School Contacts
South Orange Middle School
70 North Ridgewood Road
South Orange, NJ 07079
Main Office: 973-378-2772
Ms. Hellstern: x2000
Principal: Lynn A. Irby-Hill – lirby@somsd.k12.nj.us
Assistant Principal: Donovan Smalls II — Testing Coordinator — dsmalls@somsd.k12.nj.us
Assistant Principal: James Waldron — 504 Coordinator — jwaldron@somsd.k12.nj.us
To contact staff members, district email addresses generally follow the following format: Staff member’s first initial, followed by the first SEVEN characters of his/her last name@somsd.k12.nj.us. For example, John Smith = jsmith@somsd.k12.nj.us. For voice mail, call the main office number and follow the prompts to enter the first few letters of the person’s last name.
You can also click HERE for the district website directory.
District e-mail addresses are created by using the person’s first initial along with up to the first seven letters of their last name, followed by @somsd.k12.nj.us.
HSA: somshsaquestions@gmail.com
2025-2026 Team Leader List
A full staff contact list is found on pgs. 13-14 of the school handbook published by SOMS.
6th Grade
6A – Linda Abella: labella@somsd.k12.nj.us
6B – Jessica Squires: jsquires@somsd.k12.nj.us
6C – Lauren Keegan: lkeegan@somsd.k12.nj.us
7th Grade
7A – Frank Guastella: fguastel@somsd.k12.nj.us
7B – Nicole Chirlo: nchirlo@somsd.k12.nj.us
7C – Elizabeth LiPuma: elipuma@somsd.k12.nj.us
8th Grade
8A – Lynn McGlotten: lmcglott@somsd.k12.nj.us
8B – Anna Crane: acrane@somsd.k12.nj.us
8C – Talaya Hampton: thampton@somsd.k12.nj.us
Upcoming Events
- Tuesday, September 23
- Wednesday, September 24
- Thursday, October 2
- Tuesday, October 14
- Tuesday, October 21
- Tuesday, November 4
- Thursday, November 6