Foxfire Orientation

1. (We are having some people unable to complete lessons this week or over their winter break at real school. This is okay, just make sure to let your Mentor or me know (preferably ASAP) if you won't be able to complete lessons for a period of time and then you will be excused.)
2. Today's lessons will be Multispeciesial Studies, Alchemy, The Universe, Hydrokinesis (Councillor Nira forgot yesterday), and Agriculuture. If you are behind on your lessons, today is a great chance to catch up!
3. Lady Allaband (Thompson) will be out of town starting next week, as well as the week after, so I will be posting The Universe and Vanishing classes for her.
4. (There will be no Foxfire on December 24-25 and December 31-January 1)

#### 12/15/20

Welcome back to another day at Foxfire!

1. Today's classes are The Universe, Alchemy, Elvin History, Elementalism, Physical Education, Ability Detecting, Hydrokinesis, Frosting, and Vanishing. Make sure to complete all of your lessons!
2. A reminder that everyone is welcome to chat in the comments, go to lunch, study hall, or the healing center!

**12/14/20**

Welcome back to another week at Foxfire! Everyone has been doing wonderfully in their classes so far!

1. We now have a new Mentor for our Frosters, Lady Stardust! @MarellaThePyrokinetic Orlia, your Frosting classes will begin tomorrow.
2. Today our classes are Alchemy, Elvin History, and Elementalism. The Universe lessons will be posted tomorrow. If you are behind on your lessons, today is a great chance to catch up!
3. You all are welcome to chat on the comments of this thread, or ask questions.
4. Midterms will be January 18th, so make sure that you are completing all of your lessons to prepare!

**12/11/20**

Welcome back to another day at Foxfire! Everyone has been doing amazing in their classes so far!

1. We have a few new students, and if you are new you will need to catch up in all your previous lessons. This makes it easier for you to understand the upcoming material and be more prepared to take midterms.
2. Today's classes are Elvin History, Multispeciesial Studies, Elementalism, and Agriculture. If you are behind in your lessons, today is a great chance to catch up!
3. We are approaching the end of your first week in Foxfire! Remember, if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me or any of your Mentors. Next week, we will be starting as many classes as possible, but for some of your ability classes we just don't have any Mentors.

Have an awesome Friday, everyone! - Dame Malia

**12/10/20**

Hello everyone! From now on, orientation will be posted on this page so that previous announcements are easier to find and access.

1. We have a few new Mentors: Lady Lynnai and Lady Thompson. Please see the updated schedule, which now includes Agriculture and Vanishing.
2. I was asked yesterday about how prodigies can graduate to another level. So there are midterms jan 18-22, and if you get 75 or higher you can continue with those classes. Then once your character completes finals April 26-30 if they get 85 or higher they can graduate to the next level. If your character doesn't pass, they can either retake the test or take another class instead. They just have to pass one class to graduate.
3. Today's classes are PE, Ability Detecting, Vanishing (a new class), Hydrokinesis, and Linguistics. If you are behind on your lessons, today is a great chance to catch up!
4. A quick note for my Universe students: you all have done so well in the short time I've been your Mentor! I hope you have learned and enjoyed my class, but I was just a temporary Mentor because I am mainly Foxfire's principal. Your new Mentor will be Lady Thompson, but if you have any questions you can always reach out to me!

**12/9/20**

Welcome back to another day at Foxfire!

1. Linguistics lessons weren't posted yesterday, but should start on Thursday.
2. We have a new student, Sofia Bryte! She will be starting classes today.
3. Today's classes will be The Universe, Alchemy, and Multispecial Studies. If you are behind on your lessons, today is a great chance to catch up!
4. Just a reminder to try to finish your lessons the day that they are posted, or within 24 hours. If you would like to disenroll in any of your Foxfire classes, please contact me on my message wall. If you don't complete your lessons or talk to your Mentor for more than 7 days, your Mentor is under no obligation to continue posting lessons for you.
5. Here is the Foxfire schedule again in case you forgot (look below)

Here are a few non-Foxfire related announcements:

1. There is FAQ on my profile page! If you have any questions, please check this page first.
2. My name is Dame Malia (pronounced like Molly-uh). There is no 'n' in it, I didn't mean to make my name similar to Councillor Alina's.

I hope you all have a great day, and continue working hard in your classes! - Dame Malia

**12/8/20**

Welcome, everyone, to another day at Foxfire! You all are doing so well so far, but make sure to contact me or your Mentors if you have any questions. Let's get started with the announcements!

1. A number of students didn't complete their lessons yesterday. Please try to complete them as soon as possible, and contact me if you are unsure of what to do. New Elvin History lessons were not posted yesterday because Aislinn didn't finish her homework.

2. Please try to finish your lessons the day that they are posted, or within 24 hours. If you would like to disenroll in any of your Foxfire classes, please contact me on my message wall. If you don't complete your lessons or talk to your Mentor for more than 7 days, your Mentor is under no obligation to continue posting lessons for you.

3. Today's classes will be Physical Education, Ability Detecting, Hydrokinesis, and Linguistics. If you have fallen behind in your lessons today is a great chance to catch up!

4. Just a reminder that there are Foxfire rp's! If you want to interact with other prodigies and hang out, we have a lunch rp, and today there will also be study hall rp.

I hope you all have a great day at Foxfire!! - Dame Malia

**12/7/20**

Welcome everyone to your first full week at Foxfire Academy! There are a plethora of announcements this week, so let's get started!

1. Most classes will be beginning this week, except for Agriculture, Metaphysics, and ability sessions (Hydrokinesis and Linguistics have lessons). Please see the below schedule. (at the end of post)

2. We now have a school year calendar! Term 1 started on December 4, 2020 and will end January 15, 2021 (6 weeks). Midterms week will be January 18 through 22, and midterm break will be January 23-February 7. Term 2 will be Febraury 8th through April 23 (12 weeks). Finals week will be April 26-30. Then there will be a break of unknown length and a new term will begin.

3. We will accept new Foxfire students for the term up until January 10, 2021. Students will only start at the beginning of the week and must catch up in their lessons before the end of the term.

4. We have two different class types: interactive and lecture. Interactive classes are where prodigies and Mentors have conversations back and forth. These classes include ability detecting, physical education, and ability sessions. Lecture classes are where Mentors give a lecture (or reading) to the students and an assignment to go along with it, and then students can converse with their Mentors if they have questions. These classes are Elvin History, Multispecial Studies, The Universe, and Alchemy. Interactive classes will have one community thread per student where all classes will take place. Lecture classes will have one community post for each lesson, but all of the students for that Mentor will have their lessons on that thread. In Elementalism, there is a page on the wiki where Lady Dahlia posts new lessons.

5. There will be more RP's like the Opening Ceremonies one! There will be lunchtime, detention, and study hall where prodigies can interact, talk, and work on homework!

If you got this far, wow... this was really long. But have a good day at Foxfire! - Dame Malia

**12/5/20**

Hello Foxfire prodigies and Mentors,

I hope you have all been enjoying the past few days! More classes will be starting next week. After conducting a poll, most of you wanted to have lessons for each class two days a week. Below you will see a schedule that I created with classes, days of the week, and Mentors for that class. The classes that are strikethrough aren't starting next week since we currently don't have Mentors for them. (If you would like to teach Agriculture or Metaphysics let me know)

(Please note that all ability sessions besides Hydrokinesis and Linguistics aren't starting this week because we don't have Mentors for them. Again, let me know if you would like to teach Vanishing, Flasher, Froster, Shade, Psionipathy, or Pyrokinesis) I hope you all have a great week at Foxfire, and happy learning!

- Dame Malia

**12/4/20**

Welcome everyone, to your very first day of Foxfire Academy! Some of your classes will be starting today, as outlined below. There will be one lesson or test per day, Monday through Friday, for each of your classes. But I just want to tell everyone to try your best and have fun learning about the world of the Lost Cities! (Note: more classes will be added each day, we are short on Mentors right now, which is why we have limited classes)

Classes beginning today: Mizzy Crow, level 1, Alchemy. Star Malkiwe, level 4, Alchemy. Plataya Herodan, level 4, Hydrokinesis. Lily Rose Telfen Ruee, level 3, The Universe. Lila Allevure, level 2, The Universe. Star Malkiwe, level 4, The Universe. Danny Quinn Ortez, level 6, The Universe.

I hope everyone has a fun time today, and lessons will be posted soon! Please note: Phoebe, Amara, and Celie weren't assigned any classes because they haven't completed their entrance exams yet.

- Dame Malia