After a long winter, many Briarcliff High School students and coaches are eager for Spring sports to begin.

Three rehearsals may not be much, but it was certainly enough when hundreds of student musicians from across Westchester County got together to perform recently at the Elementary and Intermediate All-County concert, which took place at New Rochelle High School.

The concert featured performances in chorus, band and orchestra by students in grades five through eight, who had practiced together only three times.

About one dozen of those students were from Briarcliff Middle School.

The decisions that you make can have a lifelong impact on you and others. Something simple such as sending a quick text on your phone while driving can have deadly consequences.

Juniors and seniors at Briarcliff High School recently got a sense of what it is like to drive while being impaired or while texting on their phone in an immersive educational program using simulators.

Briarcliff Middle School sixth grade math teacher Marissa Proctor is new to the school this year, but she is keen collaborating across disciplines.

Recently, she assisted students as they incorporated math skills in science class with Julie Gallagher in a multidisciplinary project about maps.

A college party. The energy crisis. A television show. A parody about the Girl Scouts.

Theater students at Briarcliff High School have a lot of say about our society and next Wednesday, on March 26, they will showcase their ideas in 16 original one-act plays at the North Castle Public Library in Armonk.

Although hurricanes are rare in our area, storm systems affect everyone, and protecting our homes from water damage is always on our minds.

Todd fifth graders in Cindy Yaeger’s class recently had the chance to design and build structures that prevent water damage to homes. Students used engineering skills in this project, which was done in Mindy Conciatori’s STEAM room.