Starting off the list strong is our dynamic duo. The two Theatre West High directors are often seen together, and earned over 50% of the teacher votes. Your Dynamic Duo is Katy Nahra and Ann Rocarek.

The second category is the Future President of the United States. To no one’s surprise, our principal with a history of politics earned first place in this category, with second being given to a teacher well versed in psychology and government. Our futures POTUSes are Mitch Gross and Travis Henderson.

Third in line is the vigilantes among us. The staff voted in who they thought were most likely to have a second life, one of justice and mystery. The people Most Likely to be a Vigilante in their free time are math teacher Renee Gibson and administrator Garrett Hartwig.

Following the vigilantes are the people more attuned to the arts. Choir, theater and music are all cornerstone programs here at West High, all with valuable teachers and directors. Yet, one of our Future Broadway Stars does not come from our music programs. Our winners for Future Broadway Stars are choir director Luigi Enriquez and English teacher John Cooper.

Continuing the trend of the English department cleaning up in the superlatives department, both awards for Best Dressed are awarded to West High’s English department. Gracing our halls every day with fashionable outfits and wide vocabularies, Darien Robins and Amari Nasafi win this category.

Once again, both winners for Best Hair come from the English department. It’s beginning to look like an English degree requires courses in cosmetology and fashion. One with black hair, the other with blonde, our winners for Best Hair are Nate Frese and Sara Whittaker.

Even the Most Likely to Win a Nobel Prize award can’t put an end to the English department’s generational run. The science department eked out one win here, with John Connors winning a majority of the votes. However, AP Language and Composition teacher John Boylan earned a significant amount of votes as well, keeping the English department firmly in the lead.

Winning the first award for the Special Programs department, Lindsey Dixon earned her place with the Best Comedian award. Although several different teachers were nominated, Dixon held on to her lead. Earning second place was Beth Fettweis from, once again, the English department.

Our second to last category is a window to the past. Our Most Likely to Have Been Emo in High School award was difficult to win, with eleven different teachers being nominated. However, the two that came out on top were newcomer art teacher Molly Sofranko, and Tyler James from the, if you can believe it, English department. Truly, a generational run.

Finally, our award for Best Classroom only served to boost the English department further in the lead. Both best classrooms were given to English teachers, one of which is here for her first year. Our first winner, with the majority of the votes, is Traci Burns. Coming in second, with her classroom having made an impact in less than a year, is Sonja Bruxvoort.

It’s unclear if the English department’s clear win is due to their tight bond or simply because of their outgoing personalities. Either way, the English team had a decisive victory in the battle of teacher superlatives.

The final count of superlatives is:

English Department: 12

Administration: 2

Science: 1

Math: 1

Art: 1

Social Studies: 1

Special Programs: 1

Music: 1