School of Witchcraft and Wizardry of Hogwarts

Hogwarts. The best school of magic in the world, the safest place in the world, the best place in the world! The School of Witchcraft and Wizardry of Hogwarts was founded two thousand years ago by the four best wizards of that age, Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw. The school was built with the objective to educate young wizards of 11 to 17 years. Four houses were invented, in which students were divided. The houses are:

Gryffindor

The Gryffindor house is the house of Godric Gryffindor. The house of the most courageous and brave students, the colors of the house are red and gold and the symbol animal is a lion. They won the House Cup on the first year of Harry Potter. The head-master of  the house is Minerva McGonagall. Outstanding students: Harry Potter, The Weasleys, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Oliver Wood, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan, Colin Creevey, Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil, Albus Dumbledore, James Potter, Lily Evans, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin e Rubeus Hagrid.

Slytherin


Slytherin is the house of Salazar Slytherin, is the house were only the students that are proud of being wizards, the shrewd and the students that want a lot of power stay. The colors of the house are green and silver and the symbol animal is a snake (Salazar Slytherin was a Parselmouth, he could speak to snakes). The head-master of the house is Severus Snape. Outstanding students: Draco Malfoy, Vicent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Tom Ridle, Severus Snape, Pansy Parkison, Blazier Zabini, Montague, Marcus Flint e Lucius Malfoy.







Ravenclaw


Ravenclaw is the house of Rowena Ravenclaw, were the intelligent students stay. To enter to the Communal Hall you need to answer a question made by the door handle. The colors of the house are blue and brass (on the films the brass turns silver), the symbol animal is a eagle and the head-master is Flitwick. Outstanding students: Luna Lovegood, Cho Chang, Marietta Edgecombe, Miguel Corner, Roger Daves, Padma Patil, Lisa Turbin e Terence Boot.








Hufflepuff


Hufflepuff is the house of Helga Hufflepuff, were the workers, patients, fair and loyal students stay. The colors of the house are yellow and brass, the symbol animal is a ferret and the head-master is the teacher of Herbology, Pomona Sprout. To enter to the Communal Hall you need to tickle a pear on a painting. Outstanding students: Cedric Diggory, Susan Bones, Ana Abbot, Ernest Macmillian, Zachary Smith e Justin Finch-Fletchey







The students are selected to this houses by a old hat, called the Sorting Hat. On the first day of school, each students puts, in front of the whole school, the Sorting Hat, that enter your head and sees your qualities and says really loud which house the house will stay.
__________________________________________________________________________________




The anthem of Hogwarts is:


"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald,
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling,
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us things worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgotten,
Just do your best,
We'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot."
__________________________________________________________________________________


The obligatory subjects in Hogwarts are:
~Defense Against the Dark Arts
~Spells
~Transfiguration
~Potions
~Herbology
~Flight
~History of Magic
~Astronomy
The optional subjects in Hogwarts are:
~Divination
~Ancient Runes
~Study of the Muggles
~ Care of Magical Creatures
~Aritmancy
~Duels


Teachers of Hogwarts:


Defense Against the Dark Arts: Quirinus Quirrel, Gilderoy Lockhart, Remus Lupin, Alastor Moody, Dolores Umbrigde, Severus Snape e Amico Carrow
Spells: Flitwick
Transfiguration: Minerva McGonagall
Potions: Severus Snape e Horace Slughorn
Herbology: Pomona Sprout
Flight: Rolanda Hooch
History of Magic: Prof Bins
Astronomy: Aurora Sinister
Divination: Sibila Trelawney, Firenze
Ancient Runes: Bathsheda Babbling
Aritmancy: Septima Vector
Study of the Muggles: Charity Burbage, Alecto Carrow
Care of Magical Creatures: Rubeus Hagrid e Guilhermina Grubbly-Plank


Observation: Some teachers died, were fired or had another unexpected thing and don't continue teaching Hogwarts. The list isn't totally actualized, is with the teachers of the time of Harry, Rony and Hermione. Some of the list all ready went and others  need to be add.


Caretaker: Argus Filch
Nurse: Papoula Pomfrey
Guardian of the fields and the keys: Rubeus Hagrid
Librarian: Madame Pince


__________________________________________________________________________________


Head-Masters of Hogwarts:


~Albus Dumbledore
~Dolores Umbrigde
~Minerva McGonagall
~Severus Snape
~Neville Longbottom (actual)


__________________________________________________________________________________


Some of the books that the students  of Hogwarts need to read:


History of Magic of Batilda Bagshot
Guide of Domestic Pests of Gilderoy Lockhart
How to Master an Ominous Spirit of Gilderoy Lockhart
How to Have Fun with Vampires of Gilderoy Lockhart
Vacations with evil witches of Gilderoy Lockhart
Travels with Trolls of Gilderoy Lockhart
Excursions with Vampires of Gilderoy Lockhart
Rides with Werewolfes of Gilderoy Lockhart
A Year with the Yeti of Gilderoy Lockhart 
Teory of Magic of Adalbert Waffling
Transfiguration for begginers and mid-course of Emerico Switch
One Thousand Herbs and Magical Fungi of Filida Spore
Magical Drinks and Potions of Arsene Jigger
Fantastic Animals and were they Live of Newt Scamander
The Dark Arts: A Guide of Self-Protection of Quintino Trimble
Hogwarts: A Story of Giovanni Ralissi
Clarifyng the Future of Cassandra Vablastsky
Pragues and Counterpragues of Vindicto Viridiano
Standart Book of Spells (1 to 7 grade) of Miranda Goshawk
Guide of Transfiguration for Begginers of Emerico Switch
Quidditch Through the Centuries of Kennilworthy Whisp


__________________________________________________________________________________


There are tests in Hogwarts every year, and they are really, really, really important. The students study one month before the test, but some students (like Hermione) that study ten weeks before the test. But there are test more important, like the the O.L.M. (Ordinary Levels of Magic), that happens at the 5th year. There are the I.E.L.M. (Incredibly Exhausting Levels of Magic), that happens on the 7th year. The grades that you can have on the O.L.M. and the I.E.L.M. are:


Passing Grades:


E--Excellent
E.E.--Exceeds Expectations
A--Acceptable


Disapproval Grades:


P--Poor
D--Deplorable
H--Hobgoblin


__________________________________________________________________________________


The motto of Hogwarts is "Never tickle a sleeping dragon"


__________________________________________________________________________________


The first day of school year in Hogwarts is at 1 of September, the students go to the King's Cross Station, and, pass through a wall that exists between the platforms 9 and 10. Passing through the wall, you'll be in the platform 9 3/4 and at your front you will find the Hogwarts Express.

The Hogwarts Express is a big red train, that, every year, day 1 of September, at 11 am, takes the students from all the years and all the houses to Hogwarts. On the Hogwarts Express (usually) there are only two adults on board, the engineer and the woman that sells candies (excluding that some times there are teachers on board. There is a special cab, on the back of the train, for the monitors of all the houses.


__________________________________________________________________________________


Each house has two monitors, a boy and a girl, that can be selected after the 4th year. There is also the head-monitor, that can be selected after the 6th year. Rony and Hermione, on their 5th year, they were selected to be monitors of Gryffindor. Draco Malfoy was selected too, to be monitor of Slytherin.


__________________________________________________________________________________


Each house has a Communal Hall, were the students can talk to each other, study, play Exploding Snap... The Communal Hall has two stairs that takes to the boy and the girls sleeping room. The Communal Hall of Gryffindor is behind the painting of the Fat Women, the one from Hufflepuff is behind the painting of the dead nature, next to the kitchen. The Communal Hall of Slytherin is on the dungeons and the one from Ravenclaw is next to the Astronomy Tower.
__________________________________________________________________________________


Each house has a ghost, that stays next to their tables at the Main Hall on the meals and they stay at their Communal Halls too. The one from Gryffindor is Sir Nicholas, more known as Nick-Almost-Without-Head, he was semi headless and now his head is suspended by a few inches of skin that wasn't cut.

The ghost from Ravenclaw is Helena Ravenclaw, more known as Grey Lady. She is the doter of Rowena Ravenclaw and helps Harry to find one of the last Horcruxes of Voldemort, The Diadem of Ravenclaw. Actually, on the first part she didn't wan't to help (this explains she's anger on the photo), but later Harry convinced her.

The ghost from Hufflepuff is Chubby Frei, a fat priest, I don't know much things about him...

The one from Slytherin is the Bloody Baron, he lives full of silver blood and his the only one that can scary Prank, the poltergeist of the school.

Hogwarts has a ghost that haunts a toilet at the woman's bathroom, were is the Secret Chamber, her name is Moaning Myrtle. She lives crying and complaining of everything and she's always buzzed by the students. Because of her, the bathroom isn't really frequented by the students. On the day that she died, she was crying on the bathroom and she looked directly on the eyes of the basilisk.

__________________________________________________________________________________

The School of Witchcraft and Wizardry of Hogwarts already hosted the Triwizard Tournament, a competition were one student of one of the three participation school is selected by the Goblet of Fire to participate of the tournament.

The Triwizard Tournament happens each 1000 years, gathering the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry of Hogwarts, The Academy of Magic Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. The Triwizard Tournament consists in three dangerous tasks and complicated, made to test the participants. The price of who gets the Triwizard Cup is of one thousand galleons.

 On the year of The Triwizard Tournament in Hogwarts, for some thing, there were selected four students, instead of three for the Tournament. The students are:


Fleur Delacour, the french half-veela from Beauxbatons

Vitor Krum, a famous bulgarian player of quidditch from Durmstrang

Cedric Diggory, hansome guy from Hufflepuff, Hogwarts bonitão da Lufa-Lufa, Hogwart

And Harry Potter, a famous gryffinorian of Hogwarts

Cedric died on the last task and Harry won the Tournament, but he gave his price to Fred and George Weasley, to they open their shop.
__________________________________________________________________________________


Well, now you now more about Hogwarts!
: )