Schools
From Survival Of The Fittest
As opposed to SOTF Version 1, in which children from around the globe competed in what could best be described as an international massacre, V2 is rumored to be centered more toward the United States alone. This time, four schools, all centrally located in the state of New Jersey, will be abducted and forced to fight for their lives.
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Gilroy Academy
Founded in 1965 by Phillip John Gilroy III, the Academy originally was a gentleman's club of sorts, where scholars met to converse about the latest going-ons. It wasn't until Phillip John Gilroy III's son, P.J Gilroy IV was given control of the Academy in 1986 that it became a true school for higher learning. For several years it was an all boys' school, but that changed in 1997 when P.J. Gilroy IV had his daughter enroll. Now, two in every seven boys is a girl.
Gilroy Academy (or, P.J. Gilroy, for people still for the school's old name) is located in Smallstown, New Jersey. It's a private school, and as such, is hard to get into. The Academy does live up to its high marks, usually producing bland Einstein after Einstein. The school caters best to Highschool students looking to get into mathematics, history, and science, even though it offers courses for the other subjects, aswell.
The school has strict uniforms, and kids who do not follow them get an ISS for failure of following school conduct. Boys must wear white oxford shirts (the tie is optional), black dress pants, and Gilroy's official sweater vest with the founder's (Phillip John's) initials badge sewn into the top. The girl's uniform is relatively the same, aside from the pants being pleated skirts. They can wear whatever kind of shoes they want to wear, although sandals, flip-flops, and the like are frowned upon.
CLASSES TAKEN - Mrs. Garrick's Homeroom 239. Grade 9th. Mr. Hallam's Homeroom 232. Grade 9th.
Mrs. Garrick teaches Math. Mr. Hallam teaches Science. Mr. H. is a funny man with a funny smile to match. Mrs. Garrick is the direct opposite, but she's into stupid trips and fundraisers that supposedly "help out the school and students".
These classes are going to be going to the museum by bus!
Bathurst High School
Bathurst High was originally the home of Tomas Bath and his small family in 1929. It converted to a schoolhouse in 1949 when Tomas Bath's eldest, Douglass Bath, became a teacher. The schoolhouse grew from there, later growing larger and becoming an Elementary school in 1953. Years later, it became Bathurst Elemetary School, and then, in 1972, it was rebuilt into a Highschool by Douglass Bath's grandson, Tomas IV Bath.
Bathurst is located in Denton, New Jersey, and shares counties with Hobbsborough and Gilroy Academy. The school gets mediocore grades as an average. There are a few geniuses here and there keeping the average from slipping, but there are too many "normal" students that the average keeps itself at a good, generic number.
The school allows the students to wear whatever they want, with some exceptions that include spaghetti straps, tanktops, belly shirts, shorts shorter than wear your arm rests on your leg, and headgear.
CLASSES TAKEN - Ms. Gussie's Homeroom 131. Grade 10th. Mrs. Rowena's Homeroom 133. Grade 10th.
Ms. Gussie teaches English. Mrs. Rowena teaches Social Studies. Ms. Gussie is a young teacher with quite a lot of mystery surrounding her title. She's possibly widow, but no one knows for sure. Because of this, there are rumors flying around about her. Mrs. Rowena is a soft spoken classic teacher.
These classes are going to be getting their school physicals soon!
Hobbsborough High School
Hobbsborough is a new-age experiment. The city council, in an effort to save money, combined a local public school known as Southside High with St. Andrews Catholic school. Since the birth of Hobbs six months ago, the Catholic portion of the school community has gone from the minority to a staggering majority. There's a lot of conflict in the school because of this, making a great rift between the students. Religions aside even, the schools were way different. St. Andrews was an elitist school, much like Duwain Academy with an edge, while Southside High was below average at best. The St. Andrews children have basically overshadowed the other students in every department, be it afterschool activity, schoolwide events, or student grades.
Catholics from Southside High are, as expected, torn between sides. Recently, there have been reports of large amounts of violence at the school.
The dress code is rather lenient, following the same rules as Bathurst High.
CLASSES TAKEN - Mr. Satchel's Homeroom 346. Grade 9th. Mrs. Saranna's Homeroom 225. Grade 10th. Mrs. Laney's Homeroom 228. Grade 11th.
Mr. Satchel teaches Math. He's a goofball, always trying to spice up his lessons. Mrs. Sarrana teaches Social Studies. She's a young teacher whom is set in the "old" ways of teaching. Mrs. Laney teaches English and never seems interested in anything her students have to say.
Congratulations! These three classes have won a schoolwide competition over the other classes in their grades. Have fun, you'll be going on a plane ride to an undisclosed location (as of yet)!
Franklyn Senior High School
In the 1950's, Torrence Aideen was a man with a mission. Wanting to put his name on something big as a "get rich quick scheme", he bought out an old school building, attempting to turn it into some sort of vacational area. The plan fell short and in 1956, Aideen sold the building over to a woman named Georgia Tynan. She cleaned up the place with big bucks and some help from a few friends (specifically the Seana-Franklyn family, whom are thanked dozens of thousands times in roughly every letter from back then and even got the school partially named after them), helping the place grow into a suitable enough place for Elementary learning. The school grew from there with a highschool add-on in 1967.
Grades kindergarten to fifth are considered Elementary, with sixth to eighth following as Middleschool (or the "Junior School"), and, last but not least, ninth to twelfth being Highschool (AKA the "Senior School"). The three schools have been combined into one. The majority of the Elementary part of the school occupies ground level, Middleschool being second floor, and Highschool being up at the top and scattered wherever else there are free rooms in the building.
All students sixth grade and up are required to wear lanyards that symbolize what grade they are in, along with some form of identification. Kids usually destroy their I.D.s, the typical reason being that they hate their school photos. Their dress code isn't all that strict, allowing hats in the building. No hoods, though.
CLASSES TAKEN - Mr. Dolph's Homeroom 11B. Grade 11th. Mr. Duana's Homeroom 11C. Grade 11th.
Mr. Dolph teaches English. He's a weirdo who "pervs out" on the kids. Mr. Duana teaches Science. He's a take no crap kind of teacher and makes the class feel like a dictatorship.
These classes are going to be camping! Yay!
