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Latest News
Benzie Central High School ALC/NHS Induction Ceremony
November 25
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Auditorium
Mark your calendars…
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....
Featured Alumni
Visit our blog for our weekly Featured Friday Alumni. Our Alumni are doing great things and we want to share them with you.
Mrs. Crossman’s Featured Alumni

Alumni are featured on our district BCCS Facebook page as well as on our website. Enjoy!









