THE BUCCANEER
From the Head of School Dear Members of The Benjamin School Community, As is always true at TBS, a new year brings new ideas. With so much newsworthy information to report about our school, we hope you agree that two editions of The Buccaneer each academic year might help our readership with absorbing more of the richness of programs; student successes; teacher innovations; depth and breadth of our offerings in academics, athletics and the arts; and the growth across the divisions in new ideas and even new construction. At Benjamin, we try to expose our students to the relevance of perspective, the importance of point of view, the need to explore on their own an opinion based on individual philosophy of what is good, what is right, and why. This inaugural spring edition of The Buccaneer will provide just that — encouragement to evaluate the many aspects of our school’s growth founded upon an individual’s perspective on what is critical in enriching his or her life, for the moment and for the future. This version of The Buccaneer will “spin” you around like a carnival ride with diverse, first-person perspectives from Benjamin students, teachers and alumni. These wide-ranging vantage points — from a 3-year-old student’s point of view to a newly drafted player for the Chicago White Sox, or to the senior who created a cancer-fighting compound during his internship at Scripps — provide a glimpse of the unique experiences offered at our school. As you “twist” to the opposite end of this publication, Impact will showcase our many advancements, from the new construction of the Maglio Family STEM Center on the Lower/Middle School campus; to the newly completed Learning Commons at the Upper School. Again, there is just too much to share and too many perspectives to entertain in a single edition of our Magazine. I am personally thrilled to view along a broader spectrum all that TBS does to shine a brighter perspective on who we are and what we do to develop young people of depth, life experiences and refinement as they navigate their future beyond Benjamin. Join me on this ride, please, and take advantage of this closer view we are providing for the sake of the rush of excitement that such a perspective affords. My best to all of you as the ride continues through the second half of this school year. Sincerely,
Robert S. Goldberg Head of School
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