Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted

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## Location Information

### Residents

* Caroline Forbes (Formerly)
* Alexandria Gilbert
* Alaric Saltzman
* Jeremy Gilbert (Formerly)
* Josie Saltzman
* Lizzie Saltzman
* Dorian Williams (Formerly)
* Hope Mikaelson
* Jax Salvatore
* Nina Salvatore
* Lily Salvatore
* Violet Moonlight
* Adella Mikaelson
* Lia Bennett
* Parker St. John-Bennett  (Formerly)
* Grayson Salvatore (Formerly)
* Sarah Salvatore (Formerly)
* Sebastián Gilbert (Formerly)
* Camila Gilbert (Formerly)
* Luna Lockwood
* Luke Martin
* Rafael Waithe (Formerly)
* Landon Kirby (Formerly)
* Milton Greasley
* Kaleb Hawkins
* Pedro
* Jed Tien
* Penelope Park (Formerly)
* Roman Sienna (Formerly)
* Noah Steel (Formerly)
* Henry Benoit †
* Sebastian (Formerly)
* Wade Rivers
* Kym Hawkins (Formerly)
* Cleo Sowande (Formerly)
* Adelina Garcia
* Many Other Students

### Type

* School
* Residential  (Formerly)

### Owner(s)

* Alexandria Gilbert, Caroline Forbes, and Alaric Saltzman  (Donation from Damon Salvatore)
* Salvatore Family (Formerly)

**The Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted** was established by Alaric Saltzman, Alexandria Gilbert, and Caroline Forbes in 2019; this was built in lieu of the Salvatore Boarding House which was donated to Alex by Damon Salvatore after Stefan's death. Alaric, Alex, and Caroline 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 Dorian Williams, who had lost his parents to vampires, and Jeremy Gilbert, who briefly returned to Mystic Falls. Sometime after its opening, the school received a generous donation of ten million dollars from Alex and the Original Family.

Following the events of *There's Always a Loophole*, Alaric 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, Alaric is reinstated in his role as Headmaster in *This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent*.

## Throughout The Vampire Diaries

### Season Eight

In *I Was Feeling Epic*, in the epilogue, it is revealed that the Salvatore Boarding House has been gifted to Alaric, Caroline, and Alexandria by Damon. The two repurpose the boarding house as a school in which they will cater for supernatural beings. The school receives a generous donation from Niklaus Mikaelson. As the school is set up, numerous former friends of Alaric and Caroline who have found peace watch over them.

## Throughout The Originals

### Season Four

In *The Feast of All Sinners*; Hope, Jax, Nina, and Lily are seen interacting with other students as Alex speaks with Alaric.

### Season Five

In *Where You Left Your Heart*, Hope and the triplets has been enrolled as students several years now. However, she and her siblings ends up getting suspended once it's found Nina gave her blood to her friend, Henry Benoit, only to commit suicide and transition into a hybrid.

In *Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea*, Hope and her sibling’s suspensions are over and they're back at school when Freya pays them a visit, however, learning there has been no progress made finding their mom leaving Hope, Jax, Nina, and Lily frustrated.

In *Don't It Just Break Your Heart*, after Klaus stops Hope from binding her werewolf side. She decides its finally time to take things in her own hands recruiting Roman to take her and her siblings to New Orleans so they can find their mom, unaware of Roman's true intentions at the time.

In *The Tale of Two Wolves*, Niklaus goes to Mystic Falls and disturbs a school tour for potential students. Caroline knows that he wants to talk in private with her, which she allows. Once in her office, he informs her that Hope, Jax, Nina, and Lily have activated their werewolf curses, but with them being the Hollow's hosts, they wouldn't survive their first transformation under the full moon. He asked for her daughters to siphon the magic out of Hope, Jax, Nina, and Lily and put into him. Caroline agrees to talk to the twins and they bargain with her to update the school dress code as part of the deal to help Hope, Jax, Nina, and Lily. Caroline agrees to this as she agrees it's bit outdated.

## Throughout Legacies

### Season One

In *This is the Part Where You Run*,

In *Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn*,

In *We're Being Punked, Pedro*,

In *Hope is Not the Goal*,

In *Malivore*,

n *Mombie Dearest*,

In *Death Keeps Knocking On My Door*, Cassie comes to the school and sees Rafael. They begin to talk and she starts to remember how she died. While in the cell, Alaric is trying to interrogate The Necromancer to no avail, which leads Lily to go into his subconscious to try to find answers about the knife. Meanwhile, MG gets Kaleb to help him become stronger by drinking human blood, but it's revealed he's a ripper due to his personality.

In *Maybe I Should Start From The End*, Hope leaves to help Landon and Alaric as well as Alex goes with her. Much later, they arrive back at the school and Hope asks Landon if he wants to be her boyfriend.

In *What Was Nina Doing In Your Dreams?*,

In *There's a World Where Your Dreams Came True*,

In *We're Gonna Need A Spotlight*, the school is putting on the annual talent show, but Alaric tries to postpone it as he can't stand it. While he and Emma go out, the students put on the show and many of them get infected by slugs, which controls the host to throw the urn into the water and will eventually kill the host once it has served it's purpose. After Emma is disinfected, she and Alaric head to the school to help those that haven't been infected and use a spell to electrocute the infected so the slugs will come out. After the slugs are on killed, the students put on another show and perform many acts, with Josie singing in her group and the vampires perform a sit in. After talking with Lizzie and Josie, Alaric unknowingly drinks a glass that has a slug in it and becomes infected, grabbing the urn and throwing over Wickery Bridge.

### Season Two

In *I'll Never Give Up Hope*, it is revealed that Alaric has been relieved of his position as Headmaster of the school by the Honor Council. Rafael and Landon have moved into a new room.

In *This Year Will Be Different*, Professor Vardemus is welcomed into his position as Headmaster of the school. He replaces Alaric and has been picked by Caroline herself. Vardemus tells the students that their abilities have been suppressed for too long and they should not live under the threat of humans, but should be superior. At the end of his first day as Headmaster, he reveals that he is expanding the curriculum, including a new offensive class for powerful students. He invites Josie to be the first member of this class, believing her to have much potential as a witch.

In *You Remind Me of Someone I Used to Know*, the Salvatore School hosts the annual football game between Mystic Falls High School. Vardemus tells the students that this year they are to win the game and should not be afraid to use their magic to do so, with Landon being picked as quarterback. The school uses its magic to get an upper hand at first, however Kaleb points out that Alaric was right all along and they should not use their abilities to win the game; with this they all agree to play fair. Seeing that the students have stopped using magic, Vardemus questions Josie, who reveals that they don't want to use magic. Vardemus insists that they do and hands Josie a spell which she later uses to snap Ethan's arm — a decision that costs him his football scholarship. Alaric, furious at this, punches Vardemus after he bans him from the Salvatore Estate.

In *This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent*, the Salvatore School comes under attack by the Krampus, but they are eventually saved by Santa Claus. At the end of the day, Josie reveals that the present Alaric thinks is for her, is actually the perfect present for him. He opens the present, and it reveals a plaque with his name on it, and the title "Headmaster", officially welcoming him back into his post as headmaster of the school.

In *I Couldn't Have Done This Without You*,

In *This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies*,

In *What Cupid Problem?*,

In *Kai Parker Screwed Us*,

## People

* Alexandria Gilbert (Headmistress)
* Caroline Forbes (Headmistress)
* Alaric Saltzman (Headmaster/Teacher)
* Professor Vardemus (Former Headmaster/Teacher)
* Dorian Williams (Former Librarian/Substitute Teacher)
* Emma Tig (Former Guidance Counselor)
* Robin Goodfellow (Former Guidance Counselor)
* Zurina Mendez (Teacher)
* Unnamed Chemistry of Magic Teacher
* Ms. Featherwood (Healing Teacher)
* Kym Hawkins (Intern; Formerly)
* Mr. Springthorpe (Drama Teacher)
* Freya Mikaelson
* Niklaus Mikaelson
* Elijah Mikaelson
* Katerina Petrova
* Matt Donovan
* Josette Laughlin †
* Cassie †
* Veronica Greasley
* Kym

* Lizzie Saltzman
* Josie Saltzman
* Hope Mikaelson
* Jax Salvatore
* Nina Salvatore
* Lily Salvatore
* Lia Bennett
* Violet Moonlight
* Adella Mikaelson
* Adelina Garcia
* Parker St. John-Bennett (Formerly)
* Grayson Salvatore (Formerly)
* Sarah Salvatore (Formerly)
* Sebastián Gilbert (Formerly)
* Camila Gilbert (Formerly)
* Luna Lockwood
* Luke Martin
* Roman Sienna (Formerly)
* Henry Benoit †
* MG
* Rafael Waithe (Formerly)
* Landon Kirby (Formerly; Left)
* Penelope Park (Formerly; Transferred)
* Alyssa Chang (Formerly)
* Rick Rogers
* Pedro
* Jed Tien
* Serena
* Wade Rivers
* Jade (Formerly)
* Diego (Formerly)
* Wendy (Formerly)
* Zoe
* Clara
* Brock
* Piper
* Trevor
* Cleo Sowande (Formerly; Left)
* Gaby
* Finch Tarrayo
* Brutus
* Many Unnamed Students

## Student Organizations

### Honor Council

* Emma Tig (Former Member/Younger Student Representative)
* Dorian Williams (Former Member/Younger Student Representative)
* Alexandria Gilbert (Member/Younger Student Representative)
* Rafael Waithe (Former Member/Werewolf Representative)
* Jedidiah Tien (Member/Werewolf Representative)
* Kaleb (Member/Vampire Representative)
* Josie Saltzman (Former Member/Witch Representative)
* Adella Mikaelson (Member/Witch/Hybrid Representative)
* Nina Salvatore (Former Member/Tribrid Representative)
* Lily Salvatore (Member/Tribrid Representative)
* Sheila St. John-Bennett  (Member/Tribrid Representative)

### Hybrid/Tribrid Group

* Hope Mikaelson
* Jax Salvatore
* Nina Salvatore
* Lily Salvatore
* Violet Moonlight
* Luke Martin
* Lia Bennett
* Violet Moonlight
* Parker St. John-Bennett (Formerly)
* Luna Lockwood
* Adella Mikaelson

### Salvatore School Werewolf Pack

* Jed Tien (Alpha)
* Rafael Waithe (Former Alpha)
* Brock
* Piper
* Trevor
* Brutus
* Finch Tarrayo
* Unnamed Werewolves

### Goth Coven

* Serena
* Unnamed Witches

### Crafty Coven / Sewing Club

* Unnamed Sewing Witch
* Unnamed Members

## Known Classes

* Origins of Species (Sixth Grade)
* Chemistry of Magic
* Physical Education
* Physics
* Intro to Lycanthropy
* Advanced Civics
* Geography
* Intro to Magical History
* Drama

## Restrictions and Bylaws

* Witch Students are not supposed to use their magic outside of the classrooms, as stated in *Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea*. Furthermore, some magic, such as Dark Magic, is prohibited, as stated in *This is the Part Where You Run*.
* 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 in *I Couldn't Have Done This Without You*.

## Trivia

* During Alaric's integration of Landon about Rafael'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.
	+ Lizzie 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 Alaric and Caroline have expanded massively.
* The school features a room dedicated to Stefan Salvatore known as the "Stefan Salvatore Memorial Library".
* According to Josie, 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 Rafael. The exact origin of the magic is currently unknown.
	+ This also explains how Lizzie and Josie are able to siphon from the school simply by touching the walls.
	+ It is heavily implied that this is a boundary/protection spell. In *There's Always a Loophole*, 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