December and the YPL

[alt_sinistra]

Dear students and visiting guests,

Our upcoming lecture:
On December 3rd, we will welcome several medwizards, who have graciously offered their time on Saturday to share some tips on dealing with urgent injuries and crisis care. Our guests are welcome to join us for this. You will be divided into groups, spending forty-five minutes with each presenter. Please gather at 1pm in the Great Hall for the introduction, and we will split off to other spaces from there.

CCF students: you will be grouped together and cover topics in more depth, as you covered some of the basics last summer, and will also have an additional hour training session following the main presentations.

(Thanks to Miss Perks for suggesting that this would be an excellent topic.)

Preparing for the Yule Ball
CCF students and YPL counsellors are asked to assist with various small duties relating to hosting the Yule Ball. Planning sessions will take place on Thursday, December 8th or Saturday, December 10th. Please sign up on the lists by my office for one of these two times no later than this coming Thursday. Each session will last two hours and begins at 7pm.

A schedule conflict
Finally, due to YPL planning committee needs, I must be in New London on Sunday, December 11th and Monday the 12th. My classes are cancelled for that Monday, including the observing session that evening (though I will be giving you assignments to cover the missing session this week). I will obviously not be available for questions or my normal office hours during those two days. I am confident this will be the last such disruption for this school year, and appreciate your patience.

Miss Clearwater and Mister Avery, I have an additional note for you below.

Comments

Private message to Penelope Clearwater and Julius Avery:

[alt_sinistra]

I am hoping that you will assist me in a slightly delicate matter. I have been asked to help coordinate dancing and etiquette lessons for Hogwarts students, so that we may make the best possible impression at the Yule Ball. However, it would be impolitic to publically admit our students may need additional teaching in these areas.

I would appreciate your assistance in sharing the following information with Hogwarts students, and only with Hogwarts students. (For your own houses, we have prepared copies for each separate dorm room, as well as general copies for the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff common rooms. Please pick them up from outside my office before the end of the day on Monday: their envelopes are specifically charmed to you.)

Madame Pomfrey has agreed to help me with the session planning but we will also need assistance from our CCF students and YPL counsellors in providing instruction and practice. I will discuss that in detail with them during the scheduled planning sessions. Madame Pince has also gathered some reference materials and books for review.

As noted below, if you know of a student who feels they need help with suitable dress robes (particularly fostered halfbloods), please encourage them to speak to me as soon as possible so we can see if arrangements can be made. Likewise, if there are students you feel are particularly in need of this training so as not to embarrass the school, please let me know their names no later than the 12th.

For your reference, the announcement to be distributed reads:

Dear students,

In order to help you prepare for the Yule Ball, the YPL programme is coordinating etiquette and dance lessons for all students who are interested, so that you may feel more confident and at ease in a formal social setting.

All other students expecting to attend the Ball are encouraged to attend one of four two-hour sessions teaching dance and formal ball etiquette. These will be held at 7pm on December 13th, 7pm on the 15th, and 2pm on the 17th or 18th. Please sign up by my door for the session of your choice. CCF students will assist with demonstrations by the instructor.

All students were instructed to bring dress robes suitable for a formal event with them this autumn. However, we do understand that you may have grown since returning to school, or may discover some other difficulty with your robes. If so, please stop by my office hours as soon as possible (but no later than the 18th) to discuss the difficulty, and I will see what can be arranged.

We all look forward to the splendours of the Yule Ball!

Re: Private message to Penelope Clearwater and Julius Avery:

[alt_penelope]

Yes, of course, Professor. We shan't let you down.

Re: Private message to Penelope Clearwater and Julius Avery:

[alt_sinistra]

Thank you both.