HOGWARTS RULES
Below is a list of the Hogwarts school rules, according to canon (which we so graciously borrowed from THIS SITE). We expect all of our members with Hogwarts characters, students and staff alike, to abide by these rules.
general hogwarts rules
HOGWARTS GROUNDS
- Students shall not leave Hogwarts grounds.
- Students may leave with the Headmaster's permission, if collected by a parent or guardian.
- On the first and third weekends of each month, 3rd through 7th years may visit Hogsmeade Village with a permission slip from a parent or guardian. Students are free to travel to Hogsmeade from after breakfast on Saturday until curfew (10:00pm) on Sunday. They may not leave Hogsmeade, except to return to Hogwarts.
- Visitors to Hogwarts must obtain permission from the Headmaster or Deputy Headmaster. This includes parents of students and Ministry personnel.
- The only exceptions to these rules are members of the Hogwarts Board of Governors, who have free access to the school.
FACULTY AREAS
- Students are forbidden from faculty areas. This includes the kitchen, faculty lounge, and offices, unless with the escort or written permission of a faculty member. This also includes classrooms when a class is not in session. (Note that class scenes don't necessarily have to be run by staff. There is plenty of opportunity in classes for RP that doesn't involve someone actively playing a professor. Fell free to pose professors in the background for class scenes)
- Prefects may enter faculty areas if investigating another student violating this rule.
HOUSE AREAS
- Access to common rooms and dormitories is strictly controlled.
- Students may not enter the common rooms or dormitories of houses other than their own. Each common room has a protective measure in place to restrict access. The Gryffindor Tower and Slytherin Dungeon both require passwords. The Ravenclaw Tower requires one to answer a riddle. The Hufflepuff Basement requires tapping a specific barrel in a particular rhythm. Attempts to bypass these protective measures by members of other houses are considered serious offences.
- Boys may not enter the girls' dormitories. Attempts to do so will trigger prevention spells, such as the Slide Spell on the staircases in the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw dormitories. The one exception to this is a male prefect or staff member in the case of an emergency.
CURFEW
- Students must be in their dormitories and in bed by a 10:00pm curfew.
- Students may not leave their house common rooms until 6:00am.
- Prefects may be out of bed after hours if they are scheduled for patrol duty. Prefects must still remain within the castle during patrols.
FORBIDDEN FOREST
- The Forbidden Forest (aka the Dark Forest) is expressly forbidden to students without a faculty escort. As of the 1938-39 term, students are forbidden from even approaching the forest due to the increased danger of the centaur clan conflicts.
BLACK LAKE
- Swimming in the Black Lake is prohibited without faculty or prefect supervision.
- Boating on the Black Lake is prohibited without faculty permission.
- Though the juvenile Giant Squid is friendly, other inhabitants of the lake (e.g. Grindylows, Selkies) and the cold itself can be dangerous.
hogwarts CODE OF CONDUCT
UNIFORM
- Students shall be in uniform at all times while on the Hogwarts grounds. This includes robes, jumper, shirt, tie, slacks/skirt, shoes and socks, and gloves and scarf when necessary. All articles must be kept neat and tidy (i.e. shirt tucked in, tie worn properly, shoes polished, clothing washed and without excessive wrinkles).
- Pointed hats are also part of the uniform, but are ceremonial in nature, and not required except at special assemblies (e.g. the Start of Term and End of Term Feasts).
- Robes (but not the rest of the uniform) may be removed during non-class times (e.g. meals, after classes, weekends, etc).
- Additions to the uniform are unacceptable without special permission. Hair adornments, eyewear, and small jewelry (e.g. rings, necklaces, earrings) are exempt from this. Excessive jewelry may be confiscated by faculty.
- Students may dress casually during Hogsmeade weekends, granted they have permission to visit Hogsmeade.
MAGIC
- Magic should only be used by students in relation to school work or approved extracurricular activities.
- Students may cast spells appropriate to their studies in classrooms and other study areas. Study areas include common rooms and the Great Hall (when not being used for meals).
- Magic that is not related to studies may only be cast with the permission and supervision of a faculty member, prefect, or Head Boy/Girl.
- Dueling may only be performed on the dueling stage (in the club room) and under the direct supervision of a faculty member or prefect.
- Students always have the right to use magic to defend themselves or to respond to an emergency.
ATTENDANCE
- Students must attend all classes, meals, and assemblies for which they are scheduled.
- Only written or verbal permission from the school healer or a professor can excuse absenteeism.
- Hogwarts is a boarding school full of eyes (e.g. students, faculty, ghosts, Peeves, paintings, etc), making it next to impossible to get away with playing hooky. If you skip class, you will be caught and disciplined. Discipline consists- at the very least- of loss of house points and detention.
- The requirement on attending all meals is rather loosely enforced. The faculty is understanding, but also knows that skipped meals are a great time for students to be up to no good. Head counts are taken at every meal, and a student that shows a pattern of frequent absence will be warned, and eventually disciplined.