Hogwarts School!
Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry a place for young witches and wizards to join and show their love for this wonderful establishment and pride for their chosen house. Muggles and Magic folk please read on, and Professor Albus Dumbledore has left a nice little message at the end!
Hogwarts a History.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a school of magic and the main setting of the Harry Potter series.
Hogwarts is a boarding school set in a castle by a mountain lake. Although its precise location is not specified in the books, the author has said it is in Scotland. Hogwarts is reached by a train called the Hogwarts Express which leave from platform 9 3/4 of London's Kings Cross Station.
No Apparition is possible on the school grounds (however, this is a barrier that can be lifted by the headmaster, as it was done in order for the sixth year students to practice for their Apparition Tests), although adults seem to show up by means other than the school train; perhaps they use brooms or Floo powder, or simply apparate to a nearby location and walk. The school has strong charms around it to repel Muggles. Electronic devices do not work on Hogwarts grounds; there is too much magic in the air.
Albus Dumbledore, the former Headmaster of Hogwarts, was an elderly, white-haired gentleman with a droll (some might say silly) sense of humour and twinkling eyes. He always seemed to know what was going on at the school and took a special interest in Harry. He carried no course load, but formerly taught Transfiguration.
The motto of Hogwarts is "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus", which means "Never tickle a sleeping dragon". J. K. Rowling said she wanted a practical motto for Hogwarts, since so many schools have less pragmatic ones such as "Reach for the stars".
Several professors make up the Hogwarts faculty, each specialising in a single subject, such as Transfiguration, Potions, or Divination. Other staff positions include that of school nurse, caretaker, and gamekeeper/groundskeeper. The school grounds feature a Quidditch pitch, the lake, the Forbidden Forest, and at least three greenhouses. Hogwarts is divided into four houses; Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin.
Message from the Headmaster.
Dear Witches and Wizards and anyone else,
I welcome you to Hogwarts with open arms and ears, ready to enjoy all that fruitful laughter that fills up the hall. Hogwarts has many exciting adventures for us all to enjoy and nothing can be more thrilling then travelling on a journey far far away, without even leaving your boots or so Madam Pince does inform me!
We hope you will join us and perhaps even tell your friends, you might end up in the same house, Professor McGonagall reminds me to mention the rules and I am sure we will follow them, won't we? Do good deeds and your house is rewarded, break the rules and your whole house will pay for your misfortune.
Goodbye!
Albus Dumbledore.