Tonya Eruek, current 7th Grade Resource Teacher at Bennington Middle School, retires after 30 years of teaching, 25 serving the Bennington Public School District.

Family/Work History 

I am from a family of teachers. My mother was a middle school reading teacher along with my father in-law. I am married to Dale Eurek, and we have two adult sons who both graduated from BHS. Our two sons, Dillon and Connor are both married to Maddie and Alex. We are grandparents to three grandchildren, Hunter, Brooks, and Cam. We have lived in our district for over 25 years. We have always taken pride in being involved in the school and community. We enjoy, being with family at our acreage, spending time outdoors, biking, exercising, traveling, gaardinging, eating at restaurants, and snow skiing.

Favorite Memory at BPS

Moving from a K-12 building up the hill to a 7-12 building. Coaching jr high girls basketball for 13 years. Quiz Bowl sponsor for 12 years was awesome-those kids are crazy smart! When one of my high needs 7th grade resource students got a job after she graduated as a para educator for a school. Two years ago, I taught my first student who's dad was in my first group of kids that I taught. Time goes on.

What's Next?

Travel and spend time with my family. We just put in an underground pool, so we will make many memories there!