Hello, Chickadees!!! How is your swapping going? Are you all getting along? I know there were some differences of opinion going on between Wisteria and Lav. Did that get all settled? How is the duel going, dearies? I do hope there will be no bloodshed!
Non posters cost each house -10 for each week that posting is missed. When everyone posts the points will remain the same as the week previous. Because there were no other oppotunities to earn points last week and EVERYONE posted (woohoo!!) the points will remain the same for week 3 of the swap. Keep up the good work and continue all the chatter!
So, what do you do? You will need to either post a real picture of yourself OR, if you really don't have a picture of yourself to post you can post a meez.
The Beginning of the Year Term went off without a hitch! The party lasted well over three hours and some of the best dishes were shared in the potluck style feast. Of little concern is a particular stash of Firewhiskey and Butterbeer. Hopefully, though, we won't have any students forced to go through any rehabilitative classes because of their dependence on such beverages.
Tour of the Grounds Mishap
A few of the first years fell into the lake and got a first hand introduction to the merpeople in the village in the lake. We found out that Guinifer LaFleur could not swim!! Lucky Henry Longstaff had a solution. What do you think that was??
I few of the students have been seen with Canary Creams! I hope that does not get out of hand like it did 2 terms ago.
Hello, all!
It is time to announce the early House Points! I will also give a little explanation on how I add the points.
Specific activities in HSKS are worth numerical points. One of the early House Point incentives was to post the HSKS logo in the sidebar of your blog by Friday, September 12th. Each person that had the logo posted earned 5 House Points. I take all the points possible and divide them against the actual points in order to get a percentage. So, say there are 23 Gryffindors. The possible number of points that they can earn for the Early Points activity was 115. If only 20 of them participated in the activity then would receive 100 points. So, 100 divided by 115 will give me a participation percentage of 87%. All scores are accumulative.
Right now I rely heavily on the Head Girls to keep track of the scores and log them on a special sheet that I have created. At any time, however, sporadically for no reason and should I deem it necessary, I will go student by student to validate the scores to make sure that they are correct. So, if you ever see a drastic change in your House scores that would be the reason why.
Take Heed!!! Just because your House may run behind throughout the entire swap it does not mean that you should give up. In HSKS 2 Hufflepuff ran behind almost the entire swap, but because they found the Snitch in the third round they came from behind and won the House Cup. Overall, your House needs you to participate - that is mainly what this swap is about. So, sit back, have fun and make some long lasting friends :)
1st Place ~ Hufflepuff & Slytherin & Ravenclaw ~ 100 %
2nd Place ~ Gryffindor ~ 97%
Flat Rate Boxes
Hopefully many of you know about this option, which the postal service provides. Flat Rate boxes!! Whatever you can fit into this box will only cost you $9.95 to ship, plus your Certified Mail. The joy of it is that you can get the boxes from the postal service for free. You can either order them online or visit your local postal site and request them in person. There is also a larger box option at $12.95.
Beginning of the Year Feast
Come one, come all!! You are all invited to a Beginning of the Year Feast in the Great Hall on Tuesday, September 16th with the headmistress. Bring your favorite cup of tea or joe and join us for a chat.
2 p.m. Central
3 p.m. EST
8 p.m. London
9 p.m. Germany
First news first - I don't have to work tonight or tomorrow!!! After working 3 jobs for 6 days straight I actually get two whole days off! It's unbelievable :)
Meeting of the Minds
Once again Neila and I were able to meet just before the beginning of another round of HSKS. I'm so grateful for Neila because she has been very good in her contributions to this swap, as well as helping me to think through some the additions and changes that inevitably have to be made every time. A few of the changes that we discussed will be listed below in the Job Board.
Thank you, Neila!!
Our daughters Aimee and Siouxane tagged along.
Dumbledore's Army
A Switch of Terms
Ophelia Ballycastle
Hufflepuff
Lavender Ackerly
Ravenclaw
Wisteria Lovegood
Slytherin
Lavender Diggory-Dolohov
HSKS 6 Job Board
S.P.E.W. Director
This person will coordinate the efforts of the 3 donation sites that we have pre-chosen to donate excellent knitware to. You will be the main person updating the S.P.E.W. blog and keeping track of all items donated between the 3 sites. You will oversee our coordinators in charge of Canada, the United States and Egland.
S.P.E.W. Coordinator - Canada
As a S.P.E.W. coordinator you will coordinate the delivery of the knitware donated in Canada to a charity that we have pre-chosen. You will work closely with the S.P.E.W. Director.
Best Kit Coordinator
As the Best Kit Coordinator you will maintain a blog that we will designate soley for the purpose of displaying kit pictures. You will post the kit pictures along with the name of the person that created the kit so that we can all look back on it later, gain ideas, and use the pictures in the blog to vote for the Best Kit when the time comes.
Dueling Club Coordinator
As the Dueling Club coordinator you will keep a diagram of all the contestants updated per round, choose patterns that increase in difficulty with each round, and post the appropriate information to the main HSKS blog as the competition progresses.
