BMS News

The first annual Turkey Bowl took place at Briarcliff Middle School the day before Thanksgiving and was a celebration of fall, friendship and fun.

Students, dressed in yellow, orange and red colors celebrated each other and showed school spirit as they participated in multiple activities that brought the school community together.

The BEAR2BEAR Club at Briarcliff Middle School aims to educate students across all grades by developing lessons in conjunction on various themes each month.

November was Vaping Awareness Month, as well as The Great American Smokeout, so, with the help of Club Advisor and Student Assistance Counselor Alexa White, club members came up with an activity related to vaping and smoking.

Ms. White visited all seventh graders in science class before the break to do a hands-on lab and to talk about vaping, smoking, nicotine, and how they can impact us.

Briarcliff High School students are always looking for ways to inspire others.

Members of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts (NHSDA) participate in bi-weekly meetings where they receive training to teach dance to younger children from Advisor Diane Guida.

Three members of the NHSDA, sophomores Bianca Jain, Avni Chandra and Anushka Rai run the Briarcliff Middle School Dance Club.

In honor of “Love Your Body Week,” which is a yearly national campaign sponsored by the NHSDA, they recently facilitated an interactive game to introduce everyone to the club.

Doing good feels good, and at Briarcliff Middle School, there are countless opportunities for showing kindness to one another and to the community.

Recently, the school held a Thanks & Giving Boutique, which is an annual tradition centered on sharing with those less fortunate.

On Halloween, many teachers across the district dressed up. The eighth-grade team at Briarcliff Middle School, however, took it to another level and dressed up as some of the characters from the movie “Inside Out 2” – joy, disgust, nostalgia, anger and anxiety, to name a few.

This was part of a grade-wide event that the eighth-grade team, spearheaded by team leader and math and special education teacher Austin Perry, created collaboratively.

Sixth graders in Johanna Foster’s Spanish class recently celebrated Day of the Dead, or Día de Muertos, in a big way.

The event was one of many celebrations held throughout the school year at Briarcliff Middle School to recognize its many cultures.