Kadic Junior High School
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Kadic Junior High School (also referred to as Kadic Academy or Kadic Junior High) is a boarding school in a French animated television series Code Lyoko. It is a junior high school and high school, all in one. The principal of this school is Jean-Pierre Delmas and the campus supervisor is Jim Moralés. Xana usually attacks Kadic because the group is studying/living in this place most of the time.
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[edit] Parts of Kadic
[edit] Administrative wing
This wing includes the archives, general office, staff rooms, the infirmary and the principal's office. The staff rooms hold the teachers' lockers, in which confiscated goods (such as cell phones) are kept.
[edit] Boiler rooms
Located in the basement of the Administration building (as well as the gymnasium and Science Building, among other locations), the boiler rooms provide heat for the school, using old-fashioned coal stoves (despite being called boiler rooms). In the episode "Is Anybody Out There?", Sissi reveals that a man named Leon Corbé was killed in a boiler room in 1905 during the construction of the school. In "Cold War," Jim and the principal took the students (including Yumi, Ulrich, and Odd) into another boiler room to avoid the freezing weather being caused by Xana. Jim even got one of the furnaces in the room at its warmest level and later told the children a story.
[edit] Cafeteria
The function of this building, obviously, is to provide food for those attending, working in, or visiting the school. This is the only room in which Rosa Petitjean and Gaston Lagrange have ever been seen.
[edit] Courtyard
Often referred to as "the Quad" in most American schools due to its square shape, the courtyard serves as a rest area for students and teachers in between classes. In Garage Kids, Ulrich and Yumi practiced Pencak Silat here.
[edit] Vending Concourses
In another courtyard on the other side of the Administrative Wing from the Schoolyard are two buildings housing vending machines that serve various drinks, such as soup or cola. According to the characters in the show, these drinks are less than appetizing in most cases.
[edit] Classroom buildings
Most of the classes offered at the school take place in these various buildings. The few that require special accommodations take place in other buildings. In "Rock Bottom," one of the classroom buildings was (albeit incorrectly) placed near the Science Building.
[edit] Dormitory building
The dorm rooms make up most of the main building. The girls' dorms are on the lower level and the boys' dorms are on the upper level (according to a confusing and repetitive statement made by Jim in Is Anybody Out There?), though this doesn't seem consistent in every episode (for example Sissi's room is nearby Jeremie's, and Aelita's dorm in the second season has also been shown to be nearly Sissi's). There is a passage to the sewers in the basement near the boiler where Jeremie is often seen running to the factory.
The dorm beds aren't very high (they represent beds commonly seen in barracks and college dormitories in the US), and pillows and blankets are usually brought there by boarding students. Like real-world dormitories, there is a scheduled lights-out time for boarders.
[edit] Garden shed
This building contains various tools for tending the grounds. It's off-limits to students and other children, as they could get hurt by all the sharp and/or rusty tools stored inside. More often than not, some students use it as a place to hide, despite the rule.
[edit] Gymnasium
This building has facilities for various indoor sports, such as basketball and rock climbing. Physical education itself, however, is rarely held here. It is also used for various social events held at the school, such as the dances in the episodes "Final Mix" and "The Key". This building also contains a workout room that Jim primarily uses; however, this room is only seen on Rock Bottom and is never seen again.
[edit] Infirmary
This is where people are treated for various minor injuries and other ailments. Yolande Perraudin is the on-staff nurse. The infirmary isn't very large and can only hold up to a few students at a time. It has an elevated bed (obviously higher than the dormitories' beds) for sleeping or resting.
[edit] Library
This building contains the school library, and seems to house a modest selection of books. Students come here to study during designated hours. The library can double as a detention room if need be. The library itself is shown on rare occasions.
[edit] Park
The park is basically another recreation area at the school. Students (and some teachers) can relax here when they have no classes to attend or teach. There's a passage to the sewers here.
[edit] Science building
This large building is dedicated to various science classes that require special equipment. It has its own generator and is isolated from the sewer system, as well as the rest of the school. Suzanne Hertz and an unnamed male mathematics professor are, so far, the only teachers seen in this particular area.
[edit] Track
The track is used for any sports that require open spaces, such as running and soccer. The P.E. classes are often held here instead of the gym due to Jim's tendency to focus on outdoor sports and physical activities. It was completed in Cruel Dilemma (making some appearances in prior episodes however), but has been demolished several times during XANA attacks.
[edit] Population
With the exception of some relatives, a few minor characters, and Xana, most characters in the show are either students or staff at Kadic.
[edit] Trivia
- Codelyoko.net shows that Kadic is largely based on a similar school called Lakanal College, which is located in Sceaux, France. That school is further away from the site of the factory (now demolished) than the one in the show is.
- The boarding school in Garage Kids that Jeremie, Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi go to does not look the same as the one seen in Code Lyoko, but has the same name. It looks more like an office building than a school in most respects.
- The magazine Manga Kids shows that "Kadic" is actually a corruption of Phillip K. Dick, a famous American science-fiction writer. The school's name pays homage to Phillip.
- The school has actually come under direct attack by XANA in several episodes, usually episodes of the first season.
- The school's policy states that all mobile phones are to be switched off during class - some fans misinterpret this as meaning mobiles are banned entirely at the school - the actual policy is stated specifically in the episode 'Satellite'.
[edit] External links
- A page about Kadic.
- A page about the school Kadic is based on.
- An image showing detailed plans for Kadic and the factory.
| Code Lyoko | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Aelita | Franz Hopper | Jeremie Belpois | Jim Moralés | Odd Della Robbia | Elisabeth Delmas | Ulrich Stern | William Dunbar | Xana | Yumi Ishiyama | Secondary characters |
| Monsters | Bloks | Creepers | Krabes | Guardians | Hornets | Kankrelats | Mantas | Marabounta | Megatanks | Polymorphic clone | Scyphozoa | Tarantulas | Transport Orb |
| Lyoko | Ice Barrier | Desert | Forest | Mountain | Carthage | Digital Void | Virtual Limbo |
| Places | The Factory | Kadic Junior High School |
| Technology | Scanners | Towers |
| Other | Media | Episodes | Garage Kids |
