Ladies and Gentlemen! There are less than two weeks until the beginning of Strife! If you are still interested in signing up, please write below with the names of the two people you will have on your teams. Signups are closed at the start of the Annual Halloween Carnival. Good luck!

List of Strife Partners
Name One	Name Two	Pair #
Shelby Ginnish Jessica Sommer Keegan Howe Holly J Santos Vincenzo Ciccarelli	Melchor Ruiz Michi Passos Rowan Cabot Quinn Van Rensselaer Jackson Shea	1 2 3 4 5

[[OOC: Have one character comment here with the names of the people on their team. So if Ginger and Colby want to be on a team and Ginger is posting, she would write "Ginger McAvery and Colby Ayers". Any questions? Contact a mod!]]

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Spirit Week and Homecoming are almost upon us! It is my pleasure to inform you that anonymous nominations are now being accepted in the Headmistress's office for Homecoming King and Queen. These nominations will be accepted until Saturday September 24th at the end of the day. These nominees are to be students grade 11 through 13 and nominations can not be declined.

Please respond here with your nominations Saturday at the end of the day. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please address them to the office of the Headmistress. Voting will be held beginning September 25th- October 30th.

[[OOC: Comment here if your character wishes to nominate someone for homecoming king and queen. Comment from each character's journal, as all comments will be screened. ONE nomination PER position PER character please! Anyone can nominate, nominees must be in 11th or 12th grades. All nominations must be in by 11:59pm Saturday, September 24th. Any questions, contact a mod.]]

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I am happy to announce the winners for the 2011-2012 Student Council:

President: Rowan Cabot
Vice President: Meka Palakiko
Secretary: Sol Garcia
Treasurer: Vincenzo Ciccarelli
Sophomore Representative: Yevgeni de Kooning
Junior Representative: Casey Rycroft
Senior Representative: Keegan Howe
Transitional Grade Representative: Jessica Sommer

Congratulations to all!

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Nominations for the 2011-2012 Student Council are in! Students, please submit your votes! The winners will be announced on Monday, September 19th. Good luck to all!


President Nominees
Meka Palakiko
Gabriel Maddox
Rowan Cabot
Avery Valentine
Quinn Van Rensselaer

Vice President Nominees
Rowan Cabot
Casey Rycroft
Seraphim Donnelly-Rousseau
Sol Garcia
Meka Palakiko
Jennifer Parry

Secretary Nominees
Seraphim Donnelly Rousseau
Gabriel Maddox
Michiko Passos
Sol Garcia

Treasurer Nominees
Keegan Howe
Vincenzo Ciccarelli
Colby Ayers
Jennifer Parry

Sophomore Representative Nominees
Yev de Kooning

Junior Representative Nominees
Colby Ayers
Casey Rycroft
Apple Evans

Senior Representative Nominees
Keegan Howe
Vincenzo Ciccarelli
Adriana Chase

Transitional Representative Nominees
Jessica Sommer
Sibyl Ballantyne
Quinn Van Rensselaer

[OOC: Please comment in character below with your character's votes. Students can only vote for the representative of their own grade (seniors can only vote for senior rep, etc.). Votes must be submitted no later than 12am EST on Sunday, September 18th. Comments are screened.

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Attention Students,

Many cases have been brought to the faculty here that there are cases of missing family members. The AAW has been contacted and Aurors have begun searching efforts in the area.

We advise students to remain cautious while searching off campus, to remain in safe areas away from wooded or swamp areas, and to never search alone.

If anyone comes across any information that may help in the search for the missing individuals, please contact a member of staff immediately.

Have a safe Memorial Day weekend.

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Please be advised that we are not only aware that there is a student missing, but we are actively and immediately doing everything in our power to find him. If anyone has any information that might help us, please inform a member of the faculty immediately, however small you think it might be. Students, we ask that you please do not go off and search by yourselves.

In light of the events that have happened on campus here this week, we have decided to postpone the Parent Weekend until next weekend, beginning on Friday the 20th of May. Your parents have all been informed so that they may make arrangements.









[[OOC: If anyone has anything to say to the faculty, feel free to say it here in a comment, in character.]]

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Dear students,

I am sorry to say that there has been a tragic death over spring break. It has been brought to our attention recently that Adelaide Legaux, a senior of Lalaurie House, has committed suicide. A short memorial for Ms. Legaux will be held tonight directly after dinner in the commons.

Our condolences go out to Adelaide's friends and loved ones. The door of our counselling office is open to all who wish to utilize it, and please don't hesitate to do so.

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Good evening. I have a few announcements to make:

Now that we have had ample time to do the rituals, spells, and experimentation necessary, we on the faculty and administrative board of Crescent City Institute feel informed enough to make a few things knowns to its student body. The creature that was found in Sonnier, as well as in the woods on our hunt, is now called a 'Darkmantle' for those who were not aware. After careful work, it has been determined that these creatures were some sort of wizard-made hybrid. There is no way for these creatures to have formed in the wild, and since their environment of choice is somewhat limited, we have come to the conclusion that they must have been created somewhere locally. That being said, we appear to have the only two Deathmantles in custody. There have been sightings apparently of some other strange creatures, and we urge anyone who has seen anything out of the ordinary to please come forward and bring that to our attention immediately.

In other news, after some unforeseen delays, even by our Divination department, the CCI Bookstore and Cafe are finally open to the public. The bookstore portion holds not only books, but a fine assortment of standard bookstore fare. We are told that they offer posters and stationary goods, key chains and pens and the like, as well as some imported magical goods and novelties. Please be advised that most novelty and joke wares are not permitted in classrooms.

Thank you, and have a good weekend.

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Attention students,

It has been brought to our attention that three students have gone missing. If anyone has any information on the whereabouts of Marie LeFevre, Anthony Smith, and James Rolland please let someone on staff know immediately. Their last known whereabouts were outside near the woods. It has been over a week since they were last seen. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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Homecoming nominations are in! Students, please submit your votes for the Homecoming King and Queen! The top votes will be crowned King & Queen at this years dance, and those coming in second will be awarded the titles of Prince and Princess. The results will be announced at the dance this coming Friday. Remember, students: the Midnight Masquerade begins at 7pm!


Homecoming King Nominations
Robert Eisley
Leon Shaw
Melchor Ruiz
Keegan Howe
Kyle Copeland
Charles Oliver
Vincenzo Ciccarelli

Homecoming Queen Nominations
Adelaide Legaux
Abernathy Ford
Sol Garcia
Rowan Cabot
Jennifer Parry
Henrike Ritter
Marianne Parker

[OOC: Please comment below with your votes. ONE candidate may be chosen for each position per student! Nominations cannot be declined. Votes must be submitted before 12pm EST on Friday, October 1st. Comments are screened.]

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