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__** Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters **__



Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters is a mutant school originally created by Charles Xavier. It is housed at the "X-Mansion," the common name for Xavier's mansion. It is the base of operations and training site of the X-Men. It is also the worldwide headquarters of the X-Corporation. Its address is 1407 Graymalkin Lane, Salem Center (part of the town of North Salem), located in the very northeast corner of Westchester County, New York. The school's motto is "mutatis mutandis."

__**History **__

The X-Mansion is the inherited property of Charles Xavier (Professor X) and has been in the Xavier family for ten generations. As Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, the X-Mansion was the training site of the first two generations of teenage X-Men:

__The original X-Men__: Cyclops, Iceman, Beast, Angel, Jean Grey (Marvel Girl), and later, Mimic (briefly), Havok, and Lorna Dane.

__The original New Mutants__: Cannonball, Wolfsbane, Mirage, Karma, Sunspot, Cypher, Magma, Magik, and Warlock, along with Shadowcat, a contemporary of the original New Mutants who was their classmate but was a member of the adult X-Men team instead.

Later the X-Mansion was renamed from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters to the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, as most of the X-Men were adults rather than teenagers by this time. Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters was relocated to the Massachusetts Academy in Western Massachusetts (a region called Snow Valley in the Berkshires), which served as the training site of the third generation of teenage X-Men, Generation X.

The Massachusetts Academy later closed permanently. Shortly thereafter, the school for young mutants reopened at the X-Mansion and the name reverted to "Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters." The fourth generation of mutant teenagers began studying there at that time.

Though protected by high-tech defenses, the X-Mansion has often been breached by the supervillains and evil mutants faced by the X-Men. Indeed, the X-Mansion has been destroyed and rebuilt several times. It was demolished in a battle with the Sidri and atomized by Mister Sinister. However, certain portions of the mansion, such as sub-basements, survived both attacks. When Onslaught revealed himself and fought the X-Men, the mansion took heavy damage, though was quickly repaired. In Operation: Zero Tolerance, Bastion forced Jubilee to reveal the mansion's defenses. He then stripped down the mansion, having nearly everything inside the mansion removed. After defeating Bastion, the X-Men moved back into the mansion and restocked it. Next the X-Mansion survived an assault by the Shi'ar Imperial Guard as well as a riot by students led by Quentin Quire. In the events surrounding Planet X, however, the X-Mansion was damaged; the rebuilding process began soon after. Later the mansion was infiltrated by followers of the Reverend William Stryker in an attempt to wipe out the students, resulting in some structural damage and several casualties. Then the mansion was damaged when the Danger Room became sentient and summoned local machinery to attack the structure. The mansion was also damaged when Mr. Sinister's new team of Marauders attacked the mansion. More recently, a fight between the Hulk and several mutants damaged the mansion. Each time the mansion has been repaired or rebuilt.


 * Current Students **

The current list of students can be found here.


 * Current and Former Faculty **

The current list of faculty and former faculty can be found here.

__**Layout **__

There is a Phoenix Memorial Statue, dedicated to the memory of Jean Grey. Notable rooms include the Danger Room and a room containing Cerebro. The Headmasters Office of Cyclops and Emma Frost is on the top floor. The basketball court is a popular hang-out; it was the site of a well-known basketball game in which the X-Men used their mutant powers. Directly below the basketball court is the hangar, which houses many transportation vehicles, as well as aircraft such as the X-Men Blackbird.

__**X-Men **__

The X-Men are a superhero team formed by Professor Charles Xavier. Under a cloud of increasing anti-mutant sentiment, Professor Xavier created a haven at his Westchester mansion to train young mutants to use their powers for the benefit of humanity and to prove mutants can be heroes. Xavier recruited Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast and Marvel Girl, calling them "X-Men" because they possess special powers due to their possession of the "X-Gene," a gene which normal humans lack and which gives mutants their abilities.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While the team has gone through many changes over the years, the current line-up includes Cyclops and Emma Frost (as co-team leaders), Beast, Armor, Warpath, and Wolverine. Reserve members Angel and Nightcrawler occasionally help on missions, as well. Charles Xavier assists in an advisory capacity.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Current and Reserve Members **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The list of current and reserve members of the X-Men, as well as recent members, can be found here.