[07 Jan 2013|06:42pm] "Founded in 1843 by Marie Laveau, the so-called Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, the Laveau Academy was originally a school devote solely to education those magical gifted students who couldn't afford to travel across the country to the Salem Academy in Massachusetts. Schooling mostly the poor, the freed slaves, or the few members of the upper-classes unwilling to send their children north, the school soon had a reputation for taking in the misfits of American magical society. Soon, wizards and witches from around the world, rich and poor alike, were sending their students to the Laveau Academy. Then the Civil War broke out, and with the succession of Louisiana from the Union in 1861, the Academy became the wizarding school servicing the Confederate States of America. However, all were welcome at the Academy. That didn't change with the end of the war. While never able to compete with Salem, Laveau was able to build itself into the school to attend. " That's what the brochures say, anyway. They don't tell you about the blood feuds, about old blood coming into direct conflict with new money. Laveau tries to be the best of the best, providing scholarships to students not lucky enough to be born into money and teaching a curriculum designed to get students into Tulane or Harvard, but that's not a guarantee of social acceptance. Or tolerance. The Laveau Academy has all the best and worst of any other boarding school. The only real difference is that the students really do know how to kill each other without leaving a mark. Muggle society, the richest and brightest in the country, have a saying: "Never mess with a Laveau graduate when money, sex, or social status is on the line." (An American HP Game) laveau via nawlins post comment

[07 Jan 2013|06:51pm] Being a post-grad isn't easy. Between job training and apartment hunting, the first couple of years after graduating from Hogwarts is a transitional hell for most witches and wizards. Or, at least, it used to be. Thanks to Minister Shacklebolt, Hogwarts students can now spend their last two years of school living in Diagon Alley and working at a variety of internships under the watchful guidance of mentors and professors. Come graduation, students will have been trained enough to be immediately placed on the payroll, cutting out those pesky in-between blues. From budgeting their monthly stipends to terrifying evaluations on their job performance, this is one "real world" experience students will never forget! PREMISE——RULES/FAQ——HOLDS——INTERNSHIPS——HOUSING——APPLY post comment

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