THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, August 27, 2021 Page 15 With her bright pink backpack and notebooks, Skeetiebeth Lin, 6, entered first grade on Wednesday at Linden STEAM Academy while her brother Princedon, 2, is at the Early Learning Center. Holding up their new backpacks: Malden resident Antonio Racca, 5, who will enter the Early Learning Center; his sister, Eleanor Kilpatrick, 8, began the Linden STEAM Academy on Wednesday. Malden resident Lien Luong picked school supplies for her relatives: Linden students Kaylee and Elsa Su and Beebe student Kai Hin. With his gray backpack slung over his shoulder, Malden resident Henry Mai, 12, entered the seventh grade at Linden STEAM Academy on Wednesday. Twins Dawa and Nyina Gethoktsang, whose names translate to moon and sun, held up their new backpacks. Housing Families Inc. (HFI) Development Coordinator Charlotte Stout and Malden Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator Bybiose Larochelle held up book covers donated by HFI, residents and the Elliot Family Resource Center in Everett. Paws & Purrfection staff Ralph Long, Kashawna Horling and Vidal Garner — with Malden Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator Bybiose Larochelle — volunteered their time to hand out school supplies. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino)
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