Welcome to Benzie County Central Schools

Benzie Central High School ALC/NHS Induction Ceremony

November 25

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Auditorium

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Pride and Prejudice

 November 14 - 7:00 PM

November 15 - 7:00 PM 

Financial Aid Night

November 10

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

High School Cafeteria

Teacher of the Week
Claire Marshall
Betsie Valley Elementary

Q: Do you collect anything?
A: Coffee mugs- from places I travel, for the seasons, etc.

Q: What is the top item on your bucket list?
A: I would love to see the Northern Lights. I saw them one evening but they were dim and only visible through my camera. I would love to see the Northern Lights when they are vibrant.

Q: What is your favorite holiday?
A: Thanksgiving- all of my extended family gets together at my grandparents and so it is a time to see all of my cousins that have moved all over the country,

Q: What skill would you like to learn?
A: I would like to learn sign language.

Q: What is one thing that instantly makes your day better?
A: Coffee

Q: Snack of choice?
A: An apple with peanut butter

Q: What is one thing you cannot go one day without?
A: Exercise- I exercise every morning and sometimes after school too.

Q: What did you do as a teenager that makes you cringe today?
A: Sing at the top of my lungs on the bus with my volleyball team.

Q: What would your warning label say?
A: Warning- do not speak to me before coffee in the morning.

Q: What is your useless talent?
A: Being a perfectionist- it takes a lot of time to try to get things just right

Q: Who is your hero?
A: Honestly, my mom

Q: Best concert you have attended?
A: I have only been to one concert- Pitbull

Q: What movie can you quote by heart?
A: I am not a huge movie person

Q: Favorite quote?
A: "You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it."

Q: Describe yourself in 3 words:
A: optimistic, opinionated, calm

Q: What made you want to become a teacher?
A: I have always known that I have wanted to be teacher since I was young

Teacher of the Week - Dylan Lightfoot

Mr. Lightfoot teaches both MS and HS.

For Middle School, he teaches English 6 and Digit Literacy. 

For High School, he has taken on the very popular Welding class.

Q: Do you collect anything?

A: Throwing things away is my jam

Q: What is the top item on your bucket list?

A: To leave behind a good-looking corpse

Q: What is your favorite holiday?

A: Halloween or New Year's

Q: What skill would you like to learn?

A: Speaking a foreign language

Q: What is one thing that instantly makes your day better?

A: Everyone around me being OK

Q: Snack of choice?

A: Those new thin Oreos are stupid!

Q: What is one thing you cannot go one day without?

A: 8 hours of sleep

Q: What did you do as a teenager that makes you cringe today?

A: Performative apathy

Q: What would your warning label say?

A: "May contain peanuts"

Q: What is your useless talent?

A: Improvising songs for dogs

Q: Who is your hero?

A: Alexander Solzhenitsyn (or maybe Archie Moore)

Q: Best concert you have attended?

A: George Jones

Q: What movie can you quote by heart?

A: The Road Warrior

Q: Favorite quote?

A: "Everything you can think of is true."--Rudy the Bum

Q: Describe yourself in 3 words:

: Sorry I can't

Q: What made you want to become a teacher?

A: I spent 30 years of making millions for people who paid me thousands and was looking for something more positive, less exploitative. My kid's school needed subs....