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The South Orange-Maplewood Adult School
Columbia High School, Room A110
17 Parker Ave. Maplewood, NJ 07040
Phone: (973) 378-7620
Fax: (973) 378-2819
Hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Most classes are at CHS (Columbia High School) or SOMS (South Orange Middle School)
SOMS is located at 70 N. Ridgewood Road, South Orange. Please enter the school from the back parking lot.
SCHOOL CLOSINGS: No Adult School classes will meet if the public schools are closed due to inclement weather. Closings are announced on our voicemail message (973-378-7620) and on AM radio station WINS (1010) and posted on the homepage of this website.
Administration
Director: Sue E. Marcus
Associate Director: Judith James
Consultant: Eva Samo
Business Manager: Jay Eisenberg
Communications Coordinator: Marianne Cook
Catalog Editor: Alexa Metrick
Administrator of ABE, ESL &GED: Cathy Garea
Trip Coordinator: Joan Rosenbaum
Summer Program Coordinators: Cecelia Cancellaro & Kathleen Hester
Building Administrators: Christine Hopkins, Arlene Lagattuta and Nancy Longley
Officers and Board of Trustees
Co-Presidents: Rhonda Johnson and Carol Petrallia, Vice President: Barbara Heisler, Secretary: Suzanne Metz, Treasurer: Mary T. Francoeur. Trustees: Charles Bibbins, Beth Branigan, Margery Cohen, Amy Dahn, Michele Davis, Zia Durrani, Roy Eismann, Martha Gibson, Rose Bennett Gilbert, Freddie Glucksman, Marilyn Hayden, Dallas Jackson, Laura Kalick, Bonnie Kenselaar, Joan Lee, Judy Levy, Dr. Lovie Lilly, Dr. Nabil Marshood, Nonie Murphy, Patti Nathan, Gloria Turner, John Willis, Emily Zacharias and Jill Zimmer. Advisory Members: Sylvia Amato, Barbara Barbaro, Jim Buchanan, Abe Bunis, Katherine Hilaire, Laura Litwin, Barbara Lowell, Dr. Shirley Matthews, Miriam Miller, Sharon Partoll, Dr. Phylis Peterman, Audrey Rowe and Bradley Takahashi. Honorary Trustee: Sandy Brown Hamingson.
Interested in Teaching at The Adult School? Do you have an area of expertise that you think would translate into an exciting course at The Adult School? Are you already a teacher of a subject that we are not presently offering? Send us a proposal including a resume. We welcome your ideas.
About Us Founded in 1933 as a beacon of hope during the Great Depression, The South Orange-Maplewood Adult School has given our community education, enlightenment, and enjoyment for 77 years. The Adult School is a nonprofit educational organization that offers a wide array of affordable, high-quality classes, lectures, and trips to more than 1,600 local residents each semester.
The Adult School helps the members of our community lead fuller lives. They learn practical skills, discuss politics and social issues, renew their creative spirit, fulfill dreams of playing an instrument or speaking a new language, learn to dance, travel, and so much more. Thousands of residents eagerly anticipate each session’s offerings that add enjoyment and meaning to their lives.
In addition to our wide-range of adult classes, the school provides free ESL and ABE/GED programs that help members of our communities achieve a brighter future. More than 900 individuals a year are served by this critical program. In the summer the school offers a highly touted children’s enrichment camp, the South Orange-Maplewood Community Summer Program.
