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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Be sure to check out the latest project in the HOL Library!

Congratulations to the following Gryffindor award winners:

The Curious Kitten Award: Lucy Berkeley
The Fellytone Award: Barbara Phoenix

And congratulations to the following Ravenclaw award winners for the month of April:

Blue Virtue: Finn Cullen
Bronze Ambition: Fallon McKnight
Ravenclaw of the Month: Neti Maulani
Hawking HOLer: Alexia Riaper

Congratulations also to the following Hufflepuff House award winners!

Bright Badger Award: Kath Snape
House Spirit Award: Rorey Padfoot

The latest edition of the Alte Sententiam, Ravenclaw House's newspaper, is now available.


posted by Rhiannon 3:50:00 PM

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Be sure to check out the latest project in the HOL Library!

The latest editions of The Paw Print (Gryffindor House's newspaper) and The Wizarding Times (from Hufflepuff) are now online.

Congratulations to the following Ravenclaw award winners for the month of March:

Blue Virtue: Adelline Aldridge
Bronze Ambition: Elfe Hart
Ravenclaw of the Month: Rosanna Gulveig
Hawking HOLer: Mark Mandrake and Neti Maulani

Congratulations also to the following Hufflepuff House award winners:

Order of Helga (Hard Work): May Lee
Badger Cub Award: Nerissa Allison
Bright Badger Award: Kath Snape (February) and Belle Black (March)
House Spirit Award: Celeste Marivaux
Botting Monster Award: Tarma Black
Badger By Another Name: Catriona Watson (Ravenclaw)
Alektaia Khalikiope Memorial Award: Prof. Olivia Rictusempra

Prof. Kimil wishes to announce a new HOL-wide contest, Reproduce HP Book Covers -- Prisoner of Azkaban!


posted by Rhiannon 3:33:00 PM

Thursday, March 13, 2008

The latest edition of the Alte Sententiam is now available!

Prof. Chutney wants you for the Wizarding Times !

Congratulations to the following Slytherin House award winners:

Singular Slytherin Award: Prof. Allie de Mauvaisefoi
Smug Snake Award: Tambaqui Balthazar
Eagle in Snake's Clothing: Prof. Ulol Kimil (Ravenclaw)

Congratulations also to the following Ravenclaw award winners:

Blue Virtue: Catriona Watson
Bronze Ambition: Phedre Montreve
Ravenclaw of the Month: Thalia Krum
Hawking HOLer: Momoko Asakura
Eagle's Talont (RQT): Ryan Lobiesk, Alexia Riaper, Mark Mandrake, and Adeliene Cromwell
Captain's Choice (RQT): Cassandra Lobiesk

And congratulations to the following Hufflepuff House award winners!

Badger By Another Name Award: Prof. Rhiannon Llewellyn (Ravenclaw) and Prof. Paddy O'Brien (Slytherin)
Order of Helga (Hard Work): Belle Black, Felicia Hartwick, Kath Snape, Luisa Paula, Mopsy Prewett, and Prof. Olivia Rictusempra and Prof. Anya Chutney
House Spirit Award: Kath Snape
Scholarly Badger Award: Belle Black, Tarma Black, Mopsy Prewett, Kath Snape, Neville Prongs, and Fawn Warwick
Hungarian Horntail Award: Neville Prongs


posted by Rhiannon 3:26:00 PM

Friday, February 08, 2008

Prof. Chutney has posted the list of new classes. The next term will be starting shortly.

The February issue of the Alte Sententiam is now available! As is the new Prose and Cons Challenge!


posted by Rhiannon 9:34:00 PM

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Term 2 will be running a few days late this year due to the massive amount of work the Head Office is dealing with currently.

Congratulations to the following Hufflepuff House award winners for November / December:

Badger By Another Name Award: Prof. Ulol Kimil (Ravenclaw)
Bright Badger Award: Kath Snape (November); Belle Black (December)
SpiffySpiffy Award: Peter Aldridge (November); Narcissa Heart and Lilly Stargazer (December)
House Spirit Award: Marcie Hobber
Botting Monster Award: Lilly Stargazer

Congratulations also to Hufflepuff on their recent Quidditch win over Slytherin House! The next match, between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, 2 February.


posted by Rhiannon 4:50:00 PM

Saturday, January 05, 2008

There's a new HOL Library Project, "New Year Haiku."

The latest editions of the Paw Print (Gryffindor House's newspaper) and the Alte Sententiam (from Ravenclaw House) are now online!


posted by Rhiannon 7:42:00 PM

Monday, December 17, 2007

Congratulations to the following Ravenclaw House award winners for the month of November:

Blue Virtue: Annie Chandran
Bronze Ambition: Belladonna Caoimhe
Ravenclaw of the Month: Jenna Hathaway
Hawking HOLer: Prof. Audiaa Martin

The latest edition of Ravenclaw House's newspaper, the Alte Sententiam, is now online!

Congratulations to Gryffindor on their recent Quidditch win over Slytherin House! The next match, between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, 12 January.


posted by Rhiannon 4:45:00 PM

Friday, November 30, 2007

A new HOL Library Project has been posted!

Congratulations to the following Slytherin House award winners:

Singular Slytherin Award: India Jolly
Smug Snake Award: Aidan Argent
Sagacious Slytherin Award: Lalaith Lomion
Eagle in Snake's Clothing: Severus McGonagall (Ravenclaw)

Congratulations also to the following Gryffindor award winners:

The Curious Kitten Award: Joel Aireserkeiel
The Fellytone Award: Zenix James

The latest edition of The Serpentimes, Slytherin House's newspaper, is now online!


posted by Rhiannon 4:15:00 PM

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Congratulations to Ravenclaw on their recent Quidditch win over Slytherin House! The next match, between Gryffindor and Slytherin, is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, 1 December.

Prefects, Headstudents, Professors and staff are invited to sign up for an HOL Email account.

Congratulations to the following Ravenclaw House award winners for the month of October:

Blue Virtue: Adeliene Cromwell
Bronze Ambition: Rosanna Gullveig
Ravenclaw of the Month: Cassandra Lobiesk
Hawking HOLer: Maya Winters

The latest edition of Hufflepuff House's newspaper, The Wizarding Times, is now available!

Be sure to check out the newest Prose and Cons Challenge!


posted by Rhiannon 9:11:00 PM

Monday, November 05, 2007

Congratulations to Gryffindor on their recent Quidditch win over Hufflepuff House! The next match, between Ravenclaw and Slytherin, is scheduled for Saturday, 10 November.

The HOL Book Club has officially re-opened its gates!

Students are encouraged to read the revised IRC guidelines.

Congratulations to the winners of September and October's Hufflepuff House Spirit Awards!

The November issue of Ravenclaw House's newspaper, the Alte Sententiam, is now online!

There's a new project in the HOL Library, the HOL school song.

Congratulations to Zia Stonebury and Castora Grimsby, recipients of the Pen Pal Club's Friend to All award for October!


posted by Rhiannon 4:41:00 PM

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Sir Paddy would like to remind the general HOL population that not everyone in HOL is a native English speaker.

The latest editions of the Paw Print (Gryffindor House's newspaper) and Alte Sententiam (from Ravenclaw House) are now online!

Congratulations to the following Ravenclaw House award winners for the month of September:

Blue Virtue: Keira Ashworth
Bronze Ambition: Tara Aurelium
Ravenclaws of the Month: Gypsy Ardor, Maya Winters and Momoko Asakura
Hawking HOLer: Prof. Ulol Kimil


posted by Rhiannon 3:38:00 PM

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Seventh year students are invited to send in the work for their two missing OWLs.

The HOL Pen Pal Club has some new Halloween activities!


posted by Rhiannon 9:22:00 PM

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Regarding the HOL Challenge, teams are asked to follow the correct rules for choosing a name.

Don't miss your chance to be in the next edition of Slytherin House's newspaper, the SerpenTimes!

Ravenclaw House's newspaper, the Alte Sententiam, is also accepting submissions!

Congratulations to the winners of Hufflepuff House's Summer and Spirit Awards!


posted by Rhiannon 4:23:00 PM

Monday, August 20, 2007

Are you ready for the HOL Challenge?

Class sign-ups are now open! Also, many courses have discussion areas in the class forum area, so be sure to check out the information there.

Congratulations to the winners of Hufflepuff House's end-of-term awards!


posted by Rhiannon 9:01:00 PM

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Congratulations to Hufflepuff House, winner of the House Cup 2007, and also to Ravenclaw, winner of the Quidditch Cup 2007!

Class sign-ups are scheduled to open on 18 August. The new school year (HOL 2007/08) will officially begin on 1 September.

Seventh Years can expect to be taking their NEWT exams next spring. More information can be found in Headmaster Dybendahl's post.

Congratulations to Mark Mandrake, winner of this year's Headmaster Award!

Congratulations also to the winners of the end-of-the-year awards for Ravenclaw!

Tryout information for the 2007/2008 Gryffindor Quidditch Team has been posted in the announcements section of the Gryffindor Common Room.

Come to #sql on Friday, 10 August, to watch the Pride of Portree play the Kenmare Kestrels in game of daring-do Quidditch! The game may be watched (no talking) in #sql; you may watch and cheer on the teams in #sqlstand. The game is scheduled to start 10:00 pm HOL time (5:00 pm USA Eastern and 2:00 pm USA Pacific).


posted by Rhiannon 7:42:00 PM

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Most of the main HOL forum has been closed to ensure privacy for readers of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Certain areas will remain open and / or password protected to avoid spoilers. The Slytherin Common Room has also been taken down for a short time for the same reason.

New student registration is now open!

The latest edition of The Serpentimes, Slytherin House's newspaper, is now online.

Don't forget to enter the Deathly Hallows Prediction Contest! (The deadline is 9 pm HOL time on Friday, 20 July .)


posted by Rhiannon 3:12:00 PM

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Prof. Dom Gaidin wishes to warn students that "a computer virus that claims 'Harry Potter is dead' before infecting a machine is spreading ahead of the release of the wizard's final novel."

Congratulations to the following Hufflepuff House award winners for the month of May:

Badger By Another Name Award: Ayahzy Nahki (Ravenclaw)
Bright Badger Award: Danya Amaritu
House Spirit Award: Felicia

The HOL Pen Pal Club (and associated Summer Camp) will soon be re-opening!

If you are interested in participating in HOL's Summer Quidditch League this year, you have until 8 July to join a team.


posted by Rhiannon 8:56:00 PM

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Applications for Professorship are now open, through 15 July.

There's a new HOL Library project.

All Book 7 discussion should be posted in the HP7 board, located in the General Harry Potter section of the HOL forum (you must be logged in to view the board).

Congratulations to the winners of the Fluffy Wand Award!

The latest issues of The Paw Print (Gryffindor House's newspaper) and Alte Sententiam (from Ravenclaw House) are now online.

Congratulations to the following Ravenclaw House award winners for the month of May:

Blue Virtue: Ayahzy Nahki
Bronze Ambition: Maya Winters
Ravenclaw of the Month: Isabella Kettleburn
Hawking HOLer: Cassandra Lobiesk


posted by Rhiannon 2:58:00 AM

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Prof. Rhiannon Llewellyn wishes to announce that Prof. Ulol Kimil has been named co-Deputy Head of House for Ravenclaw.

Congratulations to the winners of The Tarots contest!

The latest Muggle Question of the Month has been posted.

Congratulations to the following Hufflepuff House award winners for the month of April:

Badger By Another Name Award: Marie Thenes
Bright Badger Award: Adelline Aldridge
Hufflepuff House Spirit Award: Belle Black

Congratulations also to the following Ravenclaw House award winners:

Blue Virtue: Bev Grey
Bronze Ambition: Olive Snitzberry
Ravenclaw of the Month: Rosanna Gullveig
Hawking HOLer: Phedre Montreve

And congratulations to the Slytherin House award winners!

Singular Slytherin Award: Faye Roderick
Smug Snake Award: Nassa Dikaios
Sagacious Slytherin Award: Lalaith Lomoin
Eagle in Snake's Clothing: Severus McGonagall (Ravenclaw)
Lion in Snake's Clothing: Prof. Ben Quaddler (Gryffindor)
Badger in Snake's Clothing: Lilly Stargazer (Hufflepuff)

Don't forget to check out the latest edition of Slytherin's House newspaper, The Serpentimes.

It's down to the final four in this year's HOL Idol!


posted by Rhiannon 1:36:00 AM

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

The latest edition of the HOL Pen Pal Club Newsletter is now online.

Don't forget to vote for your favourite in Round 1 of HOL Idol!


posted by Rhiannon 3:48:00 PM

Thursday, May 03, 2007

The latest edition of Gryffindor House's newspaper, The Paw Print, is now available!

Congratulations to the following Slytherin House award winners for the month of March:

Singular Slytherin Award: Ashlee Sully
Smug Snake Award: Olivia Charm
Sagacious Slytherin Award: Lalaith Lomion
Eagle in Snake's Clothing: Prof. Ulol Kimil (Ravenclaw)
Lion in Snake's Clothing: Eve Shay

The Tarots Contest, vol.2 is up and running!

Warm up your singing voices; HOL Idol is back for 2007!

And be sure to check out this month's Prose and Cons Challenge!


posted by Rhiannon 3:30:00 PM

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

The newest edition of The Squibbler is now online!

The HOL Art Department is experiencing temporary technical difficulties.

Don't forget to submit your Knock Knock joke for the latest HOL Library project.

The Pen Pal Club is now accepting submissions for Spring's Anam Cara column.

Congratulations to the following Ravenclaw House award winners for the month of March:

Blue Virtue: Rosanna Gullveig
Bronze Ambition: Morag McQueen
Ravenclaw of the Month: Bev Grey

Congratulations also to the following Hufflepuff House award winners:

Order of Helga - Creativity award: Narcissa Heart
Order of Helga - Hard Work award: Keaira Filan and Samuel Craft
House Spirit Award: Elyranna Reginhart

The latest edition of Slytherin House's newspaper, The Serpentimes, is now available!


posted by Rhiannon 3:45:00 PM

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

The Muggle Question of the Month for April is now online!

Congratulations to the following recipients of the HOL Pen Pal Club's Friend to All Award:

January: Allison Prencer
February: Cyriel Aurorus
March: Catriona Watson


posted by Rhiannon 3:41:00 PM

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

There are new and ongoing projects in the Art Department and HOL Library!

Congratulations to the following Hufflepuff House award winners for the month of February:

Badger Cub Award: Adelline Aldridge
Order of Helga-Creativity: Ashley Johnson
Badger By Another Name Award: Prof. Emerald Dybendahl
Bright Badger Award: Annastasia Bee
Hufflepuff House Spirit Award: Kath Snape

Congratulations also the following Ravenclaw House award winners:

Blue Virtue: Jenna Hathaway
Bronze Ambition: Mark Mandrake
Ravenclaw of the Month: Gypsy Ardor

The latest edition of Hufflepuff House's newspaper, the Wizarding Times, is now online!

And be sure to check out this month's Prose and Cons Challenge!


posted by Rhiannon 4:49:00 PM

Friday, March 02, 2007

Sir Paddy wishes to remind all HOL students that if they ever feel the need to quit HOL, please do not send mail or PMs to people asking to be deleted. Instead, post in this board so that your request can be dealt with.

There's a new project in the Art Department!

The latest edition of Ravenclaw House's newspaper, the Alte Sententiam, is now online!

There's a new Muggle Question of the Month for March.

If you are having difficulties editing your HOL Profile, make sure that when you log in, you enter your HOL ID in lowercase.

It's time again for the announcement of the annual Eagle Award winners!


posted by Rhiannon 6:29:00 PM

Monday, February 12, 2007

Prof. Ulol Kimil has posted information on how to rate an HOL Library project.

Congratulations to the following Gryffindor House award winner for the month of January:

The Platinum Quill Award: Missa Matz

Congratulations also to the following Hufflepuff House award winners:

Badger Cub Award: Andie Tucker
Hungarian Horntail Award: Jake Patil
Scholarly Badger Award: Danya Amaritu (First Year), Rorey Padfoot (Second Year), Mopsy Prewett (Third Year), Tarma Black (Fourth Year), Rachel Sandersen (Fifth Year), and Felicia Hartwick (Sixth Year)

And congratulations the to the following Ravenclaw House award winners!

Blue Virtue: Severus McGonagall
Bronze Ambition: Ireth Halliwell
Ravenclaw of the Month: Catriona Watson
Hawking HOLer: Sandra Bloomwicks

The newest issue of the HOL Pen Pal Club Newsletter has just been released.


posted by Rhiannon 7:31:00 PM

Monday, February 05, 2007

Congratulations to Team Gryffindor on their recent Quidditch win against Ravenclaw House!

The Library has a new project: Create HOL House Mottos!

Prof. Pendragon wishes to let his Arithmancy for Amateurs students know that Lesson 1 has been posted and is due 28 February at midnight HOL time.


posted by Rhiannon 4:20:00 PM

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Congratulations to the following Hufflepuff House award winners for the month of December:

Badger Cub Award: Danya Amaritu
Badger By Another Name: Mark Mandrake (Ravenclaw) and Moiraine Lee (Gryffindor)
Order of Helga (Hard Work) Award: Prof. Olivia Rictusempra, Prof. Anya Chutney, Cosmo Brown, and Lera Kamerat
House Spirit Award: Jake Patil
Bright Badger Award: Tarma Black
Golden Foster Award: Keaira Flian, Melody Greenspell, Mopsy Prewett, and Tarma Black

Congratulations also to the winners of the Day After contest!


posted by Rhiannon 9:57:00 PM

Friday, January 26, 2007

The latest edition of The Squibbler is now online!

The HOL Library has two current projects: Getting Into Harry Potter (continuous) and First Day of Class After Christmas Holidays (ends 4 February).

There are also two opportunities in the HOL Art Department: HOL Trading Cards (continuous) and Deathly Hallows User Icons (ends 28 February).

Don't forget to submit your category suggestions for this year's Eagle Awards, coordinated by Prof. Angelus Darklost!


posted by Rhiannon 5:24:00 PM

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Class sign-ups are now open! Some classes are available for new student registration; others will open up closer to the end of term (31 January). The list of classes currently being offered can be found here. You may sign up for up to five classes through your HOL account (log in and click on HOL Classes).

The Goblet of Fire is now open! Could you be the next Quad-Wizard Tournament champion?


posted by Rhiannon 11:18:00 PM


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