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04-13-2004, 06:45 AM
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[img]http://www.snitchseeker.com/images/news/hp_grandpre_80.jpg' align='middle'> American school adopts points system like Hogwarts - Summary:
A Florida school has adopted a points system similar to the one at Hogwarts Article:
Thanks to Wizardnews Quote: For Creative Learning Academy students, there is no worse feeling than losing your marbles.
"If someone loses a marble or 10 or 20, we're like, `Why did you have to do that? Why did you do something so stupid?"' eighth- grader Nicole Bobbitt said.
Marbles are constantly on the minds of the private school's 65 middle schoolers since the academy adopted a disciplinary method inspired by the popular "Harry Potter" novels written by J.K. Rowling.
"The students relate to `Harry Potter.' So I kept thinking, `Why couldn't we do that? We could have a point system with the students,"' said middle school director and Latin teacher Sally Kelly.
Middle School director, Sally Kelly, from left, media specialist Michelle White, students Brenton Goodman,14, Rachel Ripps,13, and Nicole Bobbitt,14, are pleased with how the new behaviorial system at the Creative Learning Academy encourages students to succeed.
Before school began in September, the veteran instructor talked about it with teachers who believed it would be a good idea but doubted its long-term effectiveness. Some students, despite being "Harry Potter" fans, felt it was cheesy.
The students were assigned to one of the four lairs named after Chinese dragons - Tatsu, Zaltis, Li-Lung and Nagas. Students at Harry Potter's school, Hogwarts, are sorted into four houses - Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff.
Good behavior earned a student a marble or more for his or her team, but marbles were subtracted for bad behavior. Just like "Harry Potter," there's a reward at the end: The winning lair will be awarded the Dragon's Cup.
Shortly after school began, an intense competition ensued among the four dragon lairs.
"Everyone is more competitive," said eighth-grader Max Rankin who recently received a marble for correcting his Spanish teacher on a quiz. "But it makes people work harder, and they help more around the school."
Eighth-graders became protective of the sixth-graders in their lair, instead of thinking of the younger students as "nerds."
Students and teachers agree that the campus is much cleaner since a teacher set a precedent when she gave a marble to a student who picked up trash.
Permission slips and report cards are signed by parents and turned in promptly by students - heaven forbid a marble be subtracted for turning something in late.
"They take it very seriously," said the school's media specialist Michelle White. Each lair's marble jar and written totals are displayed in the media center.
"Every few minutes, I see students checking to see the score," said White whose library received a major increase in traffic since she became the marble monitor.
For Nicole, the competition has created a rift between her and her fellow leading scorer, Wayne Dell.
"He'll be ahead of me next week because he got 50 marbles for (highest) grades," she said. "He's, like, .03 percent ahead of me right now."
Dell, who has the highest grades in his class, received a special marble worth 50 regular marbles. The special marbles are given on wins such as a history fair or an athletic event.
"Field Day is coming up, and I'm athletic," said Nicole, who is shooting for a 50 marble. "We have some school records I plan on breaking." Wizardnews  | |
04-13-2004, 11:53 AM
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ok then.... :ermsmile:
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04-13-2004, 12:27 PM
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At our school we're divided into 4 house colours for sporting events. You get points for winnining races but no one really cares. We all just ignore the system.
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04-13-2004, 12:33 PM
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yer sames we have 4 colours we dont take much notice sumtimes people get competitve when the house cup draws near but thats all we dont get points foe like work ya do though | |
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04-13-2004, 12:38 PM
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We have a points system, and houses and a House Cup. I'm in Barbican, with the house colours of red and gold, like Gryffindor.
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04-13-2004, 01:17 PM
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hmm that really cool
at my school we have four house and we have a house cup at the end of the year . the points are taken from sporting events and other fun activlue places around the school and if you do well in class teacher can award house stars which earns more points for you house it really cool. 
I'm i red house and we have green, yellow and blue!!!! One day i accidentlay said gryffindor instead of my house name which was McAuley!!!!
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04-13-2004, 04:16 PM
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Yeah, I mean here in England it's pretty common.
We have the Saints of Britain, George's (england and red), Patricks (Ireland and green), Davids (Yellow and Wales) and Andrews (blue and scotland)..
Though no one really gets that competitive about it...
This school sorta makes it sound like they and Hogwarts are the only school to have eva done it lol  | |
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04-13-2004, 04:19 PM
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It's pretty common here in Australia too...pretty much every school has a house points system..thing 
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04-13-2004, 06:05 PM
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Thats pretty cool! Our elementary school did something like that, but that was ages ago. Anyway, still a good motivator!! | |
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04-13-2004, 06:45 PM
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My school is like that, exept instead of houses its by grade and there's six grades.At the end of the year the grade with the most points wins class of the year. :sorcerer: But my school isn't in the US exactly, it's in one of it's provinces. And its an all -girl school but it's not sleepaway.
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04-13-2004, 09:12 PM
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| | Kneazle
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cool..i wish we had that!
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04-13-2004, 09:29 PM
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thats so cool, too bad my school doesn't have that. i just go to a public school.
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04-13-2004, 09:48 PM
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I'm in a publish school too, here in spain, but I don't believe this would make our class better...not many people care of this...we're 28 in our class and I think just 6 of us passed all the subjects. :/ But it's cool tho
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04-13-2004, 10:29 PM
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Ah well, things happen. *shakes head* I think this idea is absolutely silly and those kids are just nerds. I mean, break your neck for some stupid and absolutely worthless marbles?  Normal people wouldn't take this too seriously. Or are they just crazy HP fans? We'll never know...
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04-13-2004, 10:56 PM
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at my school we have pods..that are kinda like houses, but we dont get points or anything. I dont think any one at my school would pay attention about the points anyway...
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04-13-2004, 11:00 PM
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We used to have houses, but only five and they were rubbish, we had a point system too and it imporved morale and stuff because you had cards, trouble was you could forge them so a lot of points werent real.
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04-13-2004, 11:14 PM
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Thats so cool! At my middle school we have teams like: Team Athena, Team Zeus, Team Apolo, thats for the 7th grader's like me. I'm on Team Apolo. For the 8th graders their: Team Typhon, Team Tornado, and one other i just can't think of it.
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04-14-2004, 12:06 AM
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hmmm I like the idea of having a point system like harry Potter. I go to school in Florida I wish they would do that at my school but im in High School so i doubt that would happen, anyway I think it is a good way to relate the teachers and the students at the same time.
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04-14-2004, 12:12 AM
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thats cool
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04-14-2004, 12:34 AM
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Wow, that's actually kinda cool. Then again, this is the outside looking in. Sounds like a good idea, and it seems like my school is one of the few that doesn't do a point system. -_- hmmmmmmmmmmm.....
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04-14-2004, 01:19 AM
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i think that is a good idea but i'm in high school. it still cute. :sorcerer: :flowersmile:  | |
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04-14-2004, 01:27 AM
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i wish we had that kind of system in our school........
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04-14-2004, 01:55 AM
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Quote: i wish we had that kind of system in our school........ I second that!
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04-14-2004, 02:00 AM
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I wish we did that. well in a sence we KIND-OF did in middle school. we had teams (3 teachers that you had all your classes with) and there where 3 teams per grade, and 7th grade, and 8th grade at that one school. We had names and everything, like we where on the LoveBugs, 7th grade and something stupid 8th grade.
then totaly unrelated to that, in 7th grade you had the "7th grade olympics" and you had a team of like 5 or 10 people and you did stupid things for your team. not fun.
but that would be a really cool system, a way to teach team-work, and a bit of compatition that EVERYONE may participate in, not just sports and sh!t. And you would have this for-see-able goal that would help you get through the year. but like most people on this page of comments, I am in High School, so I don't think so. would happen, and too many people gone to drugs for it to be effective anymore.
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