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This month for the BLOB, Harry Potter is the theme on the majority of the paper. If you have never read the Harry Potter series or seen the movies, this article is the basics of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the school of magic in the Harry Potter series. Hog-warts teaches witches and wizards from the ages of eleven to eighteen to be able to perform magic. The princi-pal of Hogwarts is Albus Per-cival Wulfric Brain Dumble-dore. In order to get to Hog-warts, you must ride the Hog-warts Express on September 1. To get on the train you must go to platform 9 ¾ at King’s Cross Station in Lon-don and be on the train by 11 o’clock in the morning. In order to get on platform 9 ¾, you must run through the brick wall that indicates where plat-forms 9 and 10 are. You can only go through this wall if you are a witch or wizard and the wall “closes” at 11 o’clock, when the train leaves. When you get to Hogwarts, you are sorted into one of the four houses. The four houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Everyone is sorted in their first year on the first day during dinner. All the first years are brought in after the rest of the students

and teachers are seated.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft

and Wizardy By Rylee M.

January 2017

Volume 9, issue 3

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Inside this

issue:

Main Arti-

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Bloberta 2

Life Hacks 3

Top 10 4

Student of

the Month

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Did You

know?

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Collage 15

The Best Literature on the Block

The first years go and stand on the steps to the platform that the teachers sit on then they wait for their name to be called. A professor calls the students one by one to come sit on the platform and have the sorting hat placed on their head. The sorting hat is an enchanted hat that can speak. The sorting hat looks into the per-son’s capabilities and personality and says the name of the house that they will fit into best. The student then goes and sits with their new house’s designated

table and the next name is called. After dinner, the head boy takes all the first years to their house dormi-tory where they will sleep. Their classes begin the next day. The students at Hogwarts can play a sport called Quidditch on their flying brooms. Quidditch is played by two teams that each have seven people. There are three chasers,

two beaters, one keeper, and one seek-er. There are also four balls used in this game: the quaffle, two bludgers, and the golden snitch. The chasers compete for the quaffle and try to pass it to their teammates and get it through one of the three hoops on the opposite side of the field. You can take the quaffle by inter-cepting a pass or knocking it out of someone’s hands. The keepers job is to stay by the opposing team’s hoops and try to block the quaffle from passing through any of

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the hoops. If the keeper fails to guard the goal and the

quaffle passes through, the person who passed it in gets

ten points for their team.The beaters have a very im-

portant job; they work with the bludgers. The

bludger is an enchanted ball that targets each

team’s seeker. The beater’s job is to use the

wooden bats they are given to hit the bludger

away from the seeker and hit it towards the other

team. The seeker has the most important job of

all, to find the golden snitch. The golden snitch

is a small, enchanted ball that has wings. The

snitch is so fast that you can barely see it as it

flies. The seeker who catches the golden snitch

receives 150 points for their team, ends the

match, and most likely wins the game. Each

house has their own team to play against the oth-

er houses. Quidditch is a major

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event at Hogwarts and in the magical

world.

Hogwarts is a wizarding school

that teaches witches and wizards to use

their skills. Hogwarts has many activi-

ties that students can participate in,

some more dangerous than others. The

school tries to accommodate each per-

son while giving them a good educa-

tion. Many great witches and wizards

mentioned in this series went to Hog-

warts and are now very successful in the

wizarding.

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Life Hacks By Jadyn P.

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Captain O By Sammie W.

Harry Potter is a wizard.

Wizards are boys and witches

are girls.

A wand casts spells.

There are seven Harry Potter books.

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Top Ten By Sammie W.

Top Ten Harry Potter Mythical

Creatures

1) House Elf

2) Ghosts

3) Werewolves

4) Boggarts

5) Centaurs

6) Giants

7) Thestral

8) Basilisk

9) Fluffy

10) Hippogriffs

Top Ten Harry Potter Spells

1) Riddikulus

2) Obliviate

3) Sectumsempra

4) Avada Kedavra

5) Alohomora

6) Lumos

7) Expelliarmus

8) Wingardium Leviosa

9) Accio

10) Expecto Patronum

Top Ten Hog-

warts Professors

1) Minerva McGonagall

2) Albus Dumbledore

3) Filius Flitwick

4) Pomona Sprout

5) Remus Lupin

6) Severous Snape

7) Sybill Trelawney

8) Rubeus Hagrid

9) Horace Slughorn

10) Gilderoy Lockhart

Top Ten Harry Potter Characters

1) Harry Potter

2) Professor Severous Snape

3)Hermione Granger

4) Ron Weasley

5) Professor Dumbledore

6) Lord Voldemort

7) Draco Malfoy

8) Sirius Black

9) Remus Lupin

10) Neville Long-

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November/December’s Students of the Month By Bailey B.

4th 7th

8th

5th

6th Samantha W.

Parker A.

Lily L.

Brennan W. Lyla R.

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Monthly Polls By Jadyn P./Nevin

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The Sorting Hat By Sammie W.

Do you ever wonder how

the Harry Potter Charac-

ters were divided

into their different

houses? Well, it all

starts during en-

rollment. The pro-

fessors pull the stu-

dents aside one by

one and take them

to a room where they put a

special hat on them called

“The Sorting Hat.”

Hat looks at all of the different

characteristics of a person and

places them in a

specific house

based on what their

results are. After

this process, the

students are sent to

their house where

they learn all sorts

of new traits such as magic and

making potions. Have a magi-

cal month!

Which Hogwarts House do you relate to?

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Pep Rally & Academic Outing

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Athletes of Month By Bailey B.

Maddie has shown amazing im-

provement already in the basket-

ball season. Maddie is a very

hard worker and as a reward got

to play in an A-game last Satur-

day.

Emily is very coachable.

Emily works hard every day to

better herself and improve her

skills.

Bailey has really stepped up

as leader this season. She

works on and off the court to

improve her skills, which is

very noticeable.

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Fabulous Faculty Abi M.

Mrs. Aldrich is this month’s fabulous faculty! She is our

new clerical assistant for the special education department

and a paraprofessional. She

was chosen because she

works very well with the stu-

dents, runs our detention dili-

gently, and gets along great

with the other staff members.

She does a great job overall.

Good job Mrs. Aldrich! Keep it up.

Wacky Laws By Bailey B.

In 1542 Parliament passed The Witchcraft Act. This crime was

punishable by death. This act is gladly not in place anymore

because it was repealed twenty years later in 1562.

In 1763 Parliament passed a new act that placed fines or im-

prisonment on people who claimed that they had magical

powers.

Sect.365 says that in Canada it is illegal to practice witchcraft,

sorcery, enchantment, or conjuration of any kind.

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Celebrity Look-Alike By Sammie W.

Countdown By Hunter L.

60 days until spring

break as of January

26th

Zenus W.

Mrs. Bennett Professor Trelawney

Ron Weasley

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Embarrassing Moments By Hunter L.

When I flatulated in 3rd grade, everybody laughed at

me and I belched and my friends laughed.

Signed,

Anonymous

One time when I was camping, I thought bug spray was

seasoning for my dinner, and I ate some. I double check my

seasonings to this day.

Signed,

Anonymous

Current Events By Jadyn P.

J.K. Rowling is the author of

many books but is most

famously known for her

Harry Potter series. Well,

she has come out with

three new Harry Potter

books besides her current

book Harry Potter and

the Cursed Child. They

were released on Sept

6 in 2016. You can buy

them for $3 each on her website at

Pottermore.com. The name of her

three books are Short Stories from

Hogwarts of Power, Politics, and

Pesky Poltergeist;

Short Stories from Hogwarts of Hero-

ism, Hardship, and Dangerous

Hobbies; and Hogwarts an In-

complete & Unreliable Guide.

Each book is about 10,000

words long. The first book

gives readers a glimpse into

the “ruthless roots” of Profes-

sor Dolores Umbridge and the

relationship between Professor

Horace Slughorn and Volde-

mort. The second book focuses on se-

crets behind the walls of the wizard-

ing school. The last book is just a

guide into the wonderful world of

Harry Potter.

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Recipe of the Month By Abi M.

Did You Know? By Bailey B.

Mrs. Weasley’s Magically Easy Fudge If you are a PB addict, you can add a bit of peanut butter to this batch. But you can add nuts

or just go au natural. Use a 6×8 pan and the pieces aren’t super thick. If you use a bigger pan

or want thick fudge, make at least 1 1/2 batches or 2.

1 cup organic sugar (I use raw sugar for a deeper

flavor)

1/4 cup milk of choice

5 tbsp. margarine

1 cup chocolate chips

1/2 teas. vanilla

optional: 2 tbsp. peanut butter

optional: sea salt

Line a small pan (see notes in recipe intro) with parchment or foil. In a saucepan

over medium heat, combine the sugar, milk and margarine. Whisking constantly,

bring to a boil. Lower heat to a simmer and cook until the sugar is dissolved com-

pletely. Remove from heat and whisk in the chocolate chips and vanilla until

smooth. Spread into prepared pan. If using peanut butter, scatter blobs of it

around the pan and swirl with a butter knife. Sprinkle salt on top.

Let fudge set in fridge for at least an hour before cutting. Because this fudge must

stay refrigerated, it is not recommended to send it by owl. Credits: nomnomnomblog.com

Did you know that Hermione Granger’s name from Harry Potter was

almost Hermione Pickle?

Did you know that Fred and George Weasley from Harry Potter were

born on April Fool’s Day?

Did you know that platform 9 3/4 where Hogwarts students get on the

train was filmed between platforms 4 and 5 at London’s King’s Cross

Station?

Did you know that Sirius Black and his siblings from Harry Potter

have unusual names because they are named after astronomical

objects?

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Critics Corner By Hunter L.

Sing is an intense, yet laugh-

able movie. It’s about a koala

bear who wants to make

money by putting on a sing-

ing contest and offering

the winner one thousand dol-

lars, but trouble starts when

his assistant makes a terrible

mistake that gets some bad

people involved…

Sully is an exciting experience to

watch. Based on the 2009 true

story about Captain Chesley

(Sully) Sullenberger who saved

155 lives when he crash landed

his plane into the Hudson River

instead of attempting a runway

landing, but some people say he

should have landed his plane on

the runway and that causes a

large debate that could end

Sully’s career…

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Blast From the Past By Jadyn P.

Now Then

Why should you have positive attitude? This semester you are going to want to work hard, keep your grades up, and show up to school . We have many field trips that you must be eligible for. You should show up for class so you can prepare for Smarter Balanced and for next year!

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Comics By Abi M.

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A. What do you call a coughing Quidditch commentator?

B. What does Harry Potter have that Voldemort doesn't?

C. How does Harry Potter get rid of a rash?

Answer A: Weasley

(Wheeze-lee) Answer B: A Nose Answer C: With quit-

itch (Quidditch) Answer D: Harry Potter