Eligere Academy: Mod Journal (eligeremod) wrote,
@ 2009-10-28 13:32:00

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School Info

ACADEMICS

Students attend 6 core classes with others in their year and may take up to 3 elective classes, which will be shared with students of every year - excepting those classes that are only available to certain grade levels. In addition to these courses, students in the Arranged Marriage Program will be required to attend classes in the evenings that are geared towards preparing them for married life.

CORE CLASSES

Potions & Herbology
Charms & Transfiguration
History of Magic
Defensive Magic
Astronomy
Latin AVAILABLE ELECTIVES

Drawing & Painting
Art Appreciation
Beginner Dance*
Intermediate Dance*
Advanced Dance*
Literature & Writing
Divination & Runes
Magical Games & Sports**
Care of Magical Creatures
Music Appreciation
Technology Studies
Debate & Politics

2010-11 Elective Class Rosters are as follows:
Drawing & Painting:
Ashleigh Barton (2pm), Lydia Reese (2pm), Roisin O'Connor (9am), Tess Fairchild (2pm)
Art Appreciation:
Bells Westland (2pm), Roisin O'Connor (4pm)
Dance*:
Dari Davison (4pm, intermediate), Katherine Lawrence (4pm, advanced), Lydia Reese (4pm, advanced), Tess Fairchild (9am, intermediate)
Literature & Writing:
Dari Davison (9am), Bells Westland (9am), Katherine Lawrence (9am), Garrett Pitt (9am), Teddy Gibson (9am), Simon Bailey (9am), Lydia Reese (9am), Cristian Deveraux (9sm), Roisin O'Connor (2pm)
Divination & Runes:
Dari Davison (2pm)
Magical Games & Sports:
Jeremy Pitt (2pm), Ed McMillan (2pm), Simon Bailey (2pm), Cristian Deveraux (2pm)
Care of Magical Creatures:
None
Music Appreciation:
Ashleigh Barton (9am), Garrett Pitt (4pm), Tess Fairchild (4pm)
Technology Studies:
Ashleigh Barton (4pm), Teddy Gibson (4pm), Cristian Deveraux (4pm)
Debate & Politics:
Katherine Lawrence (2pm), Garrett Pitt (2pm), Teddy Gibson (2pm)
AMP REQUIRED CLASSES

Household Management (Freshmen and Sophomore Girls - Monday Evenings)
Ballroom Dancing (Freshmen-Senior Boys and Girls - Tuesday Evenings)***
Event Planning (Junior and Senior Girls Only - Thursday Evenings)
COURSE SCHEDULES: Freshmen | Sophomores | Juniors | Seniors

* denotes that an audition is required to determine which class you will enter
** essentially a magical physical education class, may be repeated multiple times
*** students not in the AMP may elect to take Ballroom Dance if they wish

LIVING ARRANGEMENTS

Students are assigned a room as incoming Freshman that they will share with one other person of the same gender. There are two students to a room with two rooms sharing a bathroom (ie each bathroom is shared by four students).

Those who are in the Arranged Marriage Program (this should be the majority of students) will move into a new suite with the person they are betrothed to at the beginning of their junior (11th Grade) year, while those upperclassmen who are not in the AMP will remain in the room they have occupied since their Freshman year - those losing roommates to the AMP will keep their old room to themselves.

There are four rooms on each floor with a common area for socializing in the middle of each floor. Boys and girls are housed on separate floors prior to moving into the AMP housing during their junior and senior years. All rooms housing female students are warded against sexual activity of any kind. If the occupants of a female student's room progress past simple kissing, those involved, aside from the rightful occupant of the room, are magically expelled from the room.

Example images of the housing layouts can be found here. Current and former roommate assignments can be found here.

Meals are shared in one common hall, located on the first floor of the castle near the entrance hall. Each AMP apartment also has a kitchen and a small dining area and those in the program may elect to take their meals in their apartments rather than in the main hall.

SOCIAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Maintaining proper social ties is encouraged and as such there are many opportunities for students to socialize with one another outside of class. A variety of extracurricular activities are offered and there are a number of school sponsored social events throughout the year.

Activities

Drama Club
Choir
Quodpot
Student Government
Senior Class President: Cristian Deveraux
Junior Class President: Garrett Pitt
Sophomore Class President: NPC/TBA
Freshman Class President: NPC/TBA

Social Events

To be announced.

QUODPOT

In the 18th century, Abraham Peasegood brought a Quaffle with him from Europe and intended to start a Quidditch team. According to legend, Peasegood's Quaffle accidentally came into contact with the tip of a wand in his trunk. Thus, when he took it out and began to throw it around, it exploded.

Peasegood recreated this effect on series of leather balls and invented a new sport: Quodpot.

Rules
Quodpot is played on brooms. There are 11 players to a team, and they throw the Quod from player to player, atempting to get it into the "pot" at the end of the pitch before it explodes. Any player in possession of the Quod when it explodes is removed from the field of play. Getting the Quod into the pot earns your team a point. The game ends when all the players on one team of the other have been disqualified. Whoever has the most points then wins the game.

Eligere Quodpot Team
Professor Xxx (Coach) 1. Edward McMillan (Captain) 2. Simon Bailey 3. Dariana Davison 4. Cristian Deveraux 5. Xxx	6. Xxx 7. Xxx 8. Xxx 9. Xxx 10. Xxx 11. Xxx
Alternates/Reserves OPEN Cheerleaders Ashleigh Barton

Quodpot Schedule
For away games, the team portkeys to the game directly after lunch.

November 7 – Xxx (away)
November 14 – Xxx (home)
December 5 – Xxx (home)
January 9 – Xxx (home)
February 13 – Xxx (away)
February 20 – Xxx (home)
Finals! April 17 (hosted at Eligere)

Professional Quodpot Federation

Quodpot fans may also wish to follow the Pro teams. The Professional Quodpot Federation is the largest professional North American quodpot league. It was formed in 1946 by the managers of twelve professional quodpot clubs in the United States, Mexico, and Cuba. The Federation currently consists of eighteen franchises, with teams as far north as Canada.

The regular season is a twenty-three week schedule during which each team gets two bye weeks and plays twenty-one games.

Founding Teams
Chihuahua — el Fuego del Sol (loosely: the Sunfire)
Denver — the Skygliders
Havana — los Porteros (loosely: the Gatekeepers)
Hermosillo — los Toreros (loosely: the Bullfighers)
Indianapolis — the Speed Demons
Las Vegas — the Land Sharks
Memphis — the Blueboys
Minneapolis — the Water Striders
Los Angeles — the Desert Eagles
Monterrey — los Coyotes
Salt Lake City — the Journeymen
Spokane — the Mountain Lions

Expansion Teams
Toronto — the Lakesiders (1955)
Philadelphia — the High Fliers (1961)
Washington, D.C. — the River Dogs (1973)
Winnipeg — the Snow Devils (1979)
Atlanta — the Roughnecks (1986)
Boston — the Minutemen (1994)