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ELECTRONIC AFTERLIFE by Adrianna Donat
One student’s effort to save the environment in SOMA – and the world. We may not be able to live without computers. But how long will...
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- Nov 26, 2021
- 6 min
BUILDING BRIDGES, AND SCHOOLS, IN AFRICA by Tia Swanson
Morrow Church looks to lessen the divides between rich and poor Like many congregations, Morrow United Methodist Church in Maplewood has...
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- Oct 1, 2021
- 6 min
THE SNOWBALL EFFECT by Tia Swanson
Changing the world, one child at a time Lorraine Kerry Barnett grew up poor in the Central Ward of Newark during the dark period that...
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- Aug 13, 2021
- 3 min
MY VINYL LIFE WITH THE STEREO KIDS By Donny Levit
After too many months of online learning, here’s how our family went analogue again I admit this sounds like a plot point right out of a...
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- Aug 13, 2021
- 5 min
PARENTS GO BACK TO SCHOOL By Malia Rulon Herman
New language program teaches more than just English For a parent in the South Orange-Maplewood School District who was born in the U.S....
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- Aug 13, 2021
- 5 min
SAYING GOODBYE TO ONE OF THE BEST By Cassandra Ratkevich
Beloved CHS teacher Jon Campbell retires after 25 years Visitors to Columbia High School, found Jon Campbell’s classroom easy to spot...
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- Aug 13, 2021
- 4 min
INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER By Adrianna Donat
How the SOMA Community Helped One Young Man Find His Wings Stanley Finlayson graduated from Columbia High School this past June. But on...
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- Jun 11, 2021
- 5 min
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKING COLLEGE CLASSES? By Malia Rulon Herman
Maplewood author Tina Kelley’s newest book demystifies an exciting new education model Imagine being able to complete the first two years...
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- Jun 11, 2021
- 4 min
A HOME FOR ALL SEASONS By Tia Swanson
While the pandemic raged, houses of faith reached out to their most vulnerable members In the months before the pandemic, Ben Hack, who...
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- Mar 12, 2021
- 4 min
TAKING THE MYSTERY OUT OF EEGS AND EPILSEPSY by Malia Rulon Herman
A teacher in search of a book ends up writing her own When the doctor told Danielle Perrotta that her daughter, Bella, would need to have...
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- Mar 12, 2021
- 5 min
BOTH SIDES NOW By Tia Swanson Photography by Julia Maloof Verderosa
A restoration lends a carriage house purpose 125 years later When New York native Christine Llewellyn Ohemeng and her husband, Kwame...
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- Nov 27, 2020
- 6 min
CHANNELING A LOVE FOR COOKING by Ellen Donker
Seth Boyden fourth grader hosts his own cooking show Jacob Case never expected to be sharing cooking videos on Facebook. After all, he’s...
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- Nov 27, 2020
- 7 min
A GAMER'S PARADISE IN SOUTH ORANGE by Donny Levit
Chris Donnell’s basement “museum” chronicles decades of electronic gaming South Orange resident Chris Donnell is comfortably seated on...
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- Aug 14, 2020
- 4 min
A PLACE FOR SPACING OUT by Ellen Donker
Columbia High School’s astronomical observatory is restored Humanity has long been enthralled with observing the cosmos in an effort to...
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- Aug 14, 2020
- 4 min
MAKING WAVES by Kristen Ryan
The CHS boys’ swim team helps to net a strong season For the Columbia High School swim team, time in the water is private, focused and...
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- Aug 14, 2020
- 6 min
MARK MURPHY'S MUSIC SCHOOL! LIVE! FROM THE BASEMENT! by Sara Courtney
The shutdown made them bored. The music kept them connected. Just a few months ago, before masks and hand sanitizer and the words “remote...
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- Aug 14, 2020
- 5 min
EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS by Malia Rulon Herman
How one special-ed teacher is making a difference at CHS When Takia Logan took over teaching a small, multiage special education class at...
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- Aug 14, 2020
- 3 min
EDUCATING KIDS ON TRASH by Georgia Madiba
A summer walk turns into a waste audit Playgrounds reopened in July after being closed due to the pandemic and, naturally, my two...
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- Aug 14, 2020
- 3 min
THANKING YOUR "GREAT PEOPLE" by Linda Beck
It’s not too late to acknowledge the teachers of your past Last summer, my family endeavored to watch every Avengers movie in order,...
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- Jun 24, 2020
- 1 min
CHS Hall of Fame Members Contribute to Congratulatory Video
CHS Hall of Fame Encourages the Class of 2020 Message from the CHS Hall of Fame Committee: In light of extended school closure and...
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