Benchmark School

🚨 LAST CHANCE! 🚨 Tomorrow, July 1, is the final day to buy a brick and build a legacy! 🧱✨

Leave your permanent mark on the new quad area surrounding our central tree. A personalized, engraved brick is a beautiful way to:

✨ Honor a student or graduate

❤️ Remember a loved one

🍎 Celebrate an amazing teacher

🐾 Showcase your family’s school spirit

Every brick is a $500 investment in our school's future and will be seen by generations to come.

🔗 How to order: www.benchmarkschool.org/giving/capital/buy-a-brick-build-a-legacy

Last week we celebrated the retirement of three Benchmark long-serving staff members who collectively shared over a century of experience and service to our students and families.💙

Here is a look back at their amazing dedication:

Tom Hurster (45 Years): Mr. Hurster wraps up a monumental 45-year career. He wore countless hats as Benchmark grew, most recently supporting our community as a social worker on the Child and Family Support Services team.🧡

Maria Michetti (26 Years): Mrs. Michetti joined us in 2000 as a support teacher in the Lower School, and most recently brought her love of books to our community as our beloved library assistant. 📚

Laurie Veacock (28 Years): Mrs. Veacock first stepped onto campus for her WCU reading practicum in the summer of 1995. She transitioned to teaching full-time in 1998, ultimately spending nearly three decades filling our halls with music. 🎶

Thank you for your dedication, your passion, and the endless memories. We wish you all the absolute best in your well-deserved retirements! 🎉

💙Dream Big, Class of 2026
18 students. 18 stories. Infinite reasons to be proud. 👏

Congratulations to Ashley, Erin, Nick, Henry, Jewel, and Charis! Keep dreaming big, working hard, and believing in yourself!

Here’s to the Class of 2026 — your journey is just beginning, and we’re cheering you on every step of the way! 🎓