Parenting Center Toy Drive 2020

The Parenting Center Toy Drive Needs your Help!

South Orange Maplewood School District’s Parenting Center needs you to help us make the holidays magical for all SOMA families! Please support our TOY DRIVE in the following safe ways (there will be no toy bins):

• Make an on-line tax-deductible contribution at
https://gf.me/u/y4u2sq or search SOMSD Parenting Center Toy Drive at www.gofundme.com

• Mail a check, payable to SOMSD Parenting Center to 525 Academy Street, Maplewood, NJ 07040

• BODO (Buy One, Donate One) at the following local stores: Sparkhouse, No. 165, Words and Toy Division. When you shop at these stores, you can purchase a gift or gift card which the store will collect and give directly to one of the families in need.

We need your help more than ever as we change the way to give to protect us all, while continuing to do what SOMA does best: help our neighbors and friends!!

SOMA Shares Glove and Coat Drives

SOMA Shares will be running winter gear drives this month. Check out the details below, and learn more by emailing sbnews@sethboyden.com.

South Orange Public Library Adventure Festival

October Digital Backpack

Community Digital Backpack

October 2020

• Soccer Athletics Inclusion Classes (Community First)
• How to Do College Research (Maplewood Library)
• Why Vote:  A Conversation for the Next Generation (Maplewood Library)
• SOMA Black Lives Matter Street Painting (Community Coalition on Race)

Ongoing & Future Events (2020-21 School Year)

• Fall at the Parenting Center - Parenting Center Groups (The Parenting Center)
• 20-21 Parenting Center Speaker Series
• Girl Scouts Interest Form (South Orange Maplewood Girl Scouts)

BOE Election 2020: Candidate Debate

The President's Council and League of Women Voters hosts an upcoming Board of Education Candidate Debate on Monday, October 12 at 7:30 pm. 

Join the WebEx here: 

www.somsd.k12.nj.us/boedebate

To Watch the Debate:
Vanity Url: www.somsd.k12.nj.us/boedebate
Meeting Number: 173 825 8489
Meeting Password: Knowledge 2020

To Connect by Phone:
Telephone: 408-418-9388
Meeting Number: 173 825 8489
Meeting Password: 56695334

Suzuki Violin

Maplewood Lacrosse Club Fall Clinic

Maplewood Girls Lacrosse Club is thrilled to announce that registration for our annual Fall Clinic is live.  This clinic is open to all South Orange and Maplewood girls of all skill levels in grades 3-8.  Returning  players will increase their skills and new players will come out and experience the fastest growing sport in the USA.  Please see the attached flier for details. To register, go to https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/245780 by October 1st.