Live Morning Announcements at Briarcliff High School Add Another Dimension

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is a two-minute video? Each morning at Briarcliff High School, during period two, students and staff hear the morning […] Read more »

One Family’s Journey, from Nazi Germany to Sgt. Pepper’s

In 1967, 16-year-old Elsbeth Lindner opened a copy of London’s Daily Express to find an article about The Beatles’ newly released album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, complete with […] Read more »

Best-Selling Author Jerry Pallotta Visits Todd School

Best-selling author Jerry Pallotta remembers what he liked to read when he was a child. This ability has enabled him to write more than 100 children’s books, most notably, the […] Read more »

Briarcliff High School To Offer New Engineering Capstone Course in Fall

Taking an engineering class can give you a pretty good idea of what the field is all about. But how can you tell if engineering is the right profession for […] Read more »

SPCA Westchester Rescues 150 Cats from Horrific Hoarding House

If you suspect animal cruelty, call SPCA’s 24-hour confidential hotline at (914) 941-7797. Read more »

The Doctor Is In! First Grades Get a Very Special Visit From an Orthopedic Surgeon

First graders in Jennifer Horowitz’s class at Todd Elementary have been learning about keeping their bodies healthy and strong straight from the source. In Unit Three of their Scholastic Literacy […] Read more »

Music and Pickleball Festival Coming to Briarcliff this Spring 

When the publisher of River Journal told me he wanted to do a pickleball-and-music festival, I chuckled. At first. But I knew the idea had legs.   Each spring and summer […] Read more »

Scholar Athlete: This Cat Excels on the Court and in the Classroom 

Briarcliff High School senior, Catherine “Cat” Carrafiello thrives in both on the court and in the classroom while also staying involved in a wide range of extracurricular activities. She is […] Read more »

Todd Elementary School Celebrates World Read Aloud Day

February’s theme at Todd Elementary School is kindness and what could be more fitting than celebrating the first day of this month by having so many people generously take their […] Read more »

Briarcliff Synagogue Helps Two Refugee Families Settle in Ossining

So much has taken place since Briarcliff Manor residents Julie Peskoe and Abbe Marcus, co-chairs of Congregation Sons of Israel Refugee Resettlement Committee, first met in the fall of 2021 […] Read more »