As a Ravenclaw, I know how tough it can be to be a fan in one of the series’s neglected Hogwarts houses: Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin – it seems Gryffindor gets all the love! It seems there aren’t any characters that remind us of how cool our house is or what a Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff really looks like.
When I was younger, I used to find the idea of being sorted into a house incredibly appealing. I wanted to be a Gryffindor, just like Harry, and grow up with a group of people as amazing as the members of the Gryffindor House. But the concept of being forced to enter a house when you’re still eleven years old has begun to bother me quite a lot for different reasons.
In honor of World Book Week, pupils at Charlton-On-Otmoor Primary School were pleasantly surprised when the whole school was suddenly transformed into Hogwarts. The Oxford Times reported that the week started as it normally would, with an assembly. Of course, that’s when things turned quite different. From then on, the rest of the week was spent with fun, games, and… well, magic!
For a group of young students in New Bedford, Massachusetts, house points are part of the daily routine! Third grade teacher Carolyn Papas has incorporated a Sorting Hat, House Cup, prefects, and Azkaban into her classroom, in hopes of teaching responsibility, teamwork, and leadership. And just like at Hogwarts, students earn and lose house points, and the house with the most points at the end of the year wins the House Cup. We think this is a brilliant idea!
Can’t get enough of fan-made “Potter” parodies? Well, if you’re in the Denver area, you’re in luck because “The Heirs of Hogwarts: An Improvised Adventure” is returning to the Bovine Metropolis Theater.
Professor Longbottom,
It must be a wonderful experience to teach at Hogwarts. So far, who has been your favourite student and why?
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We had the opportunity to catch up with Alice Finch, builder of a LEGO Hogwarts that has recently garnered much attention from the fan community.
Rumors say the Harry Potter characters will appear in the queue for the ride and celebrate a new school year. The line to ride the train will obviously be a lengthy one, so the storyline may imply that the long lines are due to the new school year at Hogwarts beginning.
The “Hartford Courant” is taking a different approach to breaking down the 2012 presidential field – sorting the candidates into their respective “Harry Potter” houses.
Amos Diggory
Set decorator – RIP
2007
Xenophilius Lovegood
Harry Potter
Composer
1991
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