Students use pencil sharpeners every day.  No matter where you are, there is usually a pencil sharpener.  Some are great and some don’t really get the job done. But the pencil sharpener in business teacher Natalie Ross’s room takes the prize for worst pencil sharpener at Atlantic High School, coming in at a two when rated on a rising scale of one to ten.  On the other hand, English teacher Elizabeth Huggins’ pencil sharpener is one of eight in the building that topped the charts with its 10 rating.

AHSneedle visited class rooms and had students sharpen pencils and rate their experience and outcome on a scale from one to ten, one being the worst and ten being the best.

More and more kids these days use mechanical pencils, but when students use standard #2 pencils, they hope that the pencil sharpener on the wall will get the job done.  Some teachers, like Spanish teacher Angela Hannigan have an electric pencil sharpener in their room. These are becoming increasingly common because they are quicker and one doesn’t have to turn a handle.

Huggins 10

Hannigan 10

O’Donnell 10

Schelling 10

Media Center 10

Jenkins 10

Hayden 10

Hartwig 10

Johnk 9.5

Anderson 9

Hobson 8

Coenen 8

Hawkins 7.5

Shuman 7

Johnson 7

Wieda 7

Berryhill 7

Eblen 7

Warne 6

Hackman 5

Fallon 5

Baier 5

Journalism Lab 5

Bradfield 5

Peterson 5

DeArment 4

Hopper 3

Ross 2