HOL - Virtual Hogwarts

Party Like a Snake: ALL Houses Welcome!

What would HOL life be like without a little Slytherin chaos to start off the school year? It's not like any of us are going to actually behave or do homework anyway. Who needs homework when you're perfect without trying, right? ;-)

For those of you who want to come and have the time of your life, stop on by on September 12th. We will be waiting with our totally approved, completely student proof beverages. We also might have some snakes on a plane, baby, snakes on a plane.

Homework submissions

The schoolyear starts on September 1st, but many students are already submitting homework (I've got 3 already).

Please, do NOT submit anything until term starts. Maybe some professors will keep your homeworks, but many will just delete them and will start accepting work on September 1st.

New Head Editor for the Gryff Paw Print!

I'M FREE.

...I mean, alas...My heart is hindered so by this announcement I regret to bring to you.

By some mere miracle, someone has agreed to relieve me of my Editor-in-chief position on the Paw Print. Are you wondering what delusional, crazy person would agree to something like this? Who would want to torture themselves monthly and have smoke billow out of their ears on a daily basis?

I am quite pleased to announce Ms. Ardeliah Longbottom as the Gryfifndor Paw Print's new Head Editor. Everything makes sense now, right?

Yes, I have run my course and it is time to hoist the reigns on to another unsuspecting soul.

Thank you to everyone who made my time with the Paw Print very rewarding. I am very pleased to have been honored with such a wonderful staff and student population.

Ms. Longbottom, I wish you the best of luck with your new endeavor. You shall do great things!

So, yes, all questions, comments, harrassment, articles, applications and other assorted goods are now to be thrown at Ardeliah!

Good luck!

- Zenix

Class Signups Open!

SIGN UP FOR CLASSES Y'ALL

Snakes on a Broom?!

No No, its not a cheesy movie sequel to Snakes on a Plane, Pffft!
It's reality! Slytherin is looking for fellow snakes that are ready to bludger the other players off their brooms? Does that sound like fun?! WELL IT DOES TO ME!!! (and probably you too!) So why not take your love of Slytherin, love of winning, and love of aggression to the field..erm IRC Quiddy Channel.


For More info PM Megaera Selwyn, Xavier Dalen, or Faye Roderick.

Drum Roll Please..........

The Winner of HOL's 10th year Anniversary banner is.........

JENNA HATHAWAY From RAVENCLAW!!!! Her Banner showed such elegance and celebration. Very well done!

She will be getting the extra 30 points and will be starting off the school year with a nice little lead (don't pounce her people! there will be many more chances on earning point ;) )

I would also like to announce the 2nd place winner of 20 points:

Lily Padfoot of Gryffindor!

and 3rd place winner of 10 points:

Angela Franco of Gryffindor!!!!

Thank you to all that submitted and voted. The first competition of the new term is complete! Keep your eyes peeled to the forum and blog for future contests. I will be submitting points to everyone that competed and the Winning banner will go up momentarily!

Offsite Forum Avatars

As we approach the start of a new school year, many of us are updating the look of our HOL Forum profiles, using new avatars and signatures. However, it's come to our attention that one source of images, iconator.com, is being pinged as a source of malware — malicious programs and code that can harm your computer.

We recommend you find another source for your avatar or signature. If you're currently using them, please stop using them for all HOL and HOL-related sites, including house and class forums.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask one of the many friendly and knowledgeable prefects for help.

Sparkleissa Ink Is Open

We are now officially located under "Main Areas" on the front page, so come visit!

image provided by the lovely Jenna Hathaway

HOL 2010/11

Welcome to our family time
Welcome to our brotherly time
We're happy for given an taken to the friends we're makin'
There is nothing we won't do

welcome to our family time
welcome to our happy to be time
this is the best of all
ya know the best of all
we're here to share it all

Sorry to disappoint you, but no Beatles' song this time. Instead, I think Phil Collins had it right.

I want to thank all Heads of House, Professors, Head Students and Prefects for all the hard work, passion and dedication in the past year.

Everybody who got at least 2 quills, now passed year. Points are set to zero, so we will start a new race for the House Cup this coming September.

Next year is special, because we will be celebrating HOL's 10th Anniversary. We have planned lots of activities to make this year the bestest (yes, it is a real word).

HOL sign up for the new year (2010/11) is now open. Please note that all existing students do not have to create a new account: you are only allowed to have ONE account in HOL. Please remember to not use your real name.

The list of available classes will be available shortly. If you have applied to teach a class, you will shortly hear from the Head Office whether your class has been approved.

So welcome to the new members of HOL, have lots of fun, make lots of new friends, and overall remember that... "pervalida ars magica amicitia", which in plain english means: friendship is the strongest magic.

You're In Trouble, Tarma and Cosmo

Cosmo Brown and Tarma Black, listen carefully 'cause you'll want to read this. You're being "fired, let go, expelled, etc." from your Head Student positions. Yes, that's right, you read it correctly. But now that the inevitable demotion is out of the way, we can move on to far better things.

The minute I eagerly volunteered to write this, I opened up an untitled notepad and stared at it for a good two minutes. Then I started to wonder: "What can I possibly say that can actually match the amount of work and dedication these two ladies have contributed to such a fascinating establishment?" And then it hit me: nothing I could say would match seven years' worth of toil. So I won't do it. But I do know how to get wordy, and I'll be darned if I don't try to get close.

When you're an outsider looking at the activities of a different house, it's easy to dismiss the work prefects, professors, and students have done to better that house. "It's only Hufflepuff. There's not that much work to do, since they're such a small house." Someone might say that. Okay, maybe in a different time and mentality, I might have said that (I probably have, who knows?). But anyone who has thought it--regardless of the House in question--couldn't be any more wrong.

Frankly, having to keep up activity anywhere is always a work of art. Having to engage a group of people's interest is a daunting task, and I know a number of prefects, junior prefects, reserves, and whathaveyou do this month by month. Tarma and Cosmo are no different in that manner, but it does help that they've had 7 years' worth of experience. That in itself is a feat only matched by those who've stayed around for longer and are still trudging away through HOL's highs and lows (such as the likes of Missa and Rhi and Fels and Ashlee). So one can't help but applaud that.

It doesn't end there, of course, because Tarma and Cosmo have gone beyond just work they've been assigned as fellow prefects and Head Students. They've earned numerous points for Hufflepuff (darn you!), played fierce Quidditch games (whether on and off) for their determined team, worked and participated in House and inter-House activities, discussed and/or argued points they heavily believed in (whether or not they won a particular argument is irrelevant since they took their wins and losses with style), took in prefect and then Head Girl responsibilities with aplomb, and retained their sanities long enough on IRC to get licked and cajoled (though this is debatable).

Yeah, it's clear they deserve more than a pat on the back and a "Hey, congrats, you're a professor now!" That's probably why Ulol came up with this idea instead. He wanted to say: "Thank you, Tarma. Thank you, Cosmo. You guys have truly been magnificent." Of course, since Ulol is the master of unwordyness (which I will ONE DAY remedy), I decided to take matters into my own hands to personally thank you (anyone else can agree or agree to disagree).

And while you're all wondering how or why a Ravenclaw sillyface has agreed--nay, asked--to write this, I suppose it's due to the degree of respect I have for Tarma and Cosmo. I know there are a ton of badgers who are tooting the same horn and would probably have been better people to sing praises to them. I know over the years we may not have seen eye-to-eye with each other on certain viewpoints, and we probably still don't, now that I think about it (I don't mind, really!). But I still wanted to say thanks for what you've put into HOL. You're probably two of the hardest working badgers I know; and that's saying a lot, considering how hard badgers normally work!

Cosmo, I'll make sure to remember that good graphics and Comic Sans should not be placed in the same sentence. In fact, I should never wave Comic Sans at you, for fear of being uhh...badgered?

Tarma, you're still a sillybeanabear. I have your BENT halo. If you want it, you'd have to steal it back. But watch out, I've already licked it.

Looking forward to seeing you both on the other side of the spectrum!

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