Columbia HS Parents, Kids Go Midnight Mad
For 26 years the villages of Maplewood and South Orange have supported this celebration for CHS graduates.
"It takes a village to raise a child" and two villages to celebrate the graduation of approximately 450 Columbia High School graduates. The old African proverb has come to life in the villages of Maplewood and South Orange with an ongoing senior graduation project called Midnight Madness. The idea for Midnight Madness started around 1984, when a small town in Maine decided to face the drunk driving epidemic and fatalities head on by sponsoring safe, drug- and alcohol-free events for its graduating seniors on the night when most drunken driving fatalities among teens are recorded. The success of the program was immediately recognized. Maine's program drew national attention and the idea was adopted by schools across the country, including …
