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About Hogwarts of AmericaEstablished in 1675 on the shores of the New World by four intrepid witches and wizards, Hogwarts is the oldest school of witchcraft and wizardry in North America. Located on the scenic coastline of New Hogsmeade, Massachusetts, Hogwarts offers quality education in all branches of magic in the country's most highly secured castle. Under the direction of the greatest names in American witchcraft, Hogwarts has been molding promising young minds in magic for over three hundred years.Hogwarts' seven year curriculum assumes a basic Muggle-caliber familiarity in English reading, writing, and arithmetic; background in Latin and spellwork is by no means required. All first-, second-, and third-year students are instructed in the fundamentals of charms, potions, transfigurations, and herbology, as well as numerology, domestic incantations, world and local history of magic, and defense against the dark arts. During the fourth year, students are assigned to a track based upon probable major and course of study; more advanced courses such as arithmancy, adaptation of non-magical creatures, care of magical creatures, divination, and self-transfiguration. Wizarding Excellence Regency Examinations are administered to all students at the end of the seventh year, although particularly gifted students may begin their licensing tests as early as the beginning of the fifth year. Of course life at Hogwarts is not all study; students are trained and encouraged to participate in the school's Quodpot, Quidditch, superchess, and Hydroquidditch leagues. Students also have the option to join their appropriate Hogwarts Charm team, taking their magical skills to wizarding competitions with other American and Canadian schools. At the New Hogsmeade campus, all students and many faculty reside in the castle, organized in the four-house system established in 1725. Each house, named for a school founder and administered by several instructors, provides a venue for students of all persuasions to congregate and dialogue. The houses are differentiated by residential theme, with lifestyle differences naturally taken into account for each student.
Hogwarts TodayUnder the administration of Principal Kira Sharp, Hogwarts has set the academic standards for American magical education. In addition to being named the 1995 Wizarding School of the Year by the International Consortium of Magical Educators, we may report that the Hogwarts All-Star Charm Team has won the 2001 American Continental Charm Cup. Go Charm Team!The staff of Hogwarts of America extends a warm welcome to our new 6th-graders, the class of 2011! Welcome, O Elevensies! Attention all students! The deadline for the Christams Pageant is approaching! If you are interested in becoming part of this musical spectacular. please contact Mr. Knabb. Hogwarts Artfest 2005 will take place January 10-16. If you'd like to submit work, please talk to Miss Melody Conrad. Auditions for the spring ballet, Igor Stranvinsky's "The Firebird," will be held at the beginning of December and will be open to any students in Charms 4 or higher. (Skill in levitating charms and flame-freezing charms is a must.) If you'd like to get involved in the stage crew, please talk to Mr. Wattlefling.
Send Us an OwlIf you have further questions about Hogwarts, please do send us an owl. Questions can be directed to Assistant Principal Kira Shoffman: Hogwarts Castle, New Hogsmeade, MA. The postal code for New Hogsmeade is Alpha-NE001. If you do not have access to owl-post, the Muggle "email" address of the administration can be found below. |
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Who Are These Blasted Weirdos, Anyway???? Now now, calm down. This entire establishment is an entity of fan fiction centering around the world created by Ms. Joanne K. Rowling in her bestselling Harry Potter novels. (If you haven't figured that out by now, you probably should move on to another web page, or better yet, shut the dumb computer off and go check out Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone from your local library.) The fire-spun tales you'll find here come from the twisted minds of Kira Sharp and Lil Bakht, with help from friends, foes, and our intrepid writing staff. It all started when I (Kira Sharp, your webmistress) designed a Harry Potter t-shirt for cousin Sylvie, best friend Lil, and longtime crony Chris. In my haste to get the durned thing done, I accidentally substituted a beaver for a badger on the Hogwarts gate. Hufflepuff mascot, begins with a "B", not too prevalent in the books anyway... you understand. Anyway, as the first to hear of my error, Sylvie declared she loved the shirt anyway and consoled me with the news that surely another wizarding school could be found whose heraldic beasts matched the ones I had drawn. And so the second Hogwarts came into existence. The founders, of course corresponded to the original four recipients of the t-shirts (Latinize or wizardize each of our names and see what you get) and all the rest pretty much followed! The photographs of the school, by the way, are composed from of Uncle Gilbert's pictures of Kylesmore Abbey on western Ireland's Connemara coast. If you are a Harry Potter fan and would like to have one of these American witches or wizards named after you, just ask me or anybody else connected with this project. We still have lots of spots open on the faculty! If you are J.K. Rowling, please answer my fan letter and give me permission to distribute my t-shirts. Lastly, if you have questions or comments about this page, I guess you can email me. This page is, of course, not affiliated with or licensed by J.K. Rowling or Scholastic or Bloomsbury or anybody. |
