Hogwarts

Arithmancy
Arithmany is taught by Professor Vector. What is it? Well, we don't learn much about it in the books, but it is probably the study of Math. The name of the Professor gives away all the clues. This is the only lesson Hermione doesn't have with Harry and Ron, because when she takes Arithmancy, Harry and Ron go off to Divination.
Arithmancy is also known as numerology, which is a way of predicting the future with numbers in different combinations affiliated with your birthdate and name.

Astronomy
Astronomy is taught by Professor Sinistra. In this class, students study the night sky plotting the stars and looking for symbols. For homework, students are required to make precise models of the stars.

Care of Magical Creatures
This lesson is taught by a person that is very keen on magical creatures - Hagrid. The many creatures they have studied included Hippogrifs, and Blast Ended Skrewts. Not much is learn in this lesson. Instead, students spend most of their time making sure that their robes don't catch on fire.

Charms
Charms is taught by the tiny Professor Flitwick, whom despite his size has a great knowledge of spells. Students learn all sorts of spells and charms that are quite useful to many students.

Defense Against the Dark Arts
Every year Harry has been in this school, he has had a different DADA professor. Is the rumor that this job is cursed true? Students learn a lot from DADA, for example what unforgivable curses are.

Divination
Divination is taught by the very dreamy Professor Trelawney in her classroom in the most northern tower of Hogwarts. Students learn how to predict what's going to happen in the future in many different ways, such as glaring in to a crystal ball or swirling tea leaves. However, many suspect that not much is learned here, as only few have the real gift to predict the future.

Flying Lessons
Flying lessons are taught by Madam Hooch in the beautiful Hogwarts grounds. Students learn how to use a broomstick properly, and soon are able to fly in the air without crashing into the ground. This lesson is well liked by students because learning to fly is as exciting as learning how to drive in the muggle world.

Herbology
Herbology is taught by Professor Sprout, head of Hufflepuff in the greenhouses of Hogwarts. Students learn about different plants, what they are used for and often have hands on experience on how to handle them.

History of Magic
History of Magic is considered to be one of the most boring subjects in Hogwarts, and is taught by Professor Binns, a Hogwarts Ghost. In this class, students learn about the history of Witches, Wizards, and other wizarding/magic-related events that happened in the past.

Muggle Studies
Students in this class take a break from the wizarding world and learn all about muggles. As many students in Hogwarts have never lived in the muggle world, muggle habits, customs, history is taught - just about everything is covered.

Potions
Potions is not enjoyed by many students, especially those in Gryffindor as it is taught by the extremely biased Professor Snape, head of Slytherin. He constantly makes students nervous as they are preparing their potions, leading to mistakes and points taken off Gryffindor.

Transfiguration
Transfiguration is an extremely complex branch of magic, taught by Head of Gryffindor Professor McGonagall. The intellegent people seem to like this subject a lot, as Albus Dumbledore once taught Transfiguration before being headmaster of Hogwarts. Transfiguration involves a student transforming one object to another. Students start out with simple objects, such as transforming a match into a needle.

Albus Dumbledore - (Headmaster)
Albus Dumbledore is currently around 150 years old and is the headmaster of Hogwarts (previously the Tranfiguration teacher). He is considered to be the best wizard by most others, and is the only wizard that Voldemort fears. He has a long white beard, crooked nose and wears glasses shaped like a half moon. On his left knee is a map of the London subway.

Miverva McGonagall - (Deputy Headmaster, Head of Gryffindor, Transfiguration teacher)
Professor McGonagall is currently the deputy headmaster of Hogwarts, head of Gryffindor and the Transfiguration teacher. Although she seems very strict on the outside, she is actually quite nice at heart.

Severus Snape- (Potions Teacher, Head of Slytherin)
Professor Snape is the potions teacher, and head of Slytherin House. He can be quite nasty at times, rarely talks, and prefers students from Slytherin. When he was a student at Hogwarts, he used to be enemies with Harry's father James, leading him to dislike (abhor is a better word) Harry today.

Rubeus Hagrid - (Gamekeeper, Care for Magical Creatures teacher)
Hagrid is a mix between a giant and wizard. During his third year at Hogwarts, Hagrid was expelled due to a misunderstanding that he was letting out the Basilisks around the school grounds. However, due to the kindness of Professor Dumbledore, he was allowed to stay on as the gamekeeper. He has a particular liking for creatures, and own/owned quite a number of pets. He is also the Care of Magical Creatures teacher. Even though he looks rough and clumsy on the outside, he actually has a good heart and has a very sweet personality.

Professor Binns - (History teacher)
Professor Binns is the only ghost among the Hogwarts faculty. Rumors go that one day while having a nap in the staff room, I fire broke out and he slept right through it, taking his body away at the same time. However, his spirit was left behind, turning him into a ghost. His classes are extremely boring and often students fall alseep in them.

Madam Hooch - (Flying Instructor)
Madam Hooch is the flying instructor, and also the referee for all school quidditch games.

Professor Quirrell - (Former DADA teacher)
Professor Quirrell was Harrys DADA teacher in his first year at Hogwarts. He talks with a stutter, and seems to be afraid of everything. He once asked the school for a one year break, in which he met Volemort and was drawn into his dark circle. He used to go around wearing a purple turban - in fact, the turban was used to hide Voldmort. He tried to kill Harry on his quest to find the Philosophers Stone, but ended up failing and died.

Gilderoy Lockhart - (Former DADA teacher)
Professor Lockhart was Harrys DADA teacher in his second year at Hogwarts. He was a handsome young man, and has sold many best sellers. He was also boasting about his phenomenal knowledge of magic, but in reality he doesn't know anything. In the end, while trying to use the Memory charm on Ron, it backfired and hit him instead.

Professor Remus J. Lupin - (Former DADA teacher)
Professor Lupin was Harrys DADA teacher in his third year at Hogwarts. He graduated out of Hogwarts himself, and was Harry's dads best friend. Lupin was bitten by a werewolf as a child, and ever since transformed to a wolf every full moon. However, he resigned after his true identity was revealed - that a was a pity, for he was Harrys favorite DADA teacher.

Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody - (DADA teacher)
Moody is a retired and very famous auror, who helped catch many of Voldemorts followers during the dark years. He has countless scars all over his body, a wooden leg, and a big electric blue eye that can turn 360 degrees in his eye socket. His other eye is normal. Moody is extremely eccentric, and can often surprise you with his strange antics. However, it turns out that the teacher that taught Harry in his fourth year wasn't Moody - it was Crouch Jr., who took the polyjuice potion every few hours to retain Moodys looks.

Professor Trelawney - (Divinition teacher)
Up in her perfumed filled tower, Professor Trelawney teachers students the art of Divinition, ranging from gazing through a crystal ball to analyzing tea leaves. She often makes predictions about Harry, but most of them never come true. In her whole career, she is only known to have made 2 accurate predictions.

Argus Filch - (Caretaker)
Argus Filch is a grumpy squib, who is jealous of all students in Hogwarts and doesn't enjoy seeing them happy. He also has a cat named Mrs. Norris, who is his only companion.

Professor Sprout - (Herbology Teacher, Head of Hufflepuff)
Professor Sprout is the schools Herbology teacher, and is also Head of Hufflepuff.

Professor Flitwick - (Charms teacher,Head Of Ravenclaw)
Professor Flitwick is Hogwarts own tiny midget like Charms teacher. He is so short that he has to stand on a pile of books while teaching the class!

Professor Sinistra - (Astronomy teacher)
Not much is known about Professor Sinistra, except that she is the Astronomy teacher at Hogwarts.

Madam Pomfrey - (Nurse)
Madam Pomfrey is Hogwarts nurse, and knows cures for just about every type of disease.

Madam Pince - (Librarian)
Madam Pince is Hogwarts librarian.

Professor Vector - (Arithmancy teacher)
Professor Vector is Hogwarts Arithmancy teacher.

Professor Kettleburn - (Former Care of Magical Creatures teacher)
Former Care of Magical Creatures teacher, retired in Harrys second year.

Professor Dippit - (Former Headmaster)
Former headmaster of Hogwarts, while Tom Riddle and Hagrid were students at Hogwarts.

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Hogwarts Houses

Gryffindor

House Colors: Scarlet and Gold
Named after: Godric Gryffindor
Head of House: Professor McGonagall
House Ghost: Nearly-Headless Nick
House Mascot: Gold Lion
House Password Potrait: The Fat Lady
Quidditch Color: Scarlet
Qualities: Brave
Students:

Katie Bell
Lavender Brown
Colin Creevey
Dennis Creevey
Seamus Finnigan
Hermione Granger
Neville Longbottom
Angelina Johnson
Lee Jordan
Natalie McDonald
Parrati Patil
Harry Potter
Dean Thomas
Fred Weasley
George Weasley
Ron Weasley
Ginny Weasley
Alicia Spinnet

Hufflepuff

House Colors: Yellow and Black
Named after: Helga Hufflepuff
Head of House: Professor Sprouts
House Ghost: The Fat Friar
House Mascot: Badger
House Password Potrait: N/A
Quidditch Color: Canary yellow (Sent in by Danielle)
Qualities: Loyal and hardworking
Students:

Hannah Abbott
Susan bones
Eleanor Branstone
Owen Cauldwell
Justin Finch-Fletchley
Ernie Macmillan
Laura Madley
Kevin Whitby
Cedric Diggory (passed away)

Ravenclaw

House Colors: Blue and Bronze (Sent in by Hunbun)
Named after: Rowena Ravenclaw
Head of House: Professor Flitclick (Sent in by Danielle)
House Ghost: The Grey Lady (Sent in by Hunbun)
House Mascot: Eagle
House Password Potrait: N/A
Quidditch Color: Blue
Qualities: Smart
Students:

Stewart Ackerly
Terry Boot
Mandy Brocklehurst
Cho Chang
Roger Davis
Padma Patil
Orla Quirke
Lisa Turpin

Slytherin

House Colors: Green and Silver
Named after: Salazar Slytherin
Head of House: Professor Snape
House Ghost: Bloody Baron
House Mascot: Serpant
House Password Potrait: Stone wall in one of the dungeons.
Quidditch Color: Green
Qualities: Evil wizards...
Students:

Malcolm Baddock
Millicent Bulstrode
Vincent Crabbe
Gregory Goyle
Draco Malfoy
Pansy Parkinson
Graham Pritchard
Adrian Pucey
Blaise Zabini

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