SOMS Principal Kirk Smith will be featured on Seton Hall’s WSOU 89.5 FM radio show, Leadership, on Saturday, April 17 and 24, at 7:30 a.m. Mr. Smith shares his thoughts on his career and his insights on leadership.

Hopefully your children had the opportunity to either participate in or witness Clinton School’s spectacular All School Revue this past weekend. Ideally you will continue to foster their interest in theatre by exposing them to the impressive dancing, singing, and acting that will occur next weekend during South Orange Middle School’s production of Cinderella. This promises to be a great show featuring some Clinton School alumni, and we want your children to feel excited about the theatre opportunities that await them in their middle school.

Show times are Friday and Saturday, March 26 & 27 at 7:00 P.M. and Sunday, March 28 at 2:00 P.M. Reserved seating is $15.00 (rows 1 – 10). General Admission is $10.00 for adults and $7.00 for students/ seniors. Advance General Admission Tickets are available for purchase at kitchen a la mode, South Orange; The Messy Artist, South Orange; Words, Maplewood; No. 165, Maplewood; and Park Wood Diner, Maplewood. Tickets will also be sold at the door.

Since Clinton students go on to SOMS (and since many of you already have children at SOMS), we thought you might be interested in supporting this event:

Maplewood Girls’ Night Out to benefit South Orange Middle School

Just in time for holiday shopping, Maplewood Village will host a Girls’ Night Out shopping event that will benefit South Orange Middle School.

Don’t miss this opportunity on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 17, to support local merchants and South Orange Middle School at the same time.

Among the participating merchants donating 10 percent of sales between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. to SOMS are No. 165, Little One and Co., Perch, Shed, Hopscotch, Village Belle, 3R Living, Revolution Home, Tenth Muse and Tic Tac Toes. (Tic Tac Toes will participate from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.)

That evening, patrons to the Maplewood Village Trattoria, St. James’
Gate, Arturo’s, Indigo Smoke and Bill & Harry’s will also help SOMS because those restaurants will make donations to the school.

The Girls’ Night Out is open to the public.

The South Orange Middle School HSA invites incoming 6th graders to attend student-led tours of SOMS.

Monday, August 31st
from 9:30 am to 10:30 am

Meet in the back entrance of SOMS (which is where you will begin your first day of school on September 3rd).