Miss Edgecomb, please come to my office as soon as you can. We have something we must discuss.

Oh dear. If it's not one thing, it's another. And to make matters worse, some of my colleagues have apparently forgotten how to properly respect each other and the students. What shameful behaviour! Is this the kind of image we want to paint for ourselves as educators? No wonder the Ministry seems to want to shut us down!

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( PRIVATE to faculty/staff )

I hope all students will acquiesce to the Ministry's search of the Castle. It is imperative that you do not impede their progress. We don't want a repeat of last year. I understand that the DMLE can be rather zealous in their work, but a student is missing. If any student has any information, please tell a teacher.

( PRIVATE to Ravenclaw prefects )

The heat situation is getting better. A big round of applause to my Advanced Conjuration students for their help! Nothing beats heat like half a dozen newly conjured ice elementals!

( PRIVATE to Ravenclaw prefects )

Advanced Conjuration students: Prepare to summon ice elementals Tuesday morning. I hope they should help with the heat situation in the room. Everyone should still bring water to class, though, in case it doesn't.

( PRIVATE )

I hope you all will excuse the various noises coming from my office for the next few days. I have a few experiments to conduct, and unfortunately they cannot be done in the presence of silencing charms. The Charms corridor and classrooms might also get very hot during the this period ( Read more... )

( PRIVATE )

I wish I had been paying more attention to the goings-on here a Hogwarts over the summer. This parchment is stupendous! Oh, I can't even begin to think about the variety of spells Albus used to create it. I'm sorely tempted to just set mine down and pull each and every enchantment apart, then put them back together, just to see how it's constructed ( Read more... )