Background Information

Malden Public Schools' Mission

The Malden Educational Community provides a safe and respectful learning environment that maximizes opportunities for success in career, citizenship, and life for our diverse student community.

Malden Public Schools' Vision Statement

The Malden Educational Community is one where students realize their ambition, achieve at high levels and are active participants in their own learning and in the community. We provide a safe environment, which respects diversity and values a high quality education. As an exemplary leader in education, the Malden Public Schools, in partnership with parents and the community, provides all students with the skills to succeed as life-long learners and the inspiration to dream.

Malden High School, Academic Expectations

Malden High School students will:

• Listen, read, and process information effectively;
• Communicate effectively as writers and speakers;
• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity through asking questions and sharing opinions;
• Achieve competency in problem solving and reasoning;
• Demonstrate and understanding of the democratic process and its function in school, local, national, and international issues;
• Utilize available resources and technology to gather, apply, and communicate information effectively;
• Demonstrate personal responsibility for learning independently and collaboratively;
  Explore, Develop, and express their own creativity;
• Apply academic knowledge and skills outside the classroom.

Malden High School, Civic/Social Expectations

Malden High School students will:

• Understand the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy;
• Demonstrate an understanding of the richness of the American culture, and the values and achievements of other cultures;
• Demonstrate respect for all people and cultures;
• Demonstrate respect for the school community by adhering to its rules and regulations;
• Maintain responsibility for personal behavior;
• Solve personal and social problems in an appropriate manner;
• Create a social climate for open and meaningful discussion.
  

A View into Malden High School

Malden High School has a rich and proud history of graduating outstanding students who have gone on to become valuable members of this community and communities around the world. Doctors, lawyers, educators, professional athletes, musicians, artists, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, and countless others have been provided with a solid foundation while at Malden High School.

Malden High School continues to send our graduating seniors to some of the finest universities and colleges in the world. At the present time Malden High School graduates are enrolled at Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Colby, MIT, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Stonehill, and UMass-Amherst to name a few. We also send students to the many community colleges in the area, to the armed services, and into the employment sector.

Malden High School provides all of its regular education and special education students with academic support on many levels. MCAS remediation is provided during the school day through Math and ELA tutorial classes. Students are referred to these classes by their Guidance Counselors. After school, in the evening, on weekends, and during the summer, MCAS enrichment classes are also offered. Special Education students take advantage of academic tutorials, a transitional program, an alternative high school, and specialized counseling. Our English Language Learner population can take classes in ESL I through V. Additionally, our staff has been trained to provide differentiated instruction to students whose first language is not English. Speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy are all services that can be provided to Malden High School students.

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