Hello, Badgers! Welcome to the new school year!

The new year has brought in lots of new first year badger cubs and with new cubs comes a few updates on programs to help them settle into their new sett.

The foster badger program has undergone a makeover and has been transformed into the Badger Buddy Program! The Badger Buddy Program is a fun way for first year badgers to have a friend to show them the easiest and quickest passages to take them to their classes or the Quidditch pitch, or simply help them get settled in to HOL and Hufflepuff by showing them the ropes and how not to trip over them. *g* We were all ickle firsties once and remember quite well the confusing maze of staircases and being welcomed by Parker with water balloons and dungbombs, so we are very willing to help in any way that we can.

The Badger Buddy staff would like to give a hearty badger hug to the following badgers who volunteered their services to help newbies via the new Badger Buddy Program this summer!

Ashley Denver
Cosmo Brown
Felicia Hartwick
Kath Snape
Lilly Stargazer
Rilla White
Rorey Padfoot
Rose Alstien
Tarma Black

In order to help our badger cubs settle into the Sett by teaching them the ropes, Hufflepuff also offers orientation classes to our ickle badger cubs. Even our not so ickle badgers benefit from the fun, silly and informational classes. It helps keep everyone up to date on any new changes for the year and also helps refresh memories of rules that may have gone to the cobweb section of the brain after many years in HOL.

Orientation this summer was extremely exciting with four separate opportunities for the badgers to earn some sparkly citrines! If you missed the activities and festivities, never fear! The lessons will remain posted for reference and there will be a refresher course for all of the cubs joining mid-year during the Christmas holiday season.

Here is a list of the games and citrine earners for each of the orientation activities.

Quidditch Lesson - Badger Buddy Bonus Citrines

Madelyn Lucas - 5
Kath Snape - 5
Lilly Stargazer - 5
Rorey Padfoot - 5
Rose Alstein - 5
Tarma Black - 5

The Sett Lesson - Posting Pretties Spellcasting (and other related activities)

Alura Catskull - 19
Cosmo Brown - 11
Felicia Hartwick - 33
Kath Snape - 24
Kevin Britt - 4
Lilly Stargazer - 19
Madelyn Lucas - 11
Melody Sunshine - 27
Pat Griffin - 6
Professor Darklost - 19
Rorey Padfoot - 29
Tegan Rowley - 17
Tarma Black - 34

Badgers receiving a free bottle of Parker Repellent for successfully completing all three Sett lesson assignments correctly:

Alura Catskull
Felicia Hartwick
Melody Sunshine
Rorey Padfoot
Tarma Black

Lesson 6 - Clubs and Groups Scavenger Hunt

Kath Snape - 21 (+5 bonus badger buddy program citrines) = 26
Tarma Black - 21 (+5 bonus badger buddy program citrines) = 26

Huffle Fun 101 Lesson

Anastasia Wade - 20 (+5 bonus for all correct answers) = 25
Rorey Padfoot - 20 (+5 bonus for all correct answers) = 25
Tarma Black - 20 (+ 5 bonus for all correct answers) = 25

We would also like to extend a huge thank you to the Orientation Teachers who worked their little badger tails off to bring everyone fun, exciting, and informational lessons about the Sett and HOL.

Thank you to:
Professor Anya Chutney
Narcissa Black
Lilly Stargazer (and Tarma Black for keeping track of all of those orientation botting citrines. Whew!)
Emma Pacifica
Felicia Hartwick
Belle Black
Kath Snape

Congratulations to all of the citrine earners and badger buddies and a warm badger welcome to all the first years!

Have a wonderful school year, badgers!!!