SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Saturday, May 13, South Orange Middle School orchestra director Bill Cook hosted the All-North Jersey Elementary Honors Orchestra Festival at the school. The event is sponsored by the North Jersey School Music Association and includes students in grades four through six from the surrounding area. Columbia High School orchestra director […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbian, Columbia High School’s student-run newspaper, has earned the first-place award for the third consecutive year in an annual competition held by the American Scholastic Press Association. The national competition is open to student-run newspapers from across the country. Entries are critiqued on journalistic content, journalistic decision-making, visual layout and design, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School Art 4 and AP Studio Art classes from this past school year will present their work in an exhibition, “Verve,” at the CHS Domareki Gallery, 17 Parker Ave. in Maplewood. The exhibit will run from June 3 to 16 and will also be a part of the South […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — There was cause for celebration in Maplewood on Friday, May 13, as the township’s Department of Recreation and Cultural Affairs honored the Woman’s Club of Maplewood on its 100th anniversary and, in turn, the Woman’s Club of Maplewood gave the Columbia High School Scholarship Fund a donation of $100,000 for future scholarships […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School’s 15th annual Shakespeare Festival, held Friday, April 28, followed the them “The Women of Shakespeare.” Quoting “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — “And though she be but little, she is fierce” — the event recognize the often overlooked female characters of the canon. Sixteen of Shakespeare’s plays were represented, including […]
Town hall forum breaks into small, focused sessions
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — At a second town hall meeting on equity and inclusion on May 3, roughly one month after community members stressed that the South Orange-Maplewood School District’s curriculum should be changed to prevent racially insensitive incidents from occurring, the district’s assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction informed parents that teachers […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Parenting Center of Maplewood and South Orange will screen “Before the Trees Was Strange,” one man’s story about love, family, racism and forgiveness, on Tuesday, May 30, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the Columbia High School Auditorium, 17 Parker Ave. in Maplewood. The film will be introduced by Superintendent of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — “Put me in, coach” was the battle cry at Memorial Field on Saturday, April 29, as Maplewood hosted the annual Softball Baseball Parade from Columbia High School down Valley Street toward the town’s home fields. The Columbia High School marching band set the pace as the parade commenced. Teams lined up with […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Several Columbia High School student-athletes recently signed with their respective colleges and universities to continue their athletic careers. Photo 1: Seated left to right: Dahria Lewis committed to Rutgers University for track and field, Isadora Egypt committed to Temple University for track and field; Courtney Miller committed to Richard Stockton University for […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange’s River Day, the annual community gathering for cleanup of the Rahway River and increasing community awareness about environmental issues, is set for Sunday, May 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the duck pond off Mead Street, near the intersection of N. Ridgewood Road and Meadowbrook Lane, in […]