On the way to the North Pole, Santa seems to have accidentally dropped a file containing the naughty and nice lists for Mount Carmel's beloved teachers and staff. Freshman Edward Briscoe was on his way to school when he found this file, and he decided to share the contents. This includes who will and won’t be getting presents this year and more importantly: why?

Maybe your favorite English teacher assigned one too many essays this year with one too few free days, or maybe all of the Mount Carmel staff is clean as a whistle. 

“It’s pretty much what you would expect for a list of high school teachers' behavioral records,” said Mr. Briscoe. “There are a few standouts that I didn’t expect.”

Briscoe gave a few names that stood out to him. For starters Mr. Nevrly was on the bottom of the naughty list, but the other Mr. Nevrly was at the top of the nice list, but there was no distinction on which was which. “I guess we’ll find out at Christmas,” said Briscoe.

English teacher Mr. Tim Baffoe was also found on the naughty list. "Santa's still just being petty about that arm wrestling match back in ‘08,” he said and refused to elaborate further.

Music teacher Mr. KC Perlberg was found on the naughty list for making pop culture references in class no student understands. “That doesn't sound like me,” he responded. Principle Scott Tabernacki was listed on the naughty list as well. “He should have given us that snow day,” said freshman Brendan Hodges.

Meanwhile on the nice list Mrs. Jennifer Smola was near the very top with a little note that said,  “As long as she doesn’t assign work over break.” Same goes for all of the lunch staff.

“There is one problem with the list,” freshman Anthony Ortega pointed out. “Someone is missing from it. Kind of strange that only one teacher is missing.” This was Latin and English teacher: Dr. Jon “Doc” Berry. 

Briscoe pondered Dr. Berry's surprising absence from the list. “At first I thought it was a coincidence,’ said the freshman. “Or maybe Doc just doesn’t celebrate Christmas.” Both plausible claims. “But then I realized, I’ve never seen Doc and Santa in the same room before!”

And there you have it: The Mount Carmel 2025 staff naughty and nice list, excluding Dr. Berry. There's only one question remaining: are you learning Latin from old St. Nick?