND get sorted into their house if term has already started when they register but they MAY NOT take classes or engage in student activities until the next term starts.
ALL STUDENTS START AS A FIRST YEAR. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Classes
All students at Hogwarts attend classes, do homework and complete O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s.
First and Second Years take the following classes:
Transfiguration
Herbology
Potions
Charms
Defense Against the Dark Arts
First and Second years MAY take more classes than these but are required to have these.
Third and above take classes they may choose from with the guidance of their H.O.H.
Ordinary Wizarding Level (O.W.L.) Exams
-- taken by all 5th year students
-- results of these exams determines what subjects a student takes in their 6th & 7th Years
Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests (N.E.W.T.s)
-- taken by all 7th year students
-- Used to determine your ability to graduate or not.
HOMEWORK
Homework Will Be submitted (currently) to your Professor via an owl (PM) Include your name, house, year, class name and lesson number/ lesson title in your header of your homework.
Classes are posted on Monday, Homework is Due by Friday. Grades will be posted by Sunday. You will not be able to see your grades until your reports are posted. Please do not pester the staff for your grades.
Providing this system continues to work, we will not change it. However if it does not, then we will have to change the workings of homework.
Staff
The Staff here are Myself, My Deputy Headmistress, all the Heads of Houses and Professors of classes. The staff are here to help you, answer your questions, and help you find your way here. They can give and take house points, issue detentions, submit your name for awards and other such things like this. The staff's 'chain of command' from Highest to lowest is:
Headmistress Annabelle
Head of Houses
Professors
Keep in mind any professor can be a Head of House.
Not all questions can be answered. Sometimes the student is encouraged to discover the answer for themselves. It may not be the quickest way, but in the longer run it may have been presented this way as a teaching lesson for the student. And all students are here at Hogwarts to learn.
You can contact any of the staff by clicking on their name to bring up their profile and then clicking send message. You may also go to their office and speak with them.
Prefects
A select group of students have been designated as Prefects. A Prefect is someone who the staff feels not only adheres to and shows knowledge of all rules and regulations, but is of a friendly out-going personality, helpful to other students in need, responsible and trustworthy. Prefects can also give and take house points and may suggest detentions for you if you deserve it.
Students should not ignore the Prefects when a Prefect gives them an order or request. The student should obey their Prefects. The Prefects usually get their information directly from the staff. They are an extra set of eyes for the staff. If you feel a prefect is abusing that power, please inform the staff immediately.
Detentions
If a student misbehaves or breaks school rules, a Professor may issue them with a detention to serve. Detention tasks do not simply mean students sit and write lines; these detentions can involve tasks from cleaning to organizing, and anything else a Professor deems a suitable service to the school. A student must behave during these detentions, and they will remain under supervision of the Professor who is overshadowing them.
N.E.W.Ts/Graduation Reviews
In order to ensure that students are learning to the best of their abilities and are receiving all the advice they can get through the school, Professors will hold appointments for students in Fifth Year, and Seventh Year in order to discuss their N.E.W.T subject choices and future career options. These meetings are mandatory, and all students will be required to meet their appointed Professor promptly at the relevant time.
Apparition Lessons
Students are offered the opportunity to participate in apparition lessons in their seventh year at Hogwarts. This is a key ability witches and wizards have a preference to when they need to travel to locations locally. All lessons will be taught by a fully qualified Ministry official or a Hogwarts Professor, and students must not attempt apparation outside of the allotted lesson time.
Patronus Lessons
Seventh years will be taught how to cast a Patronus. This ability, whilst extremely difficult, is a common element to be assessed in the Defence Against the Dark Arts N.E.W.T, and thus students will be taught how to cast this spell in their lessons.
The Forbidden Forest and the Chamber of Secrets
The Forbidden Forest is out of bounds to all students without staff supervision.
Legend has it that the Chamber of Secrets was built by the great Salazar Slytherin himself. Whilst it has occasionally been accessed, it is unfortunate that the exact location is unknown, as are the dangers which lie within. Perhaps it is for this reason that the Hogwarts walls were built to move so much...
Exams
All students must sit exams, and pass in the majority of subjects in order to progress on to the next year.
Class/Year Promotion:
As academic and magical achievement are the primary functions of Hogwarts, attendance at classes is mandatory. Social interaction is important to a student's growth; however this should not supersede academia.
If it is felt that a student has not completed their classes to the satisfaction of the staff, they will not be promoted to the following year.
Activities And Special Events
There are many opportunities for Hogwarts Students to participate in extracurricular activities and socialising. Students are encouraged to take advantage of the school's facilities such as the Grounds and Quidditch Pitch, as well as the Library and Student Commons. Hogwarts also has many clubs with which to participate and even smaller activities among students are also welcomed and encouraged.
Hogwarts Castle and the Grounds
Students are encouraged to explore and utilize all portions of Hogwarts castle and grounds. Portions that are not permitted to students will have proper notices saying such.
Common Rooms and Dormitories
Students are encouraged to mingle with their fellow house members in their own common room. 'Sneaking' into another common room is discouraged. Additionally, the dormitories are not unisex. No boy should be seen in a girl dormitory and vice versa. There are magical wards in place against this.
Fighting
Fighting is strictly prohibited at Hogwarts. This includes any sort of physical altercations whatsoever.
The School Uniform and Dress Code
Dress should at all times be smart, inoffensive and appropriate for the school environment. The dress code applies to students when travelling to and from classes, and to and from the evening meal.
Students should present a clean and tidy appearance. Boys should be clean shaven at all times. Jewelry should be discreet; one set of small stud-type earrings and a watch is permitted. No body and/or facial piercing are to be displayed. Unobtrusive, discreet make-up may be worn but no lipstick or colored nail varnish is acceptable.
Boys
House color striped tie
long sleeved white oxford shirt
black or grey trousers
House color/trim sweaters/jumper
black socks and shoes
black school robes
black all-weather cloak
Black pointed hat
Girls
House color striped tie
Long sleeved white oxford shirt
black or grey skirt or pinafore
black or grey tights or leggings
House color/trim sweaters/jumper
black socks and shoes
black school robes
black all-weather cloak
Black pointed hat
Students are permitted to wear street clothing in the evenings and on weekends (with the exception of the evening meal). All street clothing must be neat and tidy with no holes or offensive material.
Traveling Away from Hogwarts
There are two occasions when Hogwarts students are permitted to travel away from the grounds of Hogwarts: Hogsmeade weekends, and summer holidays, during which they may visit Diagon Alley to purchase supplies for the new term.
Hogsmeade Weekends
Occasionally throughout the term, students 3rd year and above are permitted to walk to Hogsmeade village. Students are expected to compose themselves in a manner that does not demean themselves or the principles of Hogwarts. Punishment for misbehavior there will be the same as at Hogwarts.
Diagon Alley
Diagon Alley/Hogwarts Express is a place for all students, new and returning, to purchase supplies for the upcoming school year. Students are expected to compose themselves in a manner that does not demean themselves or the principles of Hogwarts. Punishment for misbehavior there will be the same as at Hogwarts. Students may ONLY visit Diagon Alley during term when accompanied by a Staff member. NEW students are aloud to post in All Shops up until the Day before Term starts.
Term and Registration
Term runs for 8 real life weeks. A two week vacation between each term will be observed.
A person may register an account AND get sorted into their house if term has already started when they register but they MAY NOT take classes or engage in student activities until the next term starts.
ALL STUDENTS START AS A FIRST YEAR. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Classes
All students at Hogwarts attend classes, do homework and complete O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s.
First and Second Years take the following classes:
Transfiguration
Herbology
Potions
Charms
Defense Against the Dark Arts
First and Second years MAY take more classes than these but are required to have these.
Third and above take classes they may choose from with the guidance of their H.O.H.
Ordinary Wizarding Level (O.W.L.) Exams
-- taken by all 5th year students
-- results of these exams determines what subjects a student takes in their 6th & 7th Years
Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests (N.E.W.T.s)
-- taken by all 7th year students
-- Used to determine your ability to graduate or not.
HOMEWORK
Homework Will Be submitted (currently) to your Professor via an owl (PM) Include your name, house, year, class name and lesson number/ lesson title in your header of your homework.
Classes are posted on Monday, Homework is Due by Friday. Grades will be posted by Sunday. You will not be able to see your grades until your reports are posted. Please do not pester the staff for your grades.
Providing this system continues to work, we will not change it. However if it does not, then we will have to change the workings of homework.