Suffern High School is a

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in the Suffern Central School District (formerly known as the Ramapo Central School District) located in

Suffern, New York Suffern is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village that was incorporated in 1796 in the town of Ramapo, New York, Ramapo in Rockland County, New York. Located adjacent to the town of Mahwah, New Jersey, Suffern is located 31 miles ...

. The school's mascot is a

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(Mountie). Its yearbook is the ''Panorama''. In 2015, ''

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'' magazine ranked Suffern High in the top 500 high schools in the United States at number 439.

Academics

Suffern High School offers many honors level classes, AP classes, and classes affiliated with the

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Project Advance program, the University of Cambridge, and

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are offered as well.

Athletics

Suffern High offers many sports throughout the year that take place both on and off campus; the school sports team is the ''Mounties''. Some sports games are played at Suffern Middle School, located close to the high school. The following sports are available at Suffern (boys and girls teams are available unless noted): *Cross country *

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(boys) *

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

(girls) *

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense Physical exercise, physical activity. It can be performed to motivate s ...

(girls) *

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

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Ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

(boys) *

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Wrestling Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...

(boys) *

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring Balance (ability), balance, Strength training, strength, Flexibility (anatomy), flexibility, agility, Motor coordination, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movem ...

(girls) *

Skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International S ...

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*Crew *

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(boys) *

Softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

(girls) *

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game w ...

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Hockey

On March 11, 2012 Suffern High School won the

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(NYSPHSAA) state Hockey championship. They would win again in 2022, and reach the state finals in 2023. In March 2024 Suffern HS Hockey team, The Mounties, became Hockey New York State NYSPHSAA Division 1 Champions. This is the Mounties second championship in three years. The Mounties are now one of eight programs in the entire New York state to win four or more state championships. On March 16, 2025, Suffern High won the New York State NYSPHSAA Division 1 hockey championship for the 2nd year in a row and has won the championship in 3 of the last 4 years putting them into a select group of high schools in New York that have won 4 or more championships.

Notable alumni

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(1969), Broadway performer and cabaret singer. *

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, former MLB interim manager with the Houston Astros * Mary Frances Gunner (1911), playwright *

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(2002), writer and comedian *

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– chief speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter. * Sidney Hertzberg –

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basketball player *

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(1972), broadcast performer *

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, U.S. Representative from New York *

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– press secretary for President Bill Clinton * Thomas Meehan – musical writer *

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– Former MLB player and manager

References

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