SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — As long as the South Orange-Maplewood School District does not see any more emergency closing days, the following is the end-of-year calendar for the 2018-19 school year: Monday, May 25: all schools to be closed for Memorial Day; Thursday, June 20, Friday, June 21, and Monday, June 24: four-hour […]
CHS teachers receive Thering Award for education contributions
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange and Maplewood Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Committee sponsored the 42nd annual remembrance service at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in South Orange on Sunday, May 5, co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ Holocaust Council. The event was co-hosted by the First Presbyterian and Trinity […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School seniors Leah Miller, left, and Cecilia Munoz, right, were presented with the Essex County Scholastic Award, which recognizes the top two students at each public high school in Essex County. Munoz, a co-captain on the CHS girls soccer team, will attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology, while Miller will attend […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School held an Indigenous Peoples Celebration on the evening of May 2, welcoming members of the Indigenous Peoples Committee at the United Nations. The event was organized by CHS Indigenous Peoples Organizing Committee Chairman Hikaru Hayakawa, along with Vice Chairpersons Jeremy Giles and Isabel Wolter, and CHS student volunteers Jasmine […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The work of Columbia High School Advanced Placement studio art students will hang in the school’s Domareki Gallery until April 30, allowing the public to view art the students have been working on all year, as many prepare to head off to art school in the fall. Each student has five or […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — David Hogenauer was honored by the South Mountain Conservancy for his 17 years of extensive volunteer service at its Trailkeeper and Chainsaw Gang Breakfast on March 30 in West Orange. The award was presented by Dennis Percher, chairman of the South Mountain Conservancy. Hogenauer started the SMC’s hiking program in 2002, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School physics teacher Allan Tumolillo, who heads the school’s robotics program, teamed up with CHS art teacher Curtis Grayson to have their students create five new robots. While the robotics students created the actual robots, students from Grayson’s Art 2 class were given the estimated measurements of the robots and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The annual parade celebrating the kickoff of the 2019 baseball and softball season for South Orange and Maplewood children will be Saturday, April 27. The parade, led by members of the Columbia High School marching band, will leave CHS’ Ritzer Field at 9 a.m. sharp and walk a route along Valley Street […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The 51st annual Maple Leaf Award Ceremony and brunch on Sunday, May 5, will honor Mike David, Robert McCoy and Mike Summersgill with Maple Leaf Awards for volunteer and community service; Bardin Levavy will be honored posthumously. “This year’s Maple Leaf Award recipients includes both relatively long-time and more recent residents of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Danielle Samake is in the midst of her last three months of high school, and dealing with all that comes with wrapping up four years in the same classrooms. Deciding where she’ll be heading next is at the top of her to-do list. The Columbia High School senior was accepted to a […]