While the Palooza for the New Year is still on, let me remind you of the Grade-A-Palooza. It is a competition held by the Professors for the Professor Assistants at Hogwarts to acknowledge their effort towards grading the enormous piles of students' assignments in different subjects that pop up every month. After all the hard and fast grading all month, the Professor Assistants are allowed to party hard with the cheerful certificates left on their walls by Professor Draekon for grading the most assignments in a month. The competition is hosted by Professor Serafina Rosenquist.

This month, Hiya Debnath, a 2nd-year Gryffindor witch, Astronomy and Charms Professor Assistant at Hogwarts, took the winner's crown for grading a huge pile of 593 assignments throughout the month. Evony Senoj, a 2nd-year Slytherin witch and Charms, Transfiguration, and Flying Professor Assistant at Hogwarts, who graded 425 assignments throughout the month, took second place in the competition. Andromeda Cyreus, a 3rd-year Slytherin student, Potions Head Student, Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Assistant at Hogwarts, occupied third place for grading no less than 389 assignments throughout the month.

With that in mind, keep studying hard and partying hard, while Professor Assistants keep grading hard in the Grade-A-Palooza. Have fun while you are at Hogwarts.

- Hiya Debnath, Journalist, Editor-in-Chief, Compiler, Publisher, Hogwarts Monthly Magazine.