Editing Suffern, New York (section)

== Education ==
Suffern Middle School is the [[junior high school]] of the [[Ramapo Central School District|Suffern Central School District]] (SCSD),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sufferncentral.org/|title=Suffern Central|last=<!--no byline-->|date=<!--no source date-->|at=Our Schools (dropdown menu)|access-date=December 21, 2017}}</ref> and is located in the village [[Montebello, New York|Montebello]], adjacent to Suffern.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sufferncentral.org/sms/map-and-directions/|title=Map and Directions|last=<!--no byline-->|date=<!--no source date-->|website=Suffern Central School District|access-date=December 21, 2017}}</ref> The 1,200 grade 6-8 students educated there hail from [[Airmont, New York|Airmont]], Suffern, [[Montebello, New York|Montebello]], [[Hillburn, New York|Hillburn]], [[Sloatsburg, New York|Sloatsburg]] and parts of [[Monsey, New York|Monsey]].

The village is home to Richard P. Connor Elementary School, also part of SCSD. Viola Elementary School is located in the neighboring [[Viola, New York|CDP of Viola]]. High school students are zoned to [[Suffern High School]].

In 2013, Cherry Lane Elementary School, located in the neighboring [[Airmont, New York|Village of Airmont]] and part of SCSD, became one of the [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program|Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award]] winners awarded by the [[U.S. Department of Education]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-2003.pdf |title=National Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized |publisher=U.S. Department of Education |access-date=October 31, 2015}}</ref>

[[Rockland Community College]], part of the [[State University of New York|SUNY]] system, is located just outside the village limits.