Understanding Ever After

A.K.A. This school is confusing and I take great pleasure in trying to figure out how it works.

A while ago, on my tumblr, I wrote about up a list of Ever After High classes. I figured it'd be useful to not only post them, but to post some information (and speculation) about the school in general! I'm currently reading the Ever After High books and, naturally, I'm an avid fan of the webisodes. Information in this article is from both of those sources and things like the website, quizzes and cards. I'm only human, so information on this list may be wrong or incomplete! If you can provide a source to your fact (a screenshot, page number, url...) I'll be happy to update this to include the fact. Every little helps!

Disclaimers and Important Notes
As I've mentioned, some of the information here is from the books. A lot of people consider the books and webisodes different canons, so I've tried to point out when this information is - information that comes from the books should have a ! next to it. If it is not marked with ! and I haven't mentioned it to be from a quiz and you don't remember it being in a webisode, it's probably from a diary or profile.

Another note, this was reposted as a page after a request on the original blog post. That page will no longer be updated. This list is for everyone to enjoy but please do not edit it. To better control what information goes on, I ask that I'm the only one to add information into the document.

With that out of the way, lets get started!

Overview
How the hex does this school work? I'm glad you asked.

Ever After High is a boarding school currently (and for the foreseeable future) headmastered by the Brothers Grimm. It is one of the many schools of its kind and was founded in 1812.

The majority of students begin attendance in first year and leave in fourth year but it's likely students can come join the school at any point during any year. (As seen with the likes of Poppy in Poppy the Roybel).

Roommates
Students find out information like their roommate and their school counselor in first year. Over the holidays each year, students have to fill in an application detailing preference for the kind of roommate they would like the following year( ! Next Top Villain), It's unknown if they do this before joining in first year.

In the first two webisodes Raven comments that "I'm rooming with Maddie this year.", indicating that students can list an actual person they would like to share with.

Interesting, the Ever After High Cards say that a lot of students will have the same rooms as their parents did.

The latest webisodes tell us that school starts in the 9th month (September - The Legacy Orchard) and continue until at least the 6th month (June - Tri-Castle-On). Presumably June is their last month and they July and August off for summer vacation.

This is when the school traditions get a bit... unusual.

Yearly Overview
The only two years we know a significant amount about are 2nd and 3rd year (which, so far, have been the focus of the books and webisodes). They seem to be the busiest years for someone attending Ever After High.

First Year
Despite not being the focus of the series, we do get some information about first year in ! The Unfairest of Them All. Apparently first year is Freedom Year, and students are allowed to take an elective of their choice during that year (Thank you, Patchworks!).

Second Year
In a confusing turn of events, Legacy Year (the year you pledge to fulfill your destiny) is second year, rather than the more logical 1st or 4th year (This is implied in the webisodes and confirmed in the book !The Storybook of Legends).

They have an Orientation Tour at the start of school, according to Apple's diary. She claims they "always" start in The Tower, implying the students have a Book-to-School Orientation in both First and Second year. The Ever After High Cards also say that there is an annual Book-to-School assembly in the in the Charmitorium. Said Orientations are known take place a week before any classes start.

Second year sees the students getting involved with a big Bookball game and Thronecoming event, which happen around the same time. Thronecoming in Ever After High involves a big dance and a parade of floats. Students are encouraged to vote for a Thronecoming Queen and King.

Third Year
According to the webisodes, Ever After High students spend most of their 3rd year making a yearbook and then planting it to turn into a year book tree. Here in Scotland, a yearbook is something seniors would usually do but, considering it follows Legacy Year, this has to take place in their third year. It's implied that one student is usually the editor and is (ordinarily) the person in charge of the yearbook, but it seems like everyone lends a helping hand.

To set the tone for 3rd year, a trip to The Legacy Orchard seems to replace the usual Orientation Tours (The Legacy Orchard).

That leaves the yearly timetable looking like this:

The Yearly Timetable
^The fact that Legacy Day takes place near the start of the 2nd school year implies that they do a lot of preparation for it in their First Year.
 * 1st Year/Freshman Year: Freedom Year. This year (likely) focuses on making friends and learning about your fairytale destiny. Thanks to Apple, we can assume it starts with an Orientation Tour. We also know that students get to take an elective of their choice in this year.
 * 2nd Year/Sophomore Year: Legacy Year. This year is, so far, the biggest and busiest year in canon. The students have a Book to School orientation a week before classes. Legacy Day is the first major event of the school year^, but a big BookBall game and Thronecoming follow soon after.
 * 3rd Year/Junior Year: Yearbook Year. Another big year. The year begins with a trip to The Legacy Orchard and the year is mainly focused on creating a yearbook to put in the orchard. The school year closes after the yearbook has been planted and the school has hosted its Tri-Castle-On.
 * 4th Year/Senior Year: Unknown.

Classes
So how does this work.

Honestly? It doesn't. The system appears to be a mess and it's not something that's made very clear in canon. Nevertheless, this is what I've figured out.

Overview
Unlike your roommate and your counselor, classes seem to change every year (! The Storybook of Legends) and they're dependent on what your destiny is. If you haven't got a destiny you get the luxury of picking your subjects. These subjects will be used to shape your destiny (Poppy the Roybel). A scroll detailing your classes for the year is delivered to your dorm at the start of the school year (! Next Top Villain).

Originally I was very confused how (if "Grimm makes all the class decisions.", like Lizzie says in ! Next Top Villain) Apple and Raven could take whatever classes she liked in Class Confusion, but, thanks to Patchworks, I now know electives exist at this school. It's likely Apple and Raven were picking up an extra (non compulsory) elective class.

I also originally used to think that students would have 6 classes a day, in line with what the Royal or Rebel quiz results said. However, several sources imply at least 5 or so compulsory classes, so it's more likely there are six slots for classes in a day, but not all of them are used.

From the way said quiz results are laid out, I think a daily weekday at Ever After High would look like the following:


 * Lesson 1 | Lesson 2 | Break | Lesson 3 | Lesson 4 | Lunch | Lesson 5 | Lesson 6

In order to pass classes, students need to get a certain amount of credit. In ! Kiss and Spell, Hopper is said to of recently joined the Tech Club in order to get said extra credit. Credit seems to be given out as teachers please - Faybelle gains extra credit in ! Next Top Villain for simply performing a cheer.

It's also likely that the students have 5 days a week for learning and the other 2 off school. ! Kiss and Spell makes it sound like Saturday's are usually reserved for studying and it's noted later in the same book that "Sunday was the perfect day to record the MirrorCast since none of the students had classes.".

List of Classes
Here we are! What you likely came here for. This is a list of canon classes in alphabetical order.


 * Advanced Allusions and Cross-Cultural Reference !
 * Advanced Ballet ! (This is taught off-campus in the Red Shoes Studio)
 * Advanced Villainy ! (In ! Next Top Villain Duchess says that she'll move up to this subject if she does well in General Villainy, implying Advanced subjects are extensions of "general" versions of their classes.)
 * Advanced Wooing (I'd headcanon this as an extension of Wooing 101)
 * Anger Magicment !
 * Arts and Crafts
 * Beast Training and Care
 * Castle Design ! (Though it's from the books it can be seen on the endcard for some of the webisodes)
 * Chemythstry
 * Cooking Class-ic
 * Creative Storytelling
 * Crownculus
 * Damsel-In-Distressing
 * Dance Class-ic
 * Debate
 * Dragon Slaying
 * Drama ! (Lizzie imples they put on a show each year, in ! Next Top Villain)
 * Environmental Magic
 * Experimental Fairy Magic !
 * Geografairy
 * General Villainy
 * Grimmnastics (Canonly includes Swamp Swimming [Lizzie Heart's Fairytale First Date] and Swimclass, though I'd also assume they do Applebatics and Track and Shield in Grimmnastics, which are both mentioned to be clubs in ! Kiss and Spell.
 * Heroics 101 !
 * Hero Training (! A Semi-Charming Kind of Life shows Dexter, Hunter and Daring [amongst others] learning how to joust in Hero Training. This could just of been for the Parents Weekend that was coming up.)
 * Hexonomics
 * History of Evil Spells !
 * [The] History of Tall Tales
 * Home Economoyths ! (This is taught by Prof. Momma Bear in ! Next Top Villain)
 * Home Evilnomics
 * Kingdom Management
 * Kingdom Mis-Management !
 * Magicology
 * Muse-ic Class (In ! Kiss and Spell, Melody can be seen doing Muse-ic Theory homework. I suspect this something they study in Muse-ic Class, rather than being it's own subject.)
 * Mythology
 * Poison Fruit Theory !
 * Princess Design
 * Princessology (Apple says in ! Kiss and Spell that they "learn every royal story in Princessology class." Raven later comments that "True Loves Kiss is most powerful. We just learned that in Princessology.")
 * Riddling !
 * Science and Sorcery
 * Spells, Hexes and Evil Witchery
 * Storytelling 101
 * Throne Economics
 * Witchness Management
 * Woodshop
 * Wooing 101

Compulsory Classes

 * Grimmnastics, revealed in the Royal or Rebel quiz as all results will contain Grimmnastics no matter what.
 * Science and Sorcery, revealed in ! Kiss and Spell.
 * Hexonomics, revealed in the Ever After High Cards.
 * Chemythstry, revealed in the Ever After High Cards.
 * Geografairy, revealed in the Ever After High Cards.

Teachers
TBA

Extra Curricular Activities
Once again, this is a list of only canon clubs.


 * Applebatics Team !
 * Art Appreciation Club
 * Ancient History Club !
 * Book Club
 * Bookball Team
 * Charming Charity Club
 * Cheerhexing Squad
 * Chess Club
 * Dance Class (Though it has class in the name this is explicitly said to be a club in one of the quizzes)
 * [The] Enchanted Forest Club
 * [The] Environmental Magic Club !
 * Glee Club (Happi-glee Ever Afters, according to Cedar)
 * [The] Honest Opinions Club !
 * MirrorNet Broadcast Club
 * Muse-ic Lessons (Separate from Muse-ic Class, likely a one on one lesson between a student learning an instrument and a teacher.)
 * Royal Student Council
 * Swim Team !
 * Tech Club !
 * Thronecoming Planning Committee
 * Track and Shield Team !
 * Villain Club !

Trivia

 * There is no uniform, but students are provided winter outfits by the school.
 * Though not officially school grounds, students are free to go in and out of the village of Book End.
 * "How does the school get all this funding?!" According to Grimm in ! A Semi-Charming Kind of Life, a lot of richer families will donate money to help keep the school running - the Charmings are the biggest donator.
 * Being a boarding school, every student shares a dorm with one other student of the same gender. Darling notes in ! A Semi-Charming Kind of Life that students who are royalty tend to stay on the upper floors of the dorm building.
 * Ginger also says in ! Kiss and Spell that each student has a family crest on their door, so you know who it belongs to. This conflicts with the webisodes, that show the doors being brown with golden detailing (Ginger in the BreadHOUSE, Date Night, Duchess Swan's Lake). This is likely just a detail that was added in later to the books.
 * The floors of these dorms are apparently made from stone (! Next Top Villain), though this doesn't seem to be the case in the webisodes.
 * ! Next Top Villain tells us that the school has Common Rooms for the pupils, though we've never seen them in the webisodes.
 * The school has a curfew and most of the amenities close in the evenings - the Common Rooms don't.
 * The curfew is midnight to 6am, according to Duchess in ! Next Top Villain
 * The school provides books for the pupils. (! Next Top Villain)
 * Mr. Gingerbreadman apparently burns when pupils are late for his class (Grimmnastics). Horrifying.
 * According to the Cards, there are three study lounges in the school - one is used by the rebels, one is used by the royals and one is used by those from Wonderland. Despite one room being made for the royals, rebels are free to use it - Briar's Study Party shows a mix of royals and rebels all using the same lounge. These rooms stay open past curfew.
 * If ! Kiss and Spell is anything to go by then these lounges are particularly popular on Saturday, when a large portion of the student body does their homework for the week.