Mount Olympus Public School - Basic Data  

Mount Olympus Public School

Basic data

There will be offically two schools, one Mount Olympus Public Girls School and one Mount Olympus Public Boys School
 
 


Teacher staff: 68 subjects. 75 teachers.
Sports: Shooting. Sword Fighting. Self-defence. Single Combat. Archery. Knifing. Magical Duelling. Werewolf Duelling. Psi Duelling. Demon Duelling. Riding. Animal Hunting. Kung Fu. 13
Etiquette: Manners. Dancing. 2
Housework: Cooking. Housekeeping. Embroidery. Knitting. Crochet. Sewing. 6
Divination: Runes. Numerology. Astrology. Astronomy. Tarot. Dream Interpretation. Intuition. 8
Race training: Basic Spells. Constructive Magic. Destructive Magic. Potions. Telekinesis. Practical Psi. Vampire Lore. Food Hunting.  8
Humanism: Meditation. Psychology. 2
Changing: Werewolf Changeshifting. Vampire Blending. Mage Transfiguration. Werewolf Earth-Diving. Demon Changing. 5
Science: Herbology. Mineralogy. Geology. Biology. Physics. Chemistry. Economics. Non-human biology. 8
History: Vampire History. Psi History. Mage History. Werewolf History. Demon History. Human history. 6
Culture: Literature. Arts. Poetry. Drama 4
Languages: Spanish. French. Italian. German. Latin. Ancient Greek. 6
Math: Mathematics. 1

Students: 900 all in all. So 112 students are admitted each year. 16 students are in each gang and year in a best case scenario, 128.5 in every gang, but that happens rarely.

Other faculty members: 1 physician. 2 school nurses. 1 veterinary surgeon. 1 school counselor. 1 head librarian. 2 assistant librarians. 1 secretary. 2 caretakers. 3 gardeners. 1 gamekeeper. 5 grooms. 1 storekeeper.1 chef. 4 cooks. 35 waiters and waitresses. 7 housekeepers. 15 maids.
 
 


For 1st years following periods of the respective departments are compulsory:
Sports  4
Divination 4
Race training 2
Changing 4
Science 4
History 4
Culture 2
Mathematics 4
Foreign Languages 4
32 periods, four days six and one eight

Because this is after all a vampire school, classes will be held at night like on the present-time Mount Olympus Grammar School.
 

Location:

The main building with most classrooms and the cafeteria is located in the middle of a lake on a small island. It’s a gigantic manor with five floors and two underground floors looking like a mix between a fortress and castle. The walls are snow-white - or at least they’re white after the summer holidays when the manor was renovated – and at some places decorated with mosaics.
There is a nice atrium that goes from the first floor to the top floor in the middle of the building. It's not only a pretty place, but it's also a nice place to relax, meet friends and study if you don't feel like ferrying over in breaks. And that's probably the smartest thing you can do if you don't have much free time between your classes since the ferrymen are so moody and enjoy making people wait who're in a hurry.
The cafeteria is a strange place. It goes over three floors, always bordering on the atrium, but the size varies. Also, on the first floor it's like a restaurant, you're being served and can pick from a menu, on the third floor there is only a self-service restaurant and you have to pick between three menus of the day and on the second floor is both. But for breakfast is on all floors a buffet. The only difference is that on the first floor waitresses and waiters are around to take your orders if you want something special, on the third you have to make do with what you get. Whatever you order, you always have to pay for the food since in Mount Olympus' fee only lodging is included, no board.

On the grounds around the lake are the manor-houses sprawled where the students are living and some others school buildings, like gyms.

There is also a small kiosk on the grounds. The kiosk has some small stuff like sweets, snacks, ointments against sunburns, underwear, toothpaste and whatever else the students might have forgotten and need. But since it's a school-owned kiosk they naturally won't have items like alcohol or cigarettes. And if you want to order some item of a special brand, first make sure that this brand did already exist in the time your characters are in.

Because of the large distances you often have to cross to get from your manor-house or the main cafeteria to the classroom where you have the next class and the dependency on the boats to ferry across the lake you're ill-advised to leave for class at the last minute. It's difficult to be on time even when you leave early because you can easily spend a quarter of a hour or longer waiting at the quay.
At rush hour, like in the evening, when the vast majority of the 900 students wants to get at the same time onto the island for breakfast and classes, you'll be waiting for a long, long time. So the best thing you can do is avoid such rush hours. As in, stand up early and ferry over the lake before the rest of the school does, then you can grab a breakfast while your favourite food is still available and when the crowd comes in you're in the atrium relaxing with your friends or doing your homework.
But be careful that you don't want to ferry over when everyone else is in bed. The ferrymen often insist on waiting until the boat is full up. Then you better prepare for a long, long wait...
 

Once the present grounds of Mount Olympus belonged to the family Grey and were Grey Manor. But when Donna Grey became headmistress of Mount Olympus and the school needed a new home she allowed them to use her manor. Since she had no descendants and was a widow, she decreed in her will that the manor was given to Mount Olympus Public School after her death. Since then, more than 200 years ago, MT is using the manor grounds and Eric’s extensive lands around them (he owns half the county and it’s even his realm).