BMS News

After a few years’ break, the Briarcliff Middle School International Festival is back and better than ever.

Recently, the school celebrated this vibrant and enriching event that was spearheaded by Johanna Foster and Ali Mazza, and which highlighted many cultures that are represented at the school and beyond.

After reading this article, you will never look at a strawberry the same way again.

Recently, seventh graders in Jessica Loprieno’s science class extracted DNA from a strawberry, with the help of their classmate’s mother.

Briarcliff High School engineering students have some impressive skills, but did you ever wonder where those skills came from? Just a few steps away, at Briarcliff Middle School’s Design and Modeling class with Austin Perry, students have a chance to work on basic design skills that prepare them for high school classes.

Recently, seventh graders created 3D and 2D drawings at the I.D.E.A. Lab (an acronym for Invent, Design, Engineer, Astound).

“It’s showtime!”

Everybody’s favorite “ghost with the most” will be making an appearance later this month when Briarcliff Middle School presents “Beetlejuice Jr.”

Seventh graders in Exploring Music class with Jamie Yoo recently learned about Program music, which is instrumental music that tells a story, depicts a scene or represents a specific emotion or mood.

They listened to the Spring movement in Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” and analyzed the melody to see what images or scenes it reminds them of.

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.