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[alt_antonin]

Students: I am pleased to announce that Our Lord has chosen to honour me with the role of Headmaster of Hogwarts.

As I hope you have all come to believe in the past two years we have been working together, education is a cause that is near and dear to my heart. I am very pleased to be afforded an opportunity to expand my focus from educating students in the Noble Arts to overseeing student education in all the rich and storied traditions of wizarding skill, history, and culture. I am eagerly anticipating the prospect of spending the next few years returning Hogwarts to its glory as a haven for research, scholarship, and wizarding might.

Those of you taking your NEWTs in Noble Arts: I have reserved the prerogative of teaching the NEWT-level classes to myself; I would not wish to give that up. There will, of course, be other staff changes announced over the summer. I look forward to September, and to serving you all and, of course, Our Lord and His vision for the Protectorate's growth.

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Re: Private message to Justin Finch-Fletchley

[alt_justin]

Sir,

By all means, yes. I say, it was even more exhilarating than I'd imagined. Thursdays ought to do jolly well. I've been quite obliged to you for all the additional tuition you've seen fit to provide, Professor, and quite keen for it to continue.

Congratulations, again, on your promotion. I daresay it will be a welcome thing for one as attentive as yourself to oversee the school and restore it to the glories which some of us have only heard by report. Hogwarts is without equal, no doubt, but it will be a fresh challenge to meet the ways in which you will raise the bar even higher.

-Finch-Fletchley

Re: Private message to Justin Finch-Fletchley

[alt_antonin]

I am most pleased you enjoyed yourself. You ought be proud; you held your own admirably, more so than even some of the regulars. You have quite the natural talent, and unlike many to whom such skills come easily, you are equally willing to spend the time and effort necesary to hone it. Teaching you is no trouble at all -- indeed, I find it immensely rewarding.

And thank you. It is true that Hogwarts is without peer, but also true that we ought all seek to constantly better ourselves. I hope to do what I can to elevate my dear alma mater closer to her original status as the utmost name in wizarding education, turning out witches and wizards who are well-rounded, well-educated, and ready to step seamlessly into their future as the Protectorate's sinews. Certainly it will not be an immediate change, but I am looking forward to the challenge; it will be quite the adventure.