Columbia High School

South Orange-Maplewood Schools Announce Delayed Opening for Feb 13

From the South Orange-Maplewood School District: South Orange Maplewood Schools will all have a delayed opening Wednesday, February 13, 2019. For delayed opening, Montrose, elementary…

From Prom to Food Insecurity, Cougar Cares Helps Fill a Need at CHS

From the CHS Cougar Cares program: As students arrived to Columbia High School on Wednesday, Feb. 6, they were greeted by CHS MAC Scholars handing…

CHS Principal Addresses Drug Use, Vaping in School at Roundtable Event

Columbia High School Interim Principal Dr. Kalisha Morgan addressed the topic of in-school drug use and vaping at a Principal’s Roundtable meeting on February 6…

Bring the Kids! RoboCAT Robotics Tournament, South Orange Middle School Feb 9

From Columbia High School: The Columbia High School Robotics Club is hosting an 18-team US FIRST Robotics Competition at SOMS on Saturday, February 9 in…

‘Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action’ Comes to Columbia HS Feb 4-8

The locally based group MapSO Freedom School is bringing “Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action” to Columbia High School from February 4 to 8,…

District Addresses Columbia High’s Inconsistent Credit Recovery and Absence Policies

Widespread inconsistencies to Columbia High School’s absence and credit-recovery policies are being addressed by updated policies that include improved communication, the elimination of “NC” (no…

PHOTOS: Coalition on Race MLK Observance Inspires Community to Practice MLK’s Principles

From the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race: On Monday, January 21, the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race hosted the 18th Annual Dr. Martin…

CHS Girls Varsity Fencing Places 3rd of 52 at Santelli, Boys Place 8th at Cetrulo

From Columbia High School Fencing: Fencing at Columbia High School has always been a widely popular sport and the team has a storied tradition with…

CHS Fencing Season Off to Great Start at Freshman-Sophomore Invitational

From Columbia High School: The much-anticipated 2018 Freshman-Sophomore Fencing Invitational was held over the holiday break, where this year’s Columbia High School fencing team walked…

PHOTOS: SOMA Rocks Out to Raise Funds for CHS Acoustic Cloud

Indeed, it takes a village to keep our towns rocking and rolling. On a sleepy post-holiday Saturday night, 325 people came out to help SOMA Rocks…