Page 8 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, August 29, 2025 SCHOOLS | FROM PAGE 1 Malden second-year Superintendent of School Timothy Sippel, Ed.L.D. was joined by Malden Mayor and School Committee Chairperson Gary Christenson and Vice Chair Jennifer Spadafora (Ward 3) on Wednesday morning to greet students at all of the Malden schools. The trio began at Malden High School to welcome the incoming ninth-graders and then went on a schoolby-school trek across the city, visiting all seven of Malden’s educational facilities. Supt. Dr. Sippel said everything went well and successfully. “The weather was great for the first day of school and it is a credit to all the hard work and preparation by our administrators, edSuperintendent Dr. Timothy Sippel talks with students outside Malden High School on the first day of school. (Advocate Photos) Mayor Gary Christenson greets ninth-graders on Opening Day. (Advocate Photos) ucators and staff.” Dr. Sippel said that “the energy and enthusiasm by everyone, es- pecially the students, was great to see.” Supt. Sippel and Mayor Christenson each took the time to personally greet and address the new ninth-graders when they arrived at Malden High School early Wednesday morning and wished them well, with encouragement and advice. Mayor Christenson: “I was in your place when I first started at Malden High School and I can tell you it will be a great experience for you, when you take advantage of the resources and people that are here to guide you.” “Welcome everyone, as you Malden High School Principal Chris Mastrangelo says, “Come on in” to the 455 incoming ninth-graders on Opening Day (Wednesday). begin your new journey,” Dr. Sippel said. “We are so glad to see you all and we are looking forward to giving you all the support and assistance that you will use to be successful.” Dr. Sippel, Mayor Christenson and Vice Chair Spadafora also greeted the entire 800-plus School Committee Vice Chair Jennifer Spadafora and Chairperson and Mayor Gary Christenson were at Malden High School to welcome incoming ninth-graders on Wednesday. Malden Public Schools educators and staff on their first day of school on Monday. At a districtwide meeting, Dr. Sippel noted that Malden High School is fully staffed for the first time in many years and that across the district, only four positions remain unfilled. “We made a pledge to address this issue a year ago and today we can see Freshmen enter Malden High School on Opening Day. that it has been a success — fully staffed at Malden High, nearly fully staffed overall,” Dr. Sippel announced to applause from the full house at the Jenkins Auditorium at Malden High School. The Superintendent also noted that there are 61 new educators on board for the start of the new school year across the district. They went through a three-day orientation session last week, also held at Malden High School. “We’re ready to go, looking forward to a great school year,” Dr. Sippel. “Alone, each of us is strong... and together we are much stronger.” *** Notable change: later school dismissal for Grades 1-12 A notable change that bears attention for this particular school year is the addition of approximately 10 minutes to the end of each school day districtwide. For example, at Malden High School, for many years the dismissal time has been at 2:15 p.m. Beginning this year, however, Malden High students will be in class until 2:25 p.m. each school day. Further, for the K-8 schools, all five of these learning centers will have a uniform arrival and dismissal time districtwide: Kindergarten–Grade 6: 8:00 a.m. –2:30 p.m. Grades 7–8: 8:00 a.m. –2:35 p.m. Like us on Facebook advocate newspaper Facebook.com/Advocate.news.ma
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