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Briarcliff High School Students Explore the Atlantic Slave Trade

In honor of Black History Month, students in Kristin Becerra’s Classism, Racism and Sexism class at Briarcliff High School recently had a visit by a world-renowned researcher and retired professor who is an expert on the Atlantic Slave Trade.

Dr. Martin A. Klein, who happens to be the grandfather of BHS sophomore Samantha Klein, gave a lecture about the slave trade, a topic he had written a book about.

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Interview with Briarcliff 2024 Valedictorian and Salutatorians

It is that time of year where we shine a light on the students who will represent the Class of 2024 as Valedictorian and Salutatorians. We caught up with Gautam Gupta, Briarcliff High School’s 2024 Valedictorian, as well as the two Salutatorians – Joseph Berger and Mirabel Solomon – to find out how their year has been, what advice they have for incoming freshmen and what they have learned during their time at Briarcliff High School.

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Briarcliff High School Presents “Chicago” the Musical

Rehearsals, trying on costumes, sound checks…and all that jazz.

Briarcliff High School students have been getting ready for the spring musical “Chicago” in a performance you do not want to miss.

This family-friendly version, which is appropriate for middle schoolers and up, centers on Roxie Hart, a nightclub dancer. Roxie goes on trial for murder and hires a famous lawyer who promises to win her an acquittal and to make her famous

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Briarcliff High School Students View Documentary at Jacob Burns Film Center

Most people associate the lynching of Blacks as something from the dark past in the history of America, but did you know that it did not become a Federal crime until 2018?

This was one of the facts Briarcliff High School students learned when watching the documentary “True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality.”

The students, who are in Jamie Mandel’s Introduction to Film and Kristin Becerra’s Classism, Racism and Sexism classes, visited Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville recently to watch the film.

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