Information On L'Académie de Magie Beauxbâtons (WIP)
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Académie de Magie Beauxbâtons
There are six countries that send wizarding children to Beauxbâtons:
The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Portugal, and Spain.
1. Teaching students ages eight to twenty-two, Beauxbâtons has the largest age range of any magical academy world-wide. At the end of their third year of study, students are divided into different class levels based on their academic aptitude, with the top ten percent in the highest rank, the next forty percent in the middle rank, and the bottom fifty percent in the third rank. They take their OWL equivalent in their sixth year of study, at age fourteen, one year before Hogwarts students. Any studies after the age of 18 are non-mandatory, though many students do choose to continue their studies either because they enjoy academics or for vocational training.
2. Unlike Hogwarts, Ilvermorny, Castelobruxo, and Durmstrang, Beauxbâtons does not have any system to divide it's students. It's dormitories are in a separate building complex a ways from the palace. The dormitories are suite-styled, with four students to each four bedroom suite - but those students don't necessarily need to be in the same year or class division, and rooms are assigned by student preference. That being said, for the first three years of study, younger students must live in a dormitory with suite mothers on call. Students may remain in their dormitory over the summer, granted they are taking at least half of a regular course load. Students who are of age and therefore able to apparate are allowed to live off-campus in the nearby city of Cannes.
3. Beauxbâtons does not teach divination, care of magical creatures, or muggle studies, but it does teach fine arts. Official classes are offered in the arts of music, dance, acting, writing (including calligraphy), and drawing. Also offered are classes for horseback riding, archery, public speaking, etiquette, foreign languages, and a variety of other things, including some Moldu classes like maths, literature, and geography. Beauxbâtons students are generally considered to get the most well-rounded education in terms of culture and most world-renown wizard artists are Beauxbâtons graduates.
4. Quidditch is not nearly as important a fixture of their student culture as it is at Hogwarts - much of their free time is spent skiing in the mountains. They do still have six teams, however - separated by gender, two non-binary teams, two boys' teams, and two girls' teams. Quidditch is considered to be an extracurricular activity and while the school grounds do have a pitch and there is a student-organized yearly tournament, the turn out for the games is often rather poor. Coincidentally, no boys' team has won in the last hundred years or so, and nearly all of the Beauxbâtons students who go on to become professional Quidditch players are either non-binary or women. France's national team usually has no men.
5. Beauxbâtons is one of the wealthiest wizarding academies world-wide. This is one of the reasons that it can afford to spend so much money on its Fine Arts programs, but it also means that it can fund trips for older students to travel the world. Each year there is a two week long summer trip that students can sign up for in January. It also frequently funds the wizarding equivalent of graduate work and sabbaticals, making Beauxbâtons one of the foremost institutes responsible for advances in wizarding academics and technologies.
6. Each country sends an equal amount of students. Around 1,050. That means there are give or take 6,300 students at Beauxbâtons at all times. All religions are represented, but with the exception of mealtimes no sign of it must be seen on school grounds, due to the separation of Church and state.
7. Meals are held within the Dining Chamber, and they are not buffet style. Students receive their plate when they enter, and unless other dietary needs have been organized in advance (religious purposes, veganism), that is what they eat. When students turn 18, they are allowed to have wine during important celebrations, such as 14 juillet. There is, however, no alcohol allowed in the dormitories, and if found, the student responsible is subject to removal from their suite.
8. Uniforms are to be worn at all times while on school grounds, and Beauxbâtons has only two sets of uniforms - one for younger students in years three and below, (a deeper shade of blue, almost navy), and one for students years four and above (see below).
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Words You Should Know
Muggle - Moldu
Holidays
Classes begin the first week of September
-Always start on a Monday
-If the first week has Monday falling in August then so be it
-Students arrive a week before classes begin to settle in
-Students arrive a week before classes begin to settle in
-First trimester is September-December
-Second trimester is January-March
-Third trimester is April-June
-Summer starts the first week of July
-If attending summer classes, students must be taking a minimum of three lessons to remain in their suite.
-Summer starts the first week of July
-If attending summer classes, students must be taking a minimum of three lessons to remain in their suite.
Toussaint
-From mid-October to beginning of November
-Generally two weeks long
-Students can return home or stay in their suite, but they must put their name down to stay before mid-September
Christmas holidays
-From the Saturday before Christmas, to the first Sunday of January
-Generally two weeks long
-Students can return home or stay in their suite, but they must put their name down to stay before mid-November
Winter holiday
-From mid-February to beginning of March
-Generally two weeks long
-Students can return home or stay in their suite, but they must put their name down to stay before mid-January
Spring Holiday
-From mid-April to beginning of May
-Generally two weeks long
-Students can return home or stay in their suite, but they must put their name down to stay before mid-March
Summer Trip Abroad
-From mid-July to beginning of August
-Two weeks long
-Students are not required to go, sign up before January with parent permission slip (if under the age of 18)
Summer Trip Abroad
-From mid-July to beginning of August
-Two weeks long
-Students are not required to go, sign up before January with parent permission slip (if under the age of 18)
Day to Day Life
Wake Up
Extracurriculars // 630 - 730
Breakfast // 7 - 850
Lesson 1 // 9-10
Lesson 2 // 1010 - 1110
Lesson 3 // 1120 - 1220
Lunch // 12:30 - 1350
Lesson 4 // 1400 - 1500
Lesson 5 // 1510 - 1610
Lesson 6 // 1620 - 1720
Dinner // 1730 - 1930
Extracurriculars // 1830-2020
Curfew // 2030
Light's Out // 2230
