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     Harvard? Carnagie Mellon? Yale? Columbia? Ivy League or just ones known for offering excellent education, these colleges will more than happily take in a student from Ashwood Academy. Ashwood Academy is not a school of geniuses persay, but a school with educational standards and offer the best that can be offered. Noted for their impressive English, Mathematics, and History departments, Ashwood is a private school that every students want to graduate from. However spaces in the school are limited and the tuition to pay is high.

     It is not a public school (though natives of Winthrop automatically gain acceptance), but a private boarding school. Students are immersed in a high level education program, with small classroom settings and personal tutoring for free. The school also checks after the welfare of the students, not just phsyically but mentally, regular meetings with student counselors who help to support students. One of the most admired virtues of the school is the family environment it projects. Instead of seperate lunches, students and teachers eat in the same time period, as well as breakfast and dinners.

     Ashwood Academy has, only in recent years, started to gain the main media attention. Articles have been written on it's excellent teaching methods, but even then, the school has kept admission very strict and hush hush. Even some of the brightest minds have been turned down, and surprisingly, no lawsuits have ever been filed against the school.

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School Rules

     The following are the rules for the students & some staff to of Ashwood Academy. The obvious ones are stricter than others.

1. School uniform must be worn during classes and to school meetings.
2. No alchohol or drugs on campus. Regular checks will be made to ensure this.
3. Lights out is at 11:00 PM sharp. All those found outside during those hours will be suspended.
4. Cheating will lead to an immediate expulsion from the school.
5. Entering restricted areas or attempting to hack into the school system will lead to expulsion.
6. Students must address teachers by their proper title and teachers must refer to each student likewise.
7. No student is allowed to go to Winthrop by themself. Groups of two or more are allowed to go. Students are also not allowed to wander the woods unless they have a member of faculty to accompany them.
8. Any abuse or misuse of school property will be billed automatically to whoever is responsible and suspension or explusion will be determined by the severity of the damage.
9. No student is ever allowed to enter into the dorm of a teacher, and no teacher is allowed in the dorm of a student.
10. Students found to be eating in an extremely unhealthy manner (too much or too little) will be sent to the hospital and given counseling.
11. Skipping classes is not tolerated and will be punished with service work around the school.
12. Vampires are allowed to feed off of human students if they choose, but they must do so with caution and wipe the memory of wheover they drink from.
13. Shifters are allowed to change at night and must be accompanied with other shifters along with a supervisor.
14. Monthly meetings with a counselor is required of each student.

Social Heirarchy

     To make it simple, here is the school "food" chain from the top to the bottom. Where bully is not common it does occur occasionally.

• Natives of Winthrop & Old Money (rich)
• Natives of Winthrop & Middle Class
• Transfer Students & Old Money
• Transfer Students & Nouve Riche (newly rich)
• Scholarship Students

     I know it's unusual for the transfer students who are rich not to be near the very top, but you need to remember that the natives of Winthrop, the kids who grew up there grew up with each other.

School Facts

     The following is important information about the school that most students know or should know.

• Getting into Ashwood is very hard if you're a scholarship or transfer student.
• Scholarship students are more or less psychics and given special after school training on how to control those abilities
• Private tutoring is offered by the school and for free. If a student's grades are not doing well, tutoring is required.
• Eat well, otherwise the school will get on your case.
• Beltane and Samhaim are excused absences for witches who need to prepare.
• In order to offer remembrance to the 12 murdered girls, the school takes every September 18th off as a day of mourning.

Dress Code

     The following are the descriptions of the uniforms for each gender as well as the dress code for on campus activities. Special modifications have been made for specific races, but that info is below the general uniform. The purpose of the uniforms is to prevent any discrimination to be made by money or personal style. Even with the modifications allowed, the school does limit how much can be done.

Girls School Uniform      The girls uniform is made up of a skirt, a white cotton shirt and a matchy blazer. The girls are required to wear the tie as well. The uniform is tailored to fit each girl perfectly and can be altered in case of weight loss or gain. The skirt of the uniform is a dark medium gray color and made of a thick suiting material. It has pleats but the pleats are sewn down til the top of the thigh, and the rest of the skirt flowers out. The skirt when first given to the girls goes down to their midcalf, but the girls are allowed to shorten it if they wish. The highest the skirt can go is two inches above the knee and teachers will pull out a ruler to measure if they have any doubts.      The white shirt is a light cotton material, each girl is given six of these shirts, three are long sleeved, three have short sleeves. There is a pocket on the left breast of the shirt and the navy blue tie is required to be worn properly. The blazer the girls wear over the shirt is made of the same material the skirt is made from with a soft material used to line the inside. On the buttons in the front and the patch on the left breast of the jacket is the school crest. During warmer months the students can choose to wear a the matching gray knit sweater or sweater vest that also have the patch of the school crest on them. Each girl is given a heavy navy colored wool jacket.      Required shoes are a pair of dark brown Mary Janes and a pair of knee high white socks. The white socks can substituted for others, but they are required to be kept. The girls are given several pairs as well as three pairs of shoes.      Each student is give four skirts and three blazers. One full outfit must be left unaltered for when the school received visits from the school patrons or family. The other three pairs are free for the female students to alter as they please. However, clothing cannot be worn ripped or torn, and must follow rules of modesty. Girls Gym Uniform      The gym uniform is a simple pair of navy blue shorts that go down to the midthigh. Rolling up the shorts is against the rules and they cannot be substituted. Same goes with the gray shirt that each girl is given. It is a simple cotton gray T-shirt. A pair of school assigned sneakers are given and white gym socks are also given to students at the beginning of the year. During the colder months where sports are done outside, the girls are given a pair of navy sweatpants with a match navy sweatshirt. All gym clothing has the school crest as a patch on it.      For shifters the clothing is made of the skin and fur of dead shifters.

Boys School Uniform      The boys uniform consists of a pair of gray slacks, white cotton shirt, and matching gray blazer. The uniform is tailored to fit each boy perfectly and can be altered in case of weight loss or gain. The slacks are made of a heavy suiting material, small pleats the front and a black leather belt. Pants can be changed or decorated to a degree but they must remain cleanly pressed.      The shirt is a light cotton material with a pocket on the left breast of the shirt. The boys are given six white shirts, three that are long sleeved, three that are short sleeved. A navy blue tie is to be worn properly. The blazer is the same suiting material as the pants with a soft silk like material as the lining on the instead. The left breast of the jacket as the school crest as a patch, the buttons also have the same design. During warmer months the students can choose to wear a the matching gray knit sweater or sweater vest that also have the patch of the school crest on them. Each boy is given a heavy navy colored wool jacket.      Required shoes are a pair of dark brown penny loafers and a pair of navy blue dress socks. The socks can substituted for others, but they are required to be kept. The boys are given several pairs as well as three pairs of shoes.      Each student is give four pairs of slacks and three blazers. One full outfit must be left unaltered for when the school received visits from the school patrons or family. The other three pairs are free for the male students to alter as they please. However, clothing cannot be worn ripped or torn, and must follow rules of modesty. Boys Gym Uniform      The gym uniform is a simple pair of navy blue shorts that go down to the knee. The shorts cannot be subtituted and must remain unaltered. Same goes with the gray shirt that each boy is given. It is a simple cotton gray T-shirt. A pair of school assigned sneakers are given and white gym socks are also given to students at the beginning of the year. During the colder months where sports are done outside, the boys are given a pair of navy sweatpants with a match navy sweatshirt. All gym clothing has the school crest as a patch on it.      For shifters the clothing is made of the skin and fur of dead shifters.

General Dress Code

     Clothing before and after hours is up to the student to decide. However clothing found to be vulgar or excessively inappropriate will receive intervention by a teacher and the student will be forced to go back to their room to change. Teachers must dress in business like attire during teaching hours, and after hours while on campus must dress in business casual.

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