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Academics

Students take both core—English, math, science and social studies—and encore classes—art, music, physical education, FACS, etc.

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Leadership

 

Leader in Me is an evidence-based process—based on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens—that produces measurable results in leadership, culture and academics.

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Clubs and Activities

Suffern Middle School offers a variety of ways for students to pursue interests outside of academics.

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News & Announcements

Kids work on amusement park project

Suffern Middle School teachers Russ Rice and K.C. Davan are fans of both history and amusement parks so it’s only natural that they would come up with a #PBL that marries both interests. Eighth graders in Davan’s class created a park that had four different lands based off of historical events that happened in the 1920s with clever names like Politics Plaza and Depression Drive. They also used ChatGPT to create super realistic images of their theme parks. (Creating the images and coming up with the rides was the most fun part, students told us. Creating the website was the most difficult.)

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Students pose with author Adam Gidwitz

Last year, bestselling YA author Adam Gidwitz visited Suffern Middle School to speak to sixth and seventh graders about his book "Max in the House of Spies." The visit was made possible when SMS won a contest that librarian, Mrs. Speechley had entered. Mr. Gidwitz was so impressed with the students and staff at SMS, that he offered to come back again (at no charge) to promote his second book in the series, "Max in the Land of Lies."

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Members of our Green Team clean up a local park

Spring arrives on Thursday, and it won't be long until plant life begins to bloom again. In preparation for the warmer weather, and hopefully lots of time spent outdoors, 12 members of SMS's Green Team spent their Saturday morning cleaning up the Sloatsburg Community Fields. The team removed six bags of trash and two bags of recyclables, along with a lot of debris, metal, and even an old garden statue! Thank you for keeping our parks beautiful, Green Team!
 

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Students make pennants with teachers' alma maters on them

The hallways of Suffern Middle School have gotten a bit of a makeover recently in the form of brightly colored street signs and flags lining the walls. Intersecting hallways have been renamed Mission Street, Proactive Pkwy or Win Win Way, a nod to the Leader In Me's "7 Habits,” which are woven throughout the curriculum. "We use this language in our Leader in Me lessons and it's a nice reminder for the students to see it every day as they walk to class," says Assistant Principal Jennie Narcisco.

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