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Briarcliff Middle School Students Score in National Top 5% on AMC 8 Exam

When members of the Briarcliff Middle School’s Mathletes club scored 17 out of 25 points on the recent AMC 8 exam, little did club advisor Svetlana Ryzhik know that they had placed in the top 5% in the nation.

“I am impressed,” she said. “This is in fact a very good score compared to competitors across the nation. Congratulations to our wonderful mathematicians for such a great achievement!”

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Sixth Graders Hold Fashion Show in Spanish Class

A few months ago, they did not speak one word of Spanish, but now, Briarcliff Middle School sixth graders in Johanna Foster’s class know the Spanish words for clothing articles, colors, patterns, prices and much more!

To showcase their knowledge, they put together wardrobes and created dazzling fashion shows in class, during which they described what they were wearing and shared information about their outfits.

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Seventh Graders Create Neuron Models

It’s not every day that seventh graders at Briarcliff Middle School use pom-poms, Model Magic clay, pipe cleaners and beads in science class.

Students in Jessica Loprieno’s enrichment class created colorful models of neurons with arts and crafts supplies and then used them to make stop motion animation videos to show how an electrical impulse travels.

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