Suffern High School
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.[4]
Suffern High School | |
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Address | |
49 Viola Road , , 10901 United States | |
Coordinates | 41°8′3″N 74°6′35″W |
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School type | Public, High school |
Founded | 1904[1] |
School district | Suffern Central School District |
Principal | Paul Adler[2] |
Teaching staff | 107.63 (FTE) (2018–19)[3] |
Grades | 9–12[3] |
Number of students | 1,451 (2018–19)[3] |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.48 (2018–19)[3] |
Campus | Suburban[3] |
Color(s) | Navy Blue Carolina Blue White |
Mascot | Mountain lion |
Nickname | Mountie |
Website | Official website |
Last updated: July 5, 2019 |
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):[5]
- Cross country
- Football (boys)
- Soccer
- Volleyball
- Field hockey (girls)
- Cheerleading (girls)
- Swimming
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Ice hockey (boys)
- Indoor track
- Wrestling (boys)
- Gymnastics (girls)
- Skiing
- Tennis
- Track & field
- Crew
- Baseball (boys)
- Softball (girls)
- Lacrosse
- Golf
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Hockey
On March 11, 2012 Suffern High School won the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) state Hockey championship.[7] They would win again in 2022, and reach the state finals in 2023.
Notable alumni
- Christine Andreas (1969), award-winning Broadway performer and cabaret singer.
- Tony DeFrancesco, former MLB interim manager with the Houston Astros
- Mary Frances Gunner (1911), playwright[8]
- Dan Gurewitch (2002), writer and comedian, perhaps best known for CollegeHumor.
- Hendrik Hertzberg – Chief speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter.[9]
- Sidney Hertzberg – New York Knicks basketball player
- Howard Hoffman (1972), broadcast performer in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco.[10]
- Mike Lawler, U.S. Representative from New York[11]
- Joe Lockhart – Press Secretary for President Bill Clinton[12]
- Thomas Meehan – Tony award winner book writer of Annie and The Producers
- Walt Weiss – Former Major League Baseball player and former manager of the Colorado Rockies.[13]
- Vin A. Cherwoo - Sports writer for The Associated Press and President of News Media Guild.[14][15]
References
- "About Us". Suffern High School. Suffern Central School District. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- "Principals". Suffern High School. Suffern Central School District. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- "Search for Public Schools - Suffern Senior High School (362832003818)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- "America's Top High Schools 2015". Newsweek. August 19, 2015. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019.
- "Teams". Suffern Central School District. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- Robotics
- Cass, Isaac (March 11, 2012). "Suffern wins first state title since '92". News 12 Varsity. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017.
- "Miss Mary Frances Gunner" The Crisis (October 1911): 235–236.
- Yorker, The New (October 30, 2009). "Ask the Author Live: Hendrik Hertzberg". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 5, 2019 – via www.newyorker.com.
- Vigil, Jerry (December 1, 1997). "R.A.P. Interview: Howard Hoffman". Radio and Production Magazine – via rapmag.com.
- "About". lawler.house.gov. United States House of Representatives. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- Walsh, J (2002). "From average student to Washington insider". Rockland Journal-News.
- "Welcome to the Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame". Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
- "Vin A. Cherwoo". muckrack.com. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- "News Media Guild". newsmediaguild.org.