Page 8 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, June 4, 2021 MVRCS holds Senior Recognition Celebration M ystic Valley Regional Charter School recently held its annual Senior Awards and Scholarship Ceremony on the turf field on its Eastern Avenue campus. During the event, students and faculty members were feted for their accomplishments in heartfelt presentations. All members of the Class of 2021 were in attendance along with their families, school administrators, high school faculty and staff. In addition to the awards presentations, several scholarships were also presented to graduating seniors. Awards Faculty Awards for Leadership: Erin Hayn. Faculty Award for Service: Natalie Watson. Lower School Teacher Award: Mauryn Perkins. Student Award for Leadership: Tejaswi Yarram of Stoneham. Thomas E. Brennan Award for Service: Rachel Silva of Everett. Scholarship Recipients Bianca Augeri Memorial Scholarship: Vanessa Cenat of Malden and Frances Chataigne of Everett. Adelaide Breed Bayrd Scholarship: Maldonians Sidra Alani, Angelina Casucci, Jeffrey Chan, Jennifer Cheung, Jaime Cochran, Ryan Habda, Kara Hollis, John Le, Jessica Li, Christie Mondesir, Amine Rih, Daniel Tran, Ashley Verrill, Rebecca Verrill and Alaa Zeabi. Denis Ambrose Memorial Scholarship: Maldonians Simantha Chan and Taylor Rong. Domingos and Associates: Shannon Brady of Malden, Abigail Daly of Malden, Briana Lucey of Medford, Conor McKinnon of Everett and Brian SaintVil of Malden. Emily Kearney Memorial Scholarship: Grace Sacco and Kate Story, both of Melrose. MVRCS PTO Scholarship: Kara Hollis of Malden, Bryant Nguyen of Everett, Grace Sacco of Melrose and Nick Wierzbowski of Stoneham. Piccolo Family Charitable Foundation: Isabelle Aengenheyster of Melrose, Aiden Casey of Everett, Rylee Cronin of Melrose, Deirdre Flanagan of Melrose, Alexa Gibson of Wakefield, Rachel Silva of Everett, Jonathan Tu of Melrose, Joseph Tu of Melrose and Tejaswi Yarram of Stoneham. A.B.C. 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Information you need to know about Bobby “The Philanthropist” Sager: Bobby’s son Shane plays harmonica in Sting’s touring band. Sting of Police fame. Shane of Sager Family Traveling Foundation and Roadshow fame. Did you know...that Bobby (Sager) is an internationally acclaimed photographer? His images (and back story) of sevenyear-old Moses, a child soldier in Rwanda forced to commit murder, are breathtaking. His photos of young Moses with his only possession, a soccer ball put together with trash, plastic bags and string, are heartbreaking as well as amazing. Gleaned a great idea from Facebook last week (concrete baby steps?). A lot of Maldonians worried after the first time using the new recycle bin that access to the redeemable cans and bottles would be difficult at best for those who make a living retrieving them. Somebody on Facebook suggested using the old recycle bin for easy access to the returnable. Problem solved. Thank you for the suggestion. Did you know...that a 175-pound meteorite that landed in Ghana now sits in Bobby Sager’s living room at his apartment in Boston? Fascinating collectible. Call me a sentimental old fool but Neal “Mr. Concrete Baby Steps” Anderson’s three minute, 26 second closing statement at last week’s City Council meeting announcing that he will not run for his seat again hit me like a Ron “Bevy” Drinkwater uppercut. I like and respect Neal very much. I/we will miss him a great deal. Mazel Tov, my friend! “This is the end, beautiful friend, this is the end, my only friend, the end” – man, oh man did I blow it last week! In my comments praising retired Malden Police Officer Frankie Spinelli and his ex-colleague Capt. Paul Hopkins, I neglected to mention possibly the most important Malden police officer in the past 50 years. He almost singlehandedly helped the force shed the negative image associated with them from the 1970s, paving the way for the MPD that we all praise today. I mentioned Frankie, John Crannell, Kevin Molis, Gary Hennessey and George Grimes but left out (the late) Al “Aldo” Ray. Check out last week’s Malden Advocate for a detailed explanation on why my omission was so glaring. Thank you, Mr. Ray, for your sacrifice. Postscript 1: “I have seen Maplewood change from a homogenous village to a cosmopolitan community. The Maplewood of today is better and more interesting than the Maplewood of over a generation ago. I deplore the tendency to compare the Maplewood of the present with the Maplewood of the past to the disadvantage of the former. Everything in Maplewood can be improved. That is true of every other place in the country. That is the job of those of us who live here. We cannot be content and cease to strive for better things. I was brought here an infant in arms. I have never seen the day I had any desire to live anywhere else, nor can I conceive of any other place having sufficient attractions to cause me to move out of here.” Frank A. Baryd (longtime editor Malden Evening News taken from the Maplewood New Century Club Magazine, April 1930.) Postscript 2: More on Bobby next week. Same Bat Channel, same Bat Time. Spring!
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