Hogwarts

The principal of Hogwarts

Hogwarts is a school of magic and wizardry. It is in an old castle in another realm, quite apart from the Muggle world, where ordinary humans live. When children go to Hogwarts, they get on a train, which leaves from a special platform at a railway station. The school has special courses teaching the students how to do magic spells, and to become wizards and witches. It is a boarding school, so the students sleep in dormitories, and only go home to their families in the school holidays, three or four times a year. Hogwarts is a huge castle. It has MANY seceret places and rooms, including: The Chamber of Secerets, the hiding place of the Philosopher's (or Sorcerer's) Stone where there is a three-headed dog-looking monster guarding it, a room that holds the Mirror of Erised ( which shows you your most precious wish in the reflection), and many more, some that are sure to be discovered by Harry and his friends before the series ends.

It holds four different houses of Students - Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherein. Gryffindor is best house to be in, then Ravenclaw, then Hufflepuff, then Slytherin, which has housed every single witch or wizard that has turned bad (that is, converted to the Dark Arts.) Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Seamus, Percy, Fred, George, and Ginny are all in Gryffindor. Hogwarts also has a quidditch stadium where the houses play against each other.

The houses are awarded points for good deeds and or behavior, and at the end of the year the house with the most wins the House Cup. The biggest Chamber at Hogwarts is the Great Hall. The students have a huge feast room that also holds gatherings and meetings of the school. The tables there magically appear with food over and over, and the ceiling has been enchanted so that it looks exactly like the sky, making it beautiful on a starry night. Hogwarts is a magnificent place.