Briarcliff High School

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Location
Briarcliff High School
Briarcliff Manor, New York United States
Information
School district	Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District
Principal	James Kaishian
Enrollment	651
Type	Public
Grades	9-12
Mascot	The Bear
Color(s)	Blue and Orange
Established	1956
Homepage	http://www.briarcliffschools.org/

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Briarcliff High School is a public school in Briarcliff Manor, New York, USA, serving grades 9 through 12. It is the only high school in the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District and is co-located with Briarcliff Middle School. The principal is Mr. James Kaishian and the assistant principal is Mrs. Debora French.

In 2006, it was placed 95th on Newsweek Magazine's Top 1200 High Schools list and 2007 it was placed 90th. It was ranked 301 in 2008

**Newsweek Rankings of Briarcliff High School**
Year	Rank	Index
2003	126	2.212
2004	?	?
2005	96	2.829
2006	95	3.205
2007	225	2.581
2008	301	2.468

1 Sports
- 1.1 Teams
2 Student Body
3 Post- BHS
4 Theater
5 Famous Alumni

[edit] Sports

In 1998, the Varsity Baseball team were the class-D state champions. Since then the student population has increased moving it up to class-C, and today BHS participates in class-B sporting events. In 2007, the Varsity Girls Soccer Team was crowned the class-B state champions. As well in 2008 the Varsity Girls Basketball won the class-B state champions. The baseball and swimming programs have consistently been BHS's strongest athletic program. However in 2002 the Varsity football team was the class-B favorites led by such players as Higle, Blevins, and Lamar. They lost the state championship to Oneondaga at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. The Cross-Country and Track teams were stalwart sectional 1 winners between 1985-1987. In 2007, the class-B girl's soccer team went for an undefeated season of 23-0.In 2008, the girls basketball won the title of state & federation champions. This marks the third championship for Briarcliff.

Fall Sports: Cross-Country, Field Hockey, Girls' Tennis, Soccer, Volleyball, Swimming, and Football

Winter Sports: Indoor Track, Basketball, Bowling, and Ice Hockey (team is combined with Pleasantville, Westlake, and Valhalla)

Spring Sports: Track & Field, Baseball, Softball, Golf, Lacrosse, and Boys' Tennis.

Defunct Teams: Skiing, Wrestling, Co-ed Volleyball.

[edit] Teams

**Athletic Teams at Briarcliff High School**
Sport	Level	Season	Gender
Baseball	V, JV, Freshman, Mod	Spring	Boys
Basketball	V, JV, Freshman, Mod	Winter	Boys, Girls
Bowling	V	Winter	Boys, Girls
Cheerleading	V	Fall, Winter	Girls
Cross Country	V, JV, Mod	Fall	Co-ed
Field Hockey	V, JV, Mod	Fall	Girls
Football	V, JV, Mod	Fall	Girls
Golf	V, JV	Spring	Co-ed
Ice Hockey	V	Winter	Co-ed
Lacrosse	V, JV, Mod	Spring	Boys, Girls
Soccer	V, JV, Mod	Fall	Boys, Girls
Softball	V, JV, Mod	Spring	Girls
Swimming/Diving	V	Winter	Boys, Girls
Tennis	J, JV	Spring	Boys, Girls
Track	V, JV, Mod	Winter, Spring	Co-ed
Volleyball	V, JV, Mod	Fall	Girls

V = Varsity, VB = Varsity B, JV = Junior Varsity, F = Freshmen, Mod = Modified

[edit] Student Body

The student body consists of incoming graduates from Briarcliff Middle School. In addition students from Pocantico Hills and Elmsford mostly chose to attend Briarcliff High School over Pleasntville High School or Sleepy Hollow High School.