Alfea

**Alfea** is a private coeducational independent boarding school located in Arcadia Oaks, California, United States.

It was established by Piper Winchester and Paige Matthews for young supernatural individuals. However when Paige left for Sabatical, Nicholas stepped in.

Piper and Paige chose to open the school for untrained witches, werewolves, vampires, and any person who had been adversely hit by the supernatural.

They have run the school with help from Savannah Forbes, who had lost her mother to the supernatural, and Jeremy Gilbert, who briefly returned to Arcadia Oaks. Sometime after its opening, the school received a generous donation of three million dollars from Cameron Crawford and Phoebe.

Following the events Nicholas is relieved of his position as Headmaster by the Honor Council. He is replaced by Professor Vardemus, a witch who seeks to change the curriculum in favor of teaching the supernatural to harness their abilities and step out of the shadows imposed on them by society. After Professor Vardemus is revealed to be a disguise used by Ryan Clarke, Nicholas is reinstated in his role as Headmaster.

## Education

The Supernatural students come to college here to learn how to cast spells, create enchanted auras, and make magical potions. Potionology, metamorphosis, metamorphosymbiosis, magiphilosophy, biotrasformation, magiphysics, cognitive analysis, applied convergence, magic invocation, magic self defense, history of magic, and good manners... are among the complex subjects taught in the college by very skilled, strict and demanding teachers. Thanks to these lessons, the students learn how to use and improve their powers in order to fight against evil in the name of equality, brotherhood and justice. The Alfea students live within the college itself, which has an enormous, well-stocked library, classrooms, and a Magical Archive where the most important secrets of Magix are kept.

### In the Past

"*You know, in the beginning, there was balance. You know, when You and I opened the school, it made sense. Then it was just me, and I-I. I thought I was strong enough to manage it alone. But I just made so many mistakes. I thought if I just kept moving, I could outrun them, you know? But they caught up to me.*"
—Paige to Dorian
When Mavilla was headmistress of Alfea, owning and exhibiting the strengths of one's supernatural was considered a vital part of a supernatural education. Everything taught was a reflection of the contents of the Tome of Nature. Eventually, Mavilla realized Alfea was like a big cage to supernatural Animals and the current curriculum prohibited them from living freely. At another point in time, Eldora was keeper of the Alfea Greenhouse and taught floral magic.

## People

* Paige Matthews (Headmistress/Formerly)
* Nicholas Blackwell (Headmaster/Teacher)
* Professor Vardemus (Former Headmaster/Teacher)
* Dorian Griffin (Former Librarian/Substitute Teacher)
* Piper Wilcox (Former Guidance Counselor/Teacher)
* Hanna Kenner  (Chemistry of Magic Teacher)
* Timothy Foster (Intro to Lycanthropy)
* Megan Featherwood (Healing Teacher)
* Kim Hawkins (Intern)

* Kayleigh Blackwell
* Grace Blackwell
* Ivy Winchester
* Sky Hale
* Taylor Argent
* Abbie Reed
* Maddie Hale
* Quinn Fitz
* Riley Charlton

* Diego (Formerly)
* Wendy (Formerly)
* Zoe
* Clara
* Many unnamed students

* Cameron Winchester
* Valentina Winchester
* Lucas Winchester
* Avery Winchester
* Diana Carstairs
* Matt Donovan
* Josette Laughlin †
* Cassie†
* Veronica Greasley
* Kim Hawkins

## Former Students

* Shirley Jackson † (graduated)
* Luke Chalfant †
* Gerald †
* Elspeth †
* Dorcas Night †
* Quentin Corwin †
* Sabrina Winchester †
* Nicholas Scratch †
* Cyrus Mercy †
* Becky Paris †
* Albert Fationsberg †
* Marcus Blackwell †
* Dario †

## Student Organizations

* Honor Council
	+ Samantha Wilcox (Member/Younger Student Representative)
	+ [[Jacob Blackthorn] (Member/Former Werewolf Representative)
	+ James Barnes (Member/Werewolf Representative)
	+ Kaleb (Member/Vampire Representative)
	+ Kayleigh Blackwell (Member/Witch Representative)
	+ Ivy Winchester (Member/Tribrid Representative)
* Storm Forest Pack
	+ James Barnes (Alpha)
	+ Jacob Blackthorn (Former Beta)
	+ Brock
	+ Piper
	+ Trevor
	+ 9 more unnamed werewolves
* Goth Coven
	+ Seren
	+ Unnamed witches
* Crafty Coven / Sewing Club
	+ Unnamed Sewing Witch
	+ Unnamed members
* Dawn Coven
* Choral Coven
* AV Club
	+ Wade (Only Member)

## Known Classes

* Origins of Species (Sixth Grade)
* Chemistry of Magic
* Physical Education
* Physics
* Introduction to Lycanthropy
* Advanced Civics
* Geography
* Healing
* Introduction to Magical History
* Drama
* Magical Agronomy
* Intoduction to Supernatural Species
* Advanced Alchemical Studies
* Your Bloodline and You

## Restrictions and Bylaws

* Witch Students are not supposed to use their magic outside of the classrooms,Furthermore, some magic, such as Dark Magic, is prohibited.

* Vampire students are not allowed to feed on other people in the school as mentioned by MG when tempted by Penelope to feed on fresh human blood.
* One of the school's recruitment bylaws for vampires is that they don't admit vampires over the age of seventeen. These bylaws were changed by Ryan Clarke, posing as Headmaster Vardemus. It remains unknown if they were changed again following Alaric's return as Headmaster.

## Trivia

* During Nicholas's integration of Nate about Jake's character it's heavily implied that new werewolves can be denied admission if their first kill was deliberate.
* The school has a parody sport of Quidditch called "Wickery", although students cannot fly on brooms.
	+ Lucy states that Alyssa Chang made a broom fly in physics, but another student, Rick Rogers, fell thirty feet during practice. Real-life "Quidditch" remains an elusive pipe dream.
* The school appears to be much larger than the original Salvatore estate. This suggests that Nicholas and Savannah have expanded massively.
* The school features a room dedicated to Sam Salvatore known as the "Sam Salvatore Memorial Library".

* Some of the students are orphans who are taken care of by the Academy.
* The Academy doesn’t have classes. Instead, it has lectures.
* According to Veronica Winchester, the students are from all over the world.
* According to Izzy, there is magic that runs through the school, which is why she was able to use a spell to stop the other werewolf students from attacking Jake. The exact origin of the magic is currently unknown.
	+ This also explains how Lucy and Izzy are able to siphon from the school simply by touching the walls.
	+ It is heavily implied that this is a boundary/protection spell. Triad industries were only able to enter because they had blocked magic in the school.
* The key code for the gate surrounding the school is #0636.
* There are at least six different covens at the school — the Goth Coven, a nature related coven, the Dawn Coven, the Crafty Coven, an unknown coven draped with blue fabric and the Choral Coven.
* Humans often think the school is for troubled rich kids.