Social Studies Teacher Terry Benjamin is retiring this year after teaching for 35 years at South. Besides teaching, Benjamin coached boys’ basketball, girls’ basketball and varsity baseball. According to Benjamin, he will most miss the people he has worked with at South.

“Most of [my favorite memories of my time at South] have to do with the people I work with in [the] Social Studies [department] and people I’ve coached with,” Benjamin said.

Benjamin has also felt lucky to be able to teach at South because of the energetic students, Benjamin said.

“The kids at this school have always been…pretty receptive to academics and to extracurriculars and they’ve been generally enthusiastic for all those things,” Benjamin said. “I think that anybody that teaches at the Glenbrooks realizes that they’re in a good situation.”

Although he will miss teaching, Benjamin is excited to have more time to pursue his other interests, like learning a new language or volunteering.