Maplewood's Columbia High School Gets A Mention On Celeb Website

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — You may know that actor Zach Braff, actress Elizabeth Shue, and singer SZA all attended Columbia High School, but a celebrity website took a bit of a deeper dive recently (well, not too much deeper, because...it's a celebrity website).

Site Nickiswift.com noted that while Braff (whose brothers Adam and Joshua are writers) and Shue (whose brother is actor, soccer player, and CafeMom cofounder Andrew Shue) lived near each other, they're 12 years apart in age, so they didn't cross paths in high school. Shue is 57; Braff, 45. And SZA (age 30) wouldn't have crossed paths with either of them.

Of course, they're not the only impressive folks to have gone to the school. See a list of famous people from the school here.

Meanwhile, the South Orange-Maplewood schools are set to reopen on-site on Jan. 19. See recent updates from Friday about the return to school buildings here.

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