Suffern High School Explained

Suffern High School
Fundingtype:Public
Schooltype:High school
Principal:Paul Adler[1]
Address:49 Viola Road
City:Suffern
County:(Rockland County)
State:New York
Zipcode:10901
Country:United States
Coordinates:41.1342°N -74.1097°W
Founded:[2]
Campus:Suburban
Grades:912
Students:1,451 (2018–19)
Ratio:13.48 (2018–19)
Teaching Staff:107.63 (FTE) (2018–19)
Mascot:Mountain lion
Nickname:Mountie
Colors: Navy Blue
Carolina Blue
White
District:Suffern Central School District

Suffern High School is a public high school in the Suffern Central School District (formerly known as the Ramapo Central School District) located in Suffern, New York. The school's mascot is a mountain lion (Mountie). Its yearbook is the Panorama. In 2015, Newsweek magazine ranked Suffern High in the top 500 high schools in the United States at number 439.[3]

Academics

Suffern High School offers many honors level classes, AP classes, and classes affiliated with the Syracuse University Project Advance program, the University of Cambridge, and SUNY Albany are offered as well.

Athletics

Suffern High offers many sports throughout the year that take place both on and off campus; the school sports team is the Mounties. Some sports games are played at Suffern Middle School, located close to the high school. The following sports are available at Suffern (boys and girls teams are available unless noted):[4]

Hockey

On March 11, 2012 Suffern High School won the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) state Hockey championship.[6] They would win again in 2022, and reach the state finals in 2023.

On March 2024 Suffern HS Hockey team, The Mounties, became Hockey New York State NYSPHSAA Division 1 Champions. This is the Mounties second championship in three years. The Mounties are now one of eight programs in the entire New York state to win four or more state championships.

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Principals . Suffern High School . . July 5, 2019.
  2. Web site: About Us . Suffern High School . . July 5, 2019.
  3. America's Top High Schools 2015 . August 19, 2015 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327183415/https://www.newsweek.com/high-schools/americas-top-high-schools-2015 . March 27, 2019 . live.
  4. Web site: Teams . . July 5, 2019.
  5. Robotics
  6. News: Suffern wins first state title since '92 . March 11, 2012 . Cass . Isaac . News 12 Varsity . https://web.archive.org/web/20171016070406/http://www.news12varsity.com/hudson-valley/suffern-wins-first-state-title-since-92-1.982024 . October 16, 2017 . dead .
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=I1oEAAAAMBAJ&dq=woman&pg=PA235 "Miss Mary Frances Gunner"
  8. Ask the Author Live: Hendrik Hertzberg . The New . Yorker . October 30, 2009 . . www.newyorker.com . July 5, 2019.
  9. R.A.P. Interview: Howard Hoffman . Vigil . Jerry . Radio and Production Magazine . rapmag.com . December 1, 1997.
  10. Web site: About . lawler.house.gov . . October 12, 2023.
  11. News: Walsh . J . 2002 . From average student to Washington insider . Rockland Journal-News.
  12. Web site: Welcome to the Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame . Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame . 2010-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101203052317/http://www.rcshf.org/inductees/inductees_W.html . 2010-12-03 . dead .