Atlas Hero Academy

**Atlas Hero Academy** is a hero academy located in Denver, Colorado in the United States. It is a prestigious academy that creates some of the best heroes in America. It is often referred to as the U.A. of America.

## History

The Atlas Hero Academy was founded in 1990 by a man named Nathaniel Cyrus, more commonly known as his hero name Atlas. While a young hero, Atlas visited U.A. High in Japan and was inspired. He wanted a powerful hero school in his own country, one that would create great heroes.

He started Atlas Academy as a small school building, only allowing the best of the best and training his students incredibly hard. He only allowed a small amount of students at any given time, wanting them to prove themselves as true heroes. Eventually, more and more people wanted to join this academy, but he refused to allow just anyone to join.

Eventually his close friends encouraged him to allow more students, while telling him he can still allow only the best of the best. The school expanded and the fierce entrance exam was created. Those that passed with flying colors were celebrated and worked hard, while the students who ranked lower were often forgotten about.

Atlas passed away from sickness when he was 54 years old and the school went to his young son, Carson (20) who wishes to continue his father's incredible school as well as taking his place as the hero Atlas.

## Classes

### Department of Heroes

Students learn to become heroes following a vigorous and unforgiving curriculum. These students are trained to become the greatest heroes they can be, eventually being able to use their Quirks in public spaces and train under Pro Heroes. The highest ranking students will go into Classes A or B, while the students who barely passed the entrance exam go into Class C.

### Department of General Education

Students who failed, or weren't quite good enough for the hero courses are often placed into a general studies course. These students, while not being trained on the hero track, receive an incredible education and are set up for future possibilities. If a general education student shows exemplary skill, dedication and drive they may be moved into a hero course. These students are in class D, E and F.

### Department of Support

These students are focused on creating and inventing devices to help out heroes on the battlefield. They have countless tools and resources at their hands to create incredible things for their hero course counterparts. These students are in classes G and H

### Department of Business

This small selection of students focus on the business side of the hero world. They learn about founding and managing a hero agency. They learn hands-on with hero agencies. Due to the small amount of students wanting this track, all business students are placed in Class I

## Electives

If students have good enough grades, they can take some extra courses either on weekends or after class hours.

### Martial Arts

Students can learn martial arts of varying types with this class. These classes take place on Saturdays and Sundays.

### Sports

Students can join sport teams and have small games against other schools, both hero and non-hero. Sport teams include:

* Basketball
* Volleyball
* Swimming
* Track and Field
* Tennis

Students in the Hero Courses usually don't partake, but no matter who is a part of it, Quirks are not allowed to be used during the game. These don't have a lot of funding, as the school doesn't give much attention to these actives

### Fine Arts

Students can join various fine art clubs and classes after school hours. Similar to sports, the Hero Course students don't usually partake. Classes include:

* Painting
* Drawing
* Sculpting
* Photography

These classes do not receive a lot of attention from the school, but students enjoy doing them.

## Uniforms

The Atlas Academy uniform consists of a long sleeved navy blue jacket with gold accents over a long sleeved, button up white shirt and a lighter blue, plaid tie. They also wear black faux leather shoes and white socks. The male uniform consists of the blue, plaid pants while the girls uniform has a blue plaid skirt and their socks go up to their knees.

Atlas Academy is rather strict on how students wear their uniforms. The rules are as follows:

* Every uniform must be neat, clean and tidy.
	+ This includes white shirts being tucked in and ties being tied properly
* No student may change any part of the uniform
	+ This includes wearing different undershirts, socks or shoes
* Students are allowed to wear jewelry as long as it is not gaudy or offensive. (i.e Calla wears ear piercings and Marnie wears a choker.)
* Any tears should be repaired as soon as possible. It its not possible to mend, a new uniform can be requested.
* When students are on a field trip that does not require Hero Costumes, their uniforms must be perfect as they are representing Atlas Hero Academy and everything they stand for.

## Locations

### Campus

* **Dormitories** - All students live on campus in dormitories. Different classes have different buildings. The A, B and C hero classes reside in Zeus Hall, Poseidon Hall and Hades Hall respectively. The General Studies Courses live in Hermes, Dionysus and Apollo Halls. The Support Course students live in Demeter and Artemis Hall and the Business Course Students live in Athena Hall.
	+ Zeus Hall and Poseidon Hall are nearly identical, with each student getting their own room and having a large living area on the bottom floor with a kitchen area.
	+ Hades Hall, as well as the others are much smaller than the other two. Students are paired with roommates and share a connecting bathroom with their neighbor.

**Dorm Rules**

The student dorms have several rules that are the students are required to follow. These rules are
* On school nights students quiet hours begin at 8pm, and it is recommended that students use this time for studying. They must be in their rooms by 9pm, and lights out is at 10pm. On weekends quiet hours begin at 9pm, they must be in their rooms by 10pm and lights out is midnight.
* Students are not allowed in each other rooms (unless they are roommates in C Class's case) after 9pm on weekdays and 10pm on weekends.
* Students must keep their rooms clean and tidy. They are inspected monthly.
* Common areas must be kept clean and tidy and are biweekly
* Males are not allowed in female shower and bath areas and females are not allowed in male show and bath areas
* Students must rotate various chores throughout the common area and work together to keep it clean
* No pets allowed, unless it is a service pet.
* Students all have a direct line to their homeroom teacher who also lives in the dorm with them. The teacher must have this line available at all times in case of an emergency.
* Students are allowed to freely decorate their rooms as long as they do not cause hazards or damage to the room.

## Entrance Exam

The Atlas Academy entrance exam is an intense, rigorous test that all aspiring students must attend to. There is two parts to this exam.

### Written Exam

The written exam is a fierce exam that the students must take. It has five parts including mathematics, English, science, reading and hero studies. The students are given two hours to complete the written exam. Any form of cheating is met with instant disqualification from the entire exam.

### Physical Exam

The physical exam is the hardest part of this exam. Students are split into various groups and sent into large buildings full of obstacles, enemies and victims. Students will engage a 10 minute long battle where they will face off against 3 different types of villain

* Villain 1 - Small, weak but fast robot that fires long ranged attacks (worth 1 point)
* Villain 2 - Medium sized, quick robot that attacks with melee attacks (worth 2 points)
* Villain 3 - Incredibly tough, tank of enemy. Attacks with slow, but giant and heavy attacks (worth 3 points)

In each environment there will also be "victims" that the students can rescue. They are rescued when the students runs up to them and presses a button on the victim's chest. They earn 1 point per rescue. If they assist a peer they gain 2 points but if they attack another student they are disqualified.

## Events

Atlas Hero Academy holds many events throughout the years to show off and celebrate the growth of their students.

### Atlas Hero Tournament

The biggest event of each year. The hero course students compete in various events, fighting to be crowned the winner of the Tournament.

### Dances

Atlas Hero Academy holds two formal dances within the school, once at the start of the year and once at the end. Students are only allowed to attend if they have good grades. Formal attire is required by all students in attendance and students are required to be on their best behaviors.