Senior superlatives are a well-known tradition in high schools worldwide. At Lakeview High School, seniors vote for their peers based on their most notable traits observed throughout the years. These awards are an exciting opportunity to engage with classmates. However, this year the process looks a little different. Lakeview Publications decided to create new regulations starting the 2023 school year.
Yearbook President, senior Saige Muresan said, “To provide a fair opportunity, we’ve made the decision to limit the number of superlatives a student can win to two. In the past, we’ve seen the same individuals being nominated for multiple categories. We aim to ensure more seniors have a chance to be recognized. To accomplish this goal we’ve come up with a new system. Once the votes came in, we determined the highest percentage of votes. If there was a tie, or if someone already won two, we chose the next highest vote-getter in that category.”
Although new rules have been implemented, the process for choosing the best superlatives remains the same for the senior yearbook staff.
Senior Ellie Davies stated, “When deciding which senior superlatives to use for this year, all the seniors in publications sat down and looked through previous Lakeview yearbooks to gain inspiration. Beyond looking through yearbooks, we also looked on Pinterest and other websites for new ideas. We ended up coming up with twenty-four senior superlatives. We got a lot of them from past years, but we did create some new ones of our own!”
Senior Clover Wagner also agreed on this, saying, “We decided to go with a lot of the basic ones such as best eyes, best hair, best smile, etc. To me, those are classics that can be used for many years to come. When it came to more unique superlatives we had to be creative. Some of the more creative superlatives we picked were: most likely to be late because of Dunkin, most likely to crash a car, and most likely to win the Hunger Games. We decided on these because they felt really fun and helped diversify our superlatives. The group got along and easily agreed on the superlatives. There were some superlatives that not all of us could agree on, but we collectively decided to skip those. Overall, picking the superlatives was not a tedious process, and it was fun!”
While the process for choosing the superlatives was simple, the voting stretched out through a couple of days.
Saige Muresan expresses, “Our first form was out for two to three days giving students time to think about who was the best nominee. From the nominees, we then published a second survey. This survey had the top three to five nominees from each category. We released that one for two days for seniors to vote on their top choice in each category. To keep the winners a secret, we asked that every one of the nominees send in a picture that could be used in the event they win that category.”
From an outside perspective, Senior Sam Gillis states, “Our class this year truly embodied all of the superlatives. It was a fun experience to be able to participate and choose who I thought was the best fit for each category. The process was quick and easy – I just filled out a Google sheet and selected my choices. After a few days, I received another sheet with the same superlatives, but this time with only three options to choose from. I selected the individuals who I believe accurately represent each category and submitted my response.”
We announced the official winners at the pep rally on October 6th. Congratulations to all winners! The results will also be featured in a section of the 2024 Yearbook.
