{{Short description|Public school in New York state}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox school | name = Suffern High School | logo = Suffern High School Coat of Arms.JPG | image = Suffern.jpg | fundingtype = Public | schooltype = High school | principal = Paul Adler<ref name=principals>{{Cite web | url = https://www.sufferncentral.org/shs/principals/ | title = Principals | website = Suffern High School | publisher = Suffern Central School District | access-date = July 5, 2019}}</ref> | address = 49 Viola Road | city = Suffern | county = (Rockland County) | state = New York | zipcode = 10901 | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|41|8|3|N|74|6|35|W|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | founded = {{Start date and age|1904}}<ref name=about>{{Cite web | url = https://www.sufferncentral.org/shs/about/ | title = About Us | website = Suffern High School | publisher = Suffern Central School District | access-date = July 5, 2019}}</ref> | campus = Suburban<ref name="nces_sch" /> | grades = 9–12<ref name="nces_sch" /> | enrollment = 1,451 (2018–19){{NCES School ID|362832003818|school_name=Suffern Senior High School|access_date=January 20, 2021|do_not_render=yes}} | ratio = 13.48 (2018–19)<ref name="nces_sch" /> | teaching_staff = 107.63 (FTE) (2018–19)<ref name="nces_sch" /> | mascot = Mountain lion | nickname = Mountie | colors = {{color box|Navy}} Navy Blue<br />{{color box|#62C6F2}} Carolina Blue<br />{{color box|white}} White | website = https://shs.sufferncentral.org/ | picture = | picture_caption = | footnotes = | district = Suffern Central School District | lastupdate = {{Start date and age|2019|07|05}} }}
'''Suffern High School''' is a public high school in the Suffern Central School District (formerly known as the Ramapo Central School District) located in Suffern, New York. The school's mascot is a mountain lion (Mountie). Its yearbook is the ''Panorama''. In 2015, ''Newsweek'' magazine ranked Suffern High in the top 500 high schools in the United States at number 439.<ref name=newsweek>{{Cite magazine | url = https://www.newsweek.com/high-schools/americas-top-high-schools-2015 | title = America's Top High Schools 2015 | date = August 19, 2015 | magazine = Newsweek | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190327183415/https://www.newsweek.com/high-schools/americas-top-high-schools-2015 | archive-date = March 27, 2019 | url-status = live}}</ref>
==Academics== Suffern High School offers many honors level classes, AP classes, and classes affiliated with the Syracuse University Project Advance program, the University of Cambridge, and SUNY Albany 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):<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.sufferncentral.org/athletics-2/teams/ | title = Teams | website = Suffern Central School District | access-date = July 5, 2019}}</ref> {{div col start|colwidth=10em}} *Cross country *Football (boys) *Soccer *Volleyball *Field hockey (girls) *Cheerleading (girls) *Swimming *Basketball *Bowling *Ice hockey (boys) *Indoor track *Wrestling (boys) *Gymnastics (girls) *Skiing *Tennis *Track & field *Crew *Baseball (boys) *Softball (girls) *Lacrosse *Golf *<ref>Robotics</ref> {{div col end}}
===Hockey=== On March 11, 2012 Suffern High School won the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) state Hockey championship.<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://www.news12varsity.com/hudson-valley/suffern-wins-first-state-title-since-92-1.982024 | title = Suffern wins first state title since '92 | date = March 11, 2012 | last = Cass | first = Isaac | work = News 12 Varsity | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171016070406/http://www.news12varsity.com/hudson-valley/suffern-wins-first-state-title-since-92-1.982024 | archive-date = October 16, 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref> 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 5 or more championships.
On March 15, 2026, Suffern High won the New York State NYSPHSAA Division 1 ice hockey championship in Buffalo NY for the third year in a row and have won it 4 of the past 5 years. This win puts Suffern in a select group of only 3 high schools (Massena & Salmon River) that have won 6 or more NYS championships.
==Notable alumni== {{Alumni|date=June 2019}} * Christine Andreas (1969), Broadway performer and cabaret singer.{{citation needed|date=July 2019|reason=Need to cite reliable source to verify attendance at this school.}} * Tony DeFrancesco, former MLB interim manager with the Houston Astros{{citation needed|date=July 2019|reason=Need to cite reliable source to verify attendance at this school.}} * Mary Frances Gunner (1911), playwright<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=I1oEAAAAMBAJ&dq=woman&pg=PA235 "Miss Mary Frances Gunner"] ''The Crisis'' (October 1911): 235–236.</ref> *Dan Gurewitch (2002), writer and comedian{{citation needed|date=July 2019|reason=Need to cite reliable source to verify attendance at this school.}} * Hendrik Hertzberg – chief speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter.<ref name="Ask the Author:Ask the Author Live: Hendrik Hertzberg">{{Cite magazine | url = https://www.newyorker.com/books/ask-the-author/ask-the-author-live-hendrik-hertzberg-2 | title = Ask the Author Live: Hendrik Hertzberg | first = The New | last = Yorker | date = October 30, 2009 | magazine = The New Yorker | via = www.newyorker.com | access-date = July 5, 2019}}</ref> * Sidney Hertzberg – New York Knicks basketball player{{citation needed|date=July 2019|reason=Need to cite reliable source to verify attendance at this school.}} * Howard Hoffman (1972), broadcast performer<ref name=RAPinterview>{{Cite magazine | url = https://www.rapmag.com/a/329-97/dec97/1618-r-a-p-interview-howard-hoffman | title = R.A.P. Interview: Howard Hoffman | last = Vigil | first = Jerry | magazine = Radio and Production Magazine | via = rapmag.com | date = December 1, 1997}}</ref> * Mike Lawler, U.S. Representative from New York<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://lawler.house.gov/about/ |website=lawler.house.gov |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=October 12, 2023}}</ref> * Joe Lockhart – press secretary for President Bill Clinton<ref>{{Cite news | last = Walsh | first = J | date = 2002 | title = From average student to Washington insider | newspaper = Rockland Journal-News}}</ref> * Clev Lubin, American football player{{citation needed|date=July 2019|reason=Need to cite reliable source to verify attendance at this school.}} * Thomas Meehan – musical writer{{citation needed|date=July 2019|reason=Need to cite reliable source to verify attendance at this school.}} * Walt Weiss – Former MLB player and manager<ref name="Welcome to the Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame">{{cite web | url = http://www.rcshf.org/inductees/inductees_W.html | title = Welcome to the Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame | website = Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame | access-date=2010-07-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101203052317/http://www.rcshf.org/inductees/inductees_W.html | archive-date = 2010-12-03 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://shs.sufferncentral.org/ Suffern High School] * [http://www.sufferncentral.org/ Suffern Central School District]
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Category:1904 establishments in New York (state) Category:Educational institutions established in 1904 Category:Public high schools in New York (state) Category:Schools in Rockland County, New York