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Art Students Meet with Abstract Artist Monica d. Church

“The best part of being a painter is that you never know where it’s going to take you,” abstract artist Monica d. Church said to several dozen art students, who were sitting in the new amphitheater, a bright, spacious room that used to be the Troy Lecture Hall at Briarcliff High School.

Ms. Church, a renowned mixed-media artist, visited the school to talk to art students about her work and how it relates to her life.

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Students Learn the Ins and Outs of Fundraising

Students may benefit in unexpected ways from participating in an after-school club.

Take Briarcliff High School sophomores Ava Golczewski and Lila Fenimore.

The pair joined the school’s Pediatric Cancer Club for the camaraderie and community service. In the process, however, they raised $25,000 for cancer research and developed fundraising skills most high schoolers do not have.

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Students Get a Taste of Driving Under the Influence and Distracted Driving

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.

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