How To Draw Wayside School Characters

The Wayside School books and cartoon feature a large number of different characters. This is a list of all the characters seen in both series.

1 Books
- i.1 Mrs. Jewls'southward class
- ane.two Faculty staff
  - ane.2.ane Substitute teachers
- one.3 Recurring characters
- 1.4 Minor and ane-off characters
2 Cartoon
- 2.i Master characters
- 2.ii Major faculty
- 2.iii Mrs. Jewls'south class
- 2.4 Recurring characters
- 2.5 Minor and one-off characters

Books

Mrs. Jewls'southward class

While Wayside School has no set main bandage, Mrs. Jewls and the students in her class make up for most of the major characters in the series. The main twenty-eight students are listed past the order of their debut.

Name	Paradigm	Clarification
Mrs. Jewls		The teacher of the thirtieth story of Wayside Schoolhouse. She joined the class later on Mrs. Gorf was transformed into an apple and eaten. She is usually a dainty teacher, just occasionally has abnormal styles of education.
Joe		A student with curly hair who is best friends with John. He is seen to take many talents he is unaware of, and is especially a good mathematician, though often his methods of completing math are unusual.
John		John is a smart child with a round caput, though he could just read words written upside-down before getting his brain flipped. He is friends with Joe, but enjoys teasing Dana.
Todd		Todd is a kid who while well-behaved, usually gets in trouble, as he was the first kid to accidentally speak out loud in class. Despite often getting in trouble, he loves his grade and his school, and generally has an optimistic personality.
Stephen		Stephen is a student who often enjoys beingness perceived as important by his classmates. He often shows up to course wearing strange outfits, much to the amusement of his classmates.
Kathy		Kathy was originally a mean and cocky-absorbed student, who adopted a pessimistic attitude to always be "right." Even so, after a visit with Dr. Pickell, her personality radically changed, making her extremely kind.
Paul		An inattentive kid who never focuses on anything other than Leslie's pigtails. He enjoys pulling Leslie'south pigtails frequently, fifty-fifty though he knows it is wrong.
Mac		While he originally was shy due to his embarassing name, he ended upwards trading it abroad, and later on, became an energetic and excitable student who always tells long stories, ordinarily unrelated to the subject in class.
Terrence		Described as a "good athlete, only a bad sport," Terrence is a schoolyard great who frequently punts balls over the argue and insults others in rhyme.
Maurecia		An honest and sweet daughter with a strong dear for ice cream. She is well-liked by her classmates for her agreeable personality, but she is best friends with the frequently rude Joy.
Eric Fry		A tall, fat, and extremely athletic pupil who rarely gets acknowledged for his skill due to the fact he shares a name with 2 inathletic students. As a result, he is ordinarily grouchy and hateful.
Eric Bacon		A short, skinny pupil who is often thought to exist fatty because his proper name is shared with 2 other fat students. As a result, he is usually mean, and ofttimes seems to enjoy goofing off.
Eric Ovens		A short, fat student who is usually kind and treats everyone else equally, simply is never acknowledged for that since he shares his name with 2 mean students.
Jenny		An extroverted and adequately athletic student who often shows up late to class. She seems to frequently work for the wellbeing of her classmates, though frequently is insistent on doing things her own way.
Calvin		A friendly student who oftentimes works to help out others in his class. He oft takes things at face up values, bold drawing more pictures makes more art, and getting a irish potato tattoo just because he likes potatoes.
Allison		One of the about rational students in Mrs. Jewls'south class who oft struggles with the oddities of her schoolhouse. While often kind and helpful, she is quick to judge anyone who is annoying her.
Jason		A student with a large oral fissure, both figuratively and literally, he often is quick to speak his heed, regardless of how others experience. As a result, he usually winds upward getting himself in problem.
Joy		Although she is a kleptomaniac troublemaker, she is able to continue herself out of trouble, as she regularly knows how to announced well-behaved. She is best friends with the sweet and honest Maurecia.
Sharie		A daughter who wears a large glaze and spends most of her fourth dimension asleep in form. While she is rarely seen awake, she is shown to have a surprising amount of free energy when she is.
Leslie		A clever girl with long pigtails that are regularly pulled past Paul. Although she is often practiced at solving a number of bug, she also endures a lot, and easily gets fed up with information technology.
Dameon		A male child who often is sent to sew and down the many stairs of Wayside School. He is usually friendly and helpful, but enjoys helping Mrs. Jewls the about because he has a beat on her.
Bebe Gunn		A skilled creative person who is able to draw a lot of art very quickly, and whose creative mind is oftentimes able to get herself out of the trouble she regularly causes.
Myron		A kind, intelligent, and honest student who was elected class president, but knocked down subsequently spending too long helping out Dana. He traded his rubber for freedom, but still rarely gets in problem since he is well-behaved.
Dana		A pupil who has difficulty controlling her emotions, something that leads to her being teased by John. She often has trouble recognizing her own feelings.
Deedee		An athletic and energetic student who is ofttimes competitive, but also serves equally a skilled trouble-solver that is able to help out the course when she needs to.
Ron		A kid who enjoys playing kickball, only isn't especially proficient at it. Although he isn't particularly able-bodied, he doesn't mind, as long as he has fun, though this ways he'southward rarely picked on teams.
D.J.		A pupil with a large grinning that oftentimes thank you upwards his many classmates as well. He is wise, and usually doesn't need anything to feel happy, though occasionally can be saddened by small things.
Rondi		A girl who oftentimes worries what others think most her, specially due to the fact that she most often gets acknowledged for what she doesn't have. She is often easily pushed effectually to be more than agreeable.
Benjamin Nushmutt		A new student who joins the form in Wayside School Is Falling Down, he is mistakenly referred to as "Mark Miller" by his classmates, but he is as well timid to correct them for a long time, worrying others won't like him anymore if he does.
Sue		A kid exclusive to the Sideways Arithmetic series who joined the class, only to be confronted with the difficulty of Wayside School's work. She acts equally the audience surrogate in the spin-off series.
Sammy		A rude new kid who snuck into Mrs. Jewls's course one mean solar day wearing far too many smelly raincoats. When all the coats are removed, he turns out to actually be a dead rat.

Faculty staff

Near of the other major characters in Wayside School are members of the school'due south faculty staff.

Proper noun	Paradigm	Clarification
Louis		The school'southward "Yard Teacher," who supervises the students during recess and makes sure they don't kill each other during dejeuner. He ofttimes helps the students with their problems, while also playing with them while he tin can. He is based on the author, Louis Sachar, and wrote the books in-universe.
Mr. Kidswatter		The schoolhouse'south principal, who heavily dislikes the students and wants nothing to do with them. He is easily frustrated and irrational, oftentimes making spur-of-the-moment decisions with heavy logical holes in them.
Mrs. Gorf		The original teacher of the thirtieth story, who was mean, bitter, and hated children. She has the ability to turn kids into apples, but eventually was turned into an apple herself, and eaten past Louis. Nonetheless, she nevertheless haunts her former students equally well as their new teacher, Mrs. Jewls, after her expiry.
Miss Zarves		The instructor of the nineteenth story. There is no nineteenth story. At that place is no Miss Zarves. Sorry.
Miss Mush		The schoolhouse's luncheon lady. While her meals range from strange to disgusting, she is genuinely nice, knowing the names of all the students and helping them when she can.
Mr. Pepperadder		Miss Mush's banana, who is no better a melt than she is. He is seen periodically helping her with her meals and other chores around the kitchen.
Dr. Pickell		The school's advisor, who was formerly a psychiatrist until he got caught pulling weird tricks on his patients. He uses hypnosis to finer cure patients, while as well sometimes making them start other ridiculous behaviors.
Mrs. Surlaw		The school's librarian, who is said to be severe on the exterior, but genuinely soft, much like the walrus plush in her room. She sorts the books in the library only by their number of pages.
Mrs. Waloosh		The school's eccentric and energetic trip the light fantastic toe teacher, who speaks with a thick High german accent and holds painful, however exciting classes.
Miss Worm		The teacher of Wayside School's twenty-ninth story, who doesn't understand Mrs. Jewls'due south sideways arithmetic and is annoyed by how noisy and excited her class gets.
Mrs. Day	Northward/A	The school'south secretary, who appears to be a more rational and level-headed foil to Mr. Kidswatter.

Substitute teachers

Characters that accept substituted for Mrs. Jewls'due south class at some point or another.

Name	Image	Clarification
Mrs. Franklin		A friendly teacher who teaches the course in "The Substitute." The rest of the class tries to prank her, by stating that their names are all Benjamin, but ultimately information technology doesn't bother her, and she ends upward teaching the students a surprising amount.
Mr. Gorf		The son of Mrs. Gorf, he swears revenge on Mrs. Jewls's class after learning what happened to his mother, and does so by stealing their voices through his third nostril.
Mrs. Drazil		A substitute who takes over later Mr. Gorf, and appears to be kind, but turns out to hold intense grudges towards quondam, misbehaved students, which includes Louis.
Miss Wendy Nogard		A substitute teacher with a third ear that hears thoughts. While initially kind, her heart was broken by Xavier Dalton, causing her to become bitter, using her ability to plough people confronting each other.

Recurring characters

Other characters that appear in multiple capacity with major roles, including students in other classrooms and other developed figures.

Name	Image	Clarification
The men with the attaché case		Three mysterious men who show upward once in every master Wayside School book. They appear to exist anointed and even omnipotent, knowing modest details of the lives of the people they encounter.
Nancy		A daughter who initially had an embarassing name before trading it with Mac. She attends class on the twenty-third story of Wayside School, and is currently Mac's girlfriend.
Mr. Jewls	N/A	Mrs. Jewls's husband, and Mavis Jewls'southward male parent. He has never been seen in whatever of the books, but is mentioned in a few chapters, such as "Scientific discipline, Geography, Etc.," "Bebe'due south Babe Blood brother," and "Love and a Dead Rat."
Ray Gunn		A grapheme who originates as Bebe Gunn's seemingly imaginary, troublesome brother, he returns later on as a student in Miss Zarves'due south classroom.
Oddly		A bird befriended by Myron in "Freedom," that inspires him to search for freedom himself. He somewhen finds D.J.'s picket in "Kathy and D.J.."
Virginia		A woman who has been in Miss Zarves'due south class for thirty-2 years. She seems blissful almost the whole issue, stating that she'south never also quondam to acquire.
Nick		A educatee in Miss Zarves's class who has been in it for at least nine years. According to Allison, he looks old plenty to be in loftier school.
Mark Miller	N/A	A student in Miss Zarves's form who everyone believes is named Benjamin Nushmutt. He is the simply student left in the class who appears to be rational, and helps Allison in her escape. Somewhen, it appears he escaped himself.
Cows		Due to Mrs. Jewls'southward cowbell conveying soundwaves throughout the air, she ends upwardly alluring several cows, which lead to Wayside Schoolhouse being airtight for 243 days. Louis is left to get rid of the cows while the school is closed.
Dr. Jane Payne		Jason'southward dentist, and a long-time enemy of Mrs. Drazil. She is a rude and greedy woman, who cares more about the coin she makes than the wellbeing of her patients, but is never heard from over again after being tracked downward by Mrs. Drazil.

Pocket-size and one-off characters

These characters only appear in 1 chapter, or are otherwise minor plenty to exist placed in this section, albeit major enough to get their own page. Characters less pregnant than these are placed in the listing of minor Wayside School characters.

Name	Epitome	Description
Robbers		2 robbers that walk into Mrs. Jewls's form, threatening to steal their money with guns. They are unaware they are in a school, and not a banking concern, and give up their life of crime when Todd hands them Joy'south workbook.
Jenny'southward father		Jenny's unnamed father who periodically has to acquit her to schoolhouse on the back of his motorcycle.
Mrs. Gunn		Bebe Gunn's mother. She is contacted by Mrs. Jewls at the terminate of "Bebe'southward Baby Brother" about Ray Gunn. She seems to be aware that her daughter is a troublemaker, but doesn't know who Ray is at all.
Hobo Bob		A hobo that Sharie brings in for testify-and-tell. He is kind towards children, and tells Mrs. Jewls'due south class virtually his life every bit a hobo, but holds an intense superstition regarding socks.
Mr. Finch		A kind onetime man whose life savings are rediscovered by Maurecia. He used to create pencils for a living, but decided to open up an water ice cream parlor after making enough coin.
Ralphie		Todd's baby brother, who he brings in in "Pet Twenty-four hours." Mrs. Jewls tries telling him that a baby isn't a pet, only Todd simply assures he doesn't bite.
David		Mr. Kidswatter's chauffeur. For unknown reasons, Mr. Kidswatter believes his proper name is James.
Patient		A patient of Dr. Pickell before he stopped working as a psychiatrist. She used to have a smoking addiction, but gave information technology up when Dr. Pickell convinced her that every cigarette she tries to smoke is a worm. Now, instead, she slaps her married man, Fred, in the face whenever he says "potato."
Paul's father	N/A	Paul's unnamed father who works at a museum, guarding the famous Mona Lisa. He isn't allowed to bear on the painting, but has problem resisting his urges to.
Scottish gentleman	N/A	A man whose voice was stolen past Mr. Gorf twenty years ago to make him sound more presentable. After getting his voice back, he greets his wife for the first time in a long time.
Miss Zarves's cow		A cow that unexpectedly joins Miss Zarves's class starting in "Fourth dimension Out." It regularly interrupts class, and nigh causes Miss Zarves to quit. Information technology has possibly been removed by The men with the attaché instance.
Sham Payne	Due north/A	Dr. Jane Payne's husband, who loves money more than he loves his own wife, something he and Jane fortunately have in common. He ends up letting in Mrs. Drazil, who chases Jane into the forest, never to be seen again.
Xavier Dalton		Miss Wendy Nogard'southward ex-boyfriend, who ditched her after learning about her 3rd ear. While he has tried to hook up with many women since, he has failed, since he still, unbeknownst to himself, loves Wendy more.
Justin	Due north/A	Jason's more successful, older brother in high schoolhouse. Jason is regularly bellyaching by how pop Justin is, and Miss Nogard torments Jason by referring to him as "Justin" instead.
Howard Speed		A fictional character created by Mac to explain the origin of the shoelace. He was patently the fastest runner who ever lived, but regularly ran out of his shoes because he lived before the invention of the shoelace, and couldn't get Velcro, since Velcro is native to Australia, and he is African.
Mavis Jewls		Mrs. Jewls'due south baby daughter, brought into the class a few days afterward she was built-in. Since she doesn't think in words, only pure thoughts and love and trust, she ultimately ends upwards breaking away all the hatred and bitterness that clogged Miss Wendy Nogard's heart.

Cartoon

Main characters

In the cartoon, iv students in Mrs. Jewls's course make up the master cast, listed below.

Proper noun	Image	Description
Todd		As the new kid at Wayside Schoolhouse, he struggles a lot in agreement the strangeness of the world around him and his abnormal classmates. His unfamiliarity leads to him frequently getting in trouble, and getting him sent habitation on the kindergarten bus.
Maurecia		A tomboyish, athletic girl in roller skates who holds a fierce vanquish on Todd, merely only ever expresses it by punching him. She is often competitive, and likes to live an action-packed life.
Myron		An overzealous, unintelligent, and dishonest student whose main goal in life is to become the grade president of Mrs. Jewls's form. He regularly hatches schemes in an attempt to become more than ability.
Dana		A studious and organized, admitting easily amused student who knows all the rules and ropes of Wayside School. She helps Todd adapt to his surroundings, and serves equally Myron's campaign manager.

Major kinesthesia

In addition, four members of the school's faculty staff often serve every bit major characters in this show. They are listed below.

Proper name	Paradigm	Description
Mrs. Jewls		A long-time instructor of her class on the thirtieth story, Mrs. Jewls is a instructor virtually as strange as the schoolhouse itself, and her baffling pedagogy styles usually stop up confusing Todd.
Mr. Kidswatter		The school'south paranoid and perplexing principal, who dislikes the students simply cares about his popularity amid them a lot. He is often irrational, and quick to jump to conclusions.
Miss Mush		A strange woman from the afar Mamaland, whose cultures and meals are oftentime icky, even if she by and large gets along with all of the students.
Louis		The school's function-fourth dimension playground supervisor, janitor, and cow flagman, Louis is a laid-back and amusing figure who often acts as a foil to Mr. Kidswatter.

Mrs. Jewls's form

Unlike the books, where most of the members of Mrs. Jewls's grade are treated equally major characters, most of the class in the drawing acts as secondary or minor characters. The students that fulfill this role are listed below.

Name	Paradigm	Description
Jenny		A fierce daredevil and the all-time friend of Maurecia, who often spends her time riding her cycle in the halls and living life to the extreme.
Stephen		A quirky boy with a beloved of Wayside School, Halloween, and all things spooky. He shows up to class every day in his elf Halloween costume.
Eric Fry		A tall, able-bodied student who is best friends with the other two Erics. He is occasionally shown to be a scrap quack, however.
Eric Bacon		A small, skinny student who is best friends with the other two Erics. Since he is and so small, he occasionally worries that no one notices him.
Eric Ovens		A fat pupil who is best friends with the other two Erics. He generally has a friendly and agreeable personality, just is peculiarly close to his friends.
John		A kid who is about always seen standing on his head. While smart, he worries he can not achieve much due to his upside-down position.
Shari		A girl wearing a hoodie who spends most of her time in the grade asleep. When she is awake, she is shown to live an exciting life.
Bebe		An extremely artistic educatee who can create masterpieces in a matter of seconds. She usually remains silent and stoic.
Joe		A boy with a large, curly afro and a potent afinity for nature. He is stern and ofttimes deflects criticisms aimed at him.
Leslie		A daughter with long pigtails who is usually seen with a grumpy expression on her confront.
Rondi		A reckless girl with big teeth and an even larger smile.
Elizabeth		A girl who is office of the grade, only doesn't have any defining graphic symbol traits.

Recurring characters

Proper noun	Epitome	Description
Fluffy		Maurecia'southward pet porcupine, who holds undying affection towards his possessor, merely a fierce hatred towards her crush, Todd.
Cows		Animals that roam the halls of Wayside School. Occasionally they cake the path of students, and they can even be destructive from time to fourth dimension, just they at least provide milk for the cafeteria.
Sammy		A dead rat, and companion to Miss Mush. The students seem to similar and celebrate Sammy, even though he tin't exercise anything, because he'due south dead.
Geography teacher		The instructor of the fourteenth story at Wayside School. He has traveled the earth, and often holds long, winding conversations near the many safaris and expeditions he has been on.
English instructor		The teacher of the seventeenth story'southward classroom, which is unfortunately built much too short. Every bit a result, students in his class ofttimes end upwards hurting their hands when they endeavour to enhance them.
Roger		The teacher of the scientific discipline department on the sixteenth story of Wayside Schoolhouse. After eating the Mushroom Surprise, he vicious in love with a cactus, which hurts him whenever he kisses it.
Kindergarten instructor		The teacher of the kindergarten grade at Wayside School. While piffling almost her is known, she is seen assigning the kindergarteners to finger pigment with applesauce in "Mrs. Gorf."
Kindergarteners		The kindergarten class of Wayside School. They are small, weird, and frankly slightly terrifying, holding an undying loyalty to their stuffed animals and whoever protects them.
Gym teacher		The gym teacher of Wayside School. He seems to frequently teach many unconventional sports, such as "fruitball."
Oi Oi Oi Dumbells		Mamaland's premiere tetherball and dance team, and the main rivals of Wayside School every bit seen in "Mascot Madness" and "Mad Hot."
Dimitri		The mascot for the Oi Oi Oi Dumbells in "Mascot Madness," and later their dance team captain in "Mad Hot." In "Mascot Madness," he has a giant caput.
Wildlife		The wildlife that lives around Wayside Schoolhouse, consisting of rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, and gophers. When their habitat is destroyed in "Joe n' Fro," they take residence inside Joe'southward afro.
Le Chef		A rude French chef who used to cook for the school's teachers' lounge. While his cooking is divine, he isn't very nice, making him the opposite of Miss Mush.
Le Chef'southward duck		Le Chef's pet duck who assists him with delivering food, equally well as delivering letters to Mr. Kidswatter after he was fired.
Nick		A educatee who appears in many stories told past the students at Wayside School. Todd doesn't believe he exists, but eventually he is proved to actually exist Louis, going past his eye proper name.

Small and one-off characters

Proper name	Image	Description
Poobinski		An octopus that Miss Mush frequently chases around that ate the entire sixteenth century of her family athenaeum, and according to Miss Mush, belongs in a stew pot.
Mrs. Bellamy		A moo-cow that wandered into Mrs. Jewls's class and was mistaken for a substitute instructor. Despite existence just a cow, she inspired the students to live ameliorate lives, at least until Mrs. Jewls returned.
King Arthur		Todd's old pet fish, who unfortunately died fairly quickly causing Todd to believe he's an irresponsible pet owner. Despite this, his ghost informs Todd that he is simply fine, equally pet fish rarely last long anyway.
Rex Arthur II		An ugly fish endemic by Miss Mush that somewhen served as Todd's new pet fish.
Glow Guppies		Cute fish with a devastating electrical shock that are accidentally let into Mrs. Jewls's class during her aquarium field trip.
Ivil Kisseau		A dance teacher from Mamaland who coaches the Oi Oi Oi Dumbells in "Mad Hot." She apparently dated Mr. Kidswatter at some point, just after dumping him for a samba-loving Swede in Budapest, the two hold a fierce rivalry.
Papa Jewls		Mrs. Jewls's father, equally revealed in "Teacher's Parent Conference." He works in a circus, and frequently throws performances for whoever is nearby, merely when Todd gives Mrs. Jewls a bad grade on her report card, threatens to take Mrs. Jewls out of Wayside and have her teach at a private school. He bears a resemblance to Popeye.
La Boca Loca		The i balderdash Mr. Kidswatter couldn't ever defeat during his days equally a bullfighter. La Boca Loca'due south defeat of Mr. Kidswatter eventually became a holiday, which causes Mr. Kidswatter to fall into an almanac depression when it happens.
Mr. Osteo		Louis's onetime instructor, who taught "survival" at Wayside School. He is brought dorsum for Louis's final exam, which consists of Louis running a tough obstacle course while answering trivia questions.
Principals		A number of principals wearing identical wigs that Mr. Kidswatter hopes to impress in "My Fluffy Hair" and "The Last Stretch."
Miss Zarves		The non-real teacher of Wayside School's non-existent nineteenth story. While she doesn't exist, she was able to sign Nick'south cast after he left the room.
Lion		A lion that Mr. Kidswatter tries to tame in "Prophylactic Monitor" that eventually wanders into Mrs. Jewls's class. He is eventually revealed to be sophisticated and doesn't like existence tamed by an apprentice similar Kidswatter.
School district supervisor		The supervisor of the district Wayside School is in, and Mr. Kidswatter's dominate. He keeps coin in a pot of gold, which Kidswatter tries to steal, just ofttimes messes with Kidswatter in response.
Stewart Palanski		Commonly just shortened to Stewy, he is an octopus substitution educatee from Mamaland who works with Miss Mush to learn cooking. The students try to costless him when they think Miss Mush wants to cook him.
Goon		Dana's older brother, who is wanted past Mrs. Jewls for a homework assignment he forgot long ago. Myron thinks he's a cool insubordinate, but he's really a calm, soft-spoken man who loves croquet and missed the assignment due to a croquet tournament at the same time.
Mr. Invisible		Stephen's invisible friend, who solves mysteries with him when he'southward not occupied with schoolwork.