1st annual teacher superlatives

This year, The Eyrie staff decided to start a new tradition: teacher superlatives. In addition to the Talon Award given monthly during the semester in which Teacher Cadets is taught, as well as the two Teacher of the Year awards given at the end of each school year (one voted on by teachers, one by students), we thought it would be nice to be a little more specific and unique about some of Airport's finest faculty.

With the permission of Mr. Schilit, who said in an email, "I am fine with your idea and think it sounds fun. Please make sure nothing that can hurt feelings are cause controversy," the students first created and voted on the ten categories they wanted to award. Draft categories included "Best Dressed," "Most Chill," and "Most School Spirit," but none of these made the final cut, which can be seen below.

After categories were selected, a poll was created and emailed it to as many students the staff could think of. Within the poll, each category was listed as well as a blank space for entering the teacher considered most deserving of that title. The poll was open for approximately 24 hours. Next year, we do hope to get even more responses and may vary the

Here are the results, and congratulations in advance to the winners!

FUNNIEST TEACHER: Mr. Cokely

Honorable Mention: Mr. Rivers

Mr. Cokely deserved this nomination for being the most funniest because not only will he make someone's day better, he's going to do so with a joke. Mr. Cokely is very popular amongst the students as well as staff, and everyone who knows him can tell you he's one of the most funniest teachers. Rewarding Cokely with this award out of all the teachers makes the most sense becuase he litterally is the funniest teacher at Airport.

MOST CREATIVE: Ms. Altman

Honorable Mention: Mrs. Currin

Mrs. Altman teaches chemistry. She does many fun and interactive activities to help you learn. For example, she does many fun labs and other activities like escape rooms, who did it, and other fun activities. "Mrs Altman is very caring and motherly to her students.She also does many fun activities to keep students engaged," said Bell O., one of Mrs Altmas former students.

MOST LIKELY TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER: Ms. Hutchins

Honorable Mention: Mrs. Wrona

"Coach Hutchins is one of the PE coaches at Airport. Being a PE coach requires a lot of yelling in order to let the students hear you. "She screams to let the class hear her," says Mariah F. a freshman at Airport. She is very funny as well so you can always get a good laugh with her."

STRICTEST: Dr. Rasmussen

Honorable Mention: Ms. Haygood & Ms. Adongo

Dr. R. isn't necessarily strict. It's more of her wanting the best for her students. She pushes her students to strive and keeps up high standards for her class.

MOST POPULAR: Mr. Rivers

Honorable Mention: Mr. Cokely

Mr. Rivers is the most popular teacher because students always have the desire to be in his classroom even if they are not his students at the time. This is due to his current students speaking highly about him which makes their friends want gravitate towards him as well. Mr. Rivers' personality makes it easy for him to connect to students which also contributes to his popularity.

MOST CARING: Mrs. Wingard & Ms. Muller

Honorable Mention: Mrs. Faulk

Mrs. Muller is the most caring teacher because shes very sweet, and shows that she cares about her students. She treats her students as if they are her family (even if that means she has to yell at them). She has a big personality and she loves to show her kindness to others. Shes a very loving person and she always has a smile on her face, which is very comforting.

Mrs. Wingard is also super caring, as evidenced by the extra time she puts into her lessons and events such as Winter Wonderland.

MOST LIKELY TO BE MISTAKEN FOR A STUDENT: Mrs. Parker

Honorable Mention: Ms. Hutchins

Coach Parker, the softball coach for AHS, has been nominated for this catagory for multiple reasons. If one were to ask about her, the first thing that would be said is that she is "very youthful." All the way from her appearance to her personality, she is the most common educator to be mistaken as a student.

MOST LIKELY TO KEEP IT REAL: Coach Metts

Honorable Mention: Ms. Niland

Coach Metts, she looks very mean but if you get to know her she is very nice. She keeps it real about anything. When you get to know she will become your favorite person to hang around or talk to.

BEST DECOR: Mr. Rivers

Honorable Mention: Ms. Martinez & Ms. Wingard

Mr.RIvers teaches psychology and AVID. He is one of the student favorites at AHS. He is always joyful and ready to help any students that need help with anything, whether it comes to personal problems or school related issues. If you've ever seen his room, you know how decked out it is in memes, posters, photos of and with students, and so much more. It's his own casa mojo dojo house.

BEST TASTE IN MUSIC: Mr. Rivers

Honorable Mention: Mr. Morris

Mr. Rivers is both a tennis and soccer coach. Mr. Rivers spends a lot of time with teenagers, so he has a good ability to listen and vibe to the type of music students enjoy. Mr. Rivers is a younger staff member, so he does a good job of fitting in with Pop Culture, including its musical leanings.

Well, there you have it: The Eyrie's inaugural teacher superlatives. Again, congrats to the winners.