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By: Foyinkemi Olalere  If you squint hard enough, you may be able to see the distant horizon of the year 2026. Past the Christmas carols, incredible food, and brilliant lights, January can seem both light years away and impossibly close.
Some may remember the resolutions they made in January 2025. According to research, only about 9% of those who made resolutions actually kept them. After so many years of making and failing to keep one’s resolutions, it can feel like they’re useless. Why attempt to commit myself to a promise I know that I’ll fail? you may think as you scoff at hopeful Pinterest walls and vision boards covered with magazine cut-outs. And truthfully, the sentiment is easy to understand.
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By: Sam Wilmeth  Hirsch with her daughter at her retirement send off. Hirsch is retiring after 30 years. When someone like Mindy Hirsch dedicates their whole life to helping others, it’s hard to put the amount of work they have done into perspective.
For some of you, that work may have come in the form of being a Gladiators on the Horizon mentor under Hirsch’s guidance. Perhaps you were recognized as Gladiator of the Year, a time-honored tradition celebrating success in Glenelg’s community, which Hirsch helped establish. Or maybe it was Hirsch’s advice that set you on your college and career path. As Hirsch prepares for retirement in January after 15 years as Glenelg’s school counselor – and for more than 30 total years in the county – it is these pillars of Glenelg’s community that must be recognized and celebrated as just a few of the countless contributions Hirsch has made to enrich students and staff alike. By: Vanessa Buechler  Crouse poses with his wife, Casey, in New Burn, NC, where they will move in 2027. For nearly four decades, Pat Crouse’s presence has been a defining aspect of his educational career.
And for the past seven years, it’s been Crouse’s presence in Glenelg’s hallways and after school activities that have shaped and defined the school’s environment. As of Jan. 1, 2026, Crouse will leave behind his legacy, retiring as Glenelg’s longest current tenured assistant principal. To most, retirement might feel like an end, but to Crouse it signifies an opportunity to begin a new chapter – one where he will get to spend more quality time with his wife and son. Until then, Crouse plans to relish his final days at Glenelg. by: Foyinkemi Olalere  We’re officially more than a full quarter deep into the school year. New schedules have become routine; routes in the hallways are now muscle memory; we’ve settled in with new teachers and classmates, and reconnected with those from years past.
We got older, and the world kept spinning. It’s just high school, after all. We’re all used to it. And what about the 347 students that make up Glenelg’s freshman class? They’re getting used to it as well – the good, the bad … the stress. |