Maldden alld a Vol. 31, No. 49 den AADD -FREEThe New Advocate Online: www.advocatenews.net CTE OCAT AT www.advocatenews.net Councillor Simonelli, Mayor light up Lincoln Commons for the Holiday season Published Every Friday 617-387-2200 SANTA'S HELPERS: Ward 1 Councillor Peg Crowe, State Representative Paul Donato, Ward 5 Councillor Barbara Murphy, Ward 7 Councillor Chris Simonelli, City Council President Craig Spadafora and Mayor Gary Christenson. See page 13 for photo highlights.(Advocate photo) LET THE GAMES BEGIN!: Malden High Golden Tornado winter sports begin next week Defending GBL Champ Coed Swim Teams seeks 7th Straight crown; Boys and Girls Basketball seek rebound years By Steve Freker I t is like the proverbial broken record around the pool on Salem Street. At the end of the season: Splish, splash... It's another league championship for the Malden High Co-ed Swim Team! It's a long-running trend for the Golden Tornado swimmers, who are guided by fourth-year head coach Jess Bisson. Like most years, despite graduating some key contributors, there are plenty of returnees who are expected to help keep Malden High near the top of the heap in the Greater Boston League (GBL). Swimming, like the nine othGAMES | SEE PAGE 8 Malden High swimmers take a break between lap swimming for building endurance. (Courtesy/ Malden HS Athletics) T E Friday, December 9, 2022 Malden High School hosts hundreds of attendees in productive parent/caregiverteacher conference First in-person, group event of this kind in several years at MHS is a success Brunelli House Principal Ewald Charles meets with Olivier Jean Baptiste and his family. By Steve Freker I t has been a staple for as long as anyone can remember, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic that aff ected education worldwide, this is one of many traditions that fell by the wayside. This past Thursday night the traditional, in-person, Parent-Teacher Conference Night returned to Malden High School, CONFERENCE | SEE PAGE 10 School Board’s Supt. Evaluation Subcommittee to meet again By Barbara Taormina he agenda for this week’s School Committee meeting included a multicolored chart that outlined a subcommittee’s evaluation of School Superintendent Ligia Noriega-Murphy. The evaluation was based on Noriega-Murphy’s presentation of professional practice goals, student learning goals and district improvement goals which were required by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. A second part of the evaluation involved four standards: instructional leadership, management and operations, family and community engagement and professional culture. The committee then assigned Noriega-Murphy a numerical rating in each of SUBCOMMITTEE | SEE PAGE 7 $3.79 GALLON We accept: MasterCard * Visa * & Discover Price Subject to Change without notice 100 Gal. Min. 24 Hr. Service 781-286-2602
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