January 2021

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Editorial
maldenblueandgold.com
The Blue and Gold
January 2021
The Beginning of the
2020-2021 School Year
Needless to say, the 2019- Malden High community has been to step up and use their voices. We
2020 school year came to an so great in adapting to the changes are living history every day, both locally
unexpected abrupt end. Historical
change has been happening
everywhere everyday since. Due
to the COVID-19 pandemic, The
Blue and Gold had to adapt to a
new way of communicating and
reporting in order to continue to
contribute information and stories
for our community.
that have been brought upon us.
One of the largest and most exciting
aspects of student life here at Malden
High are sporting events. For
obvious reasons, the start time of
the sports seasons has been altered
various times. News that the city of
Malden had re-entered the Red Zone
in October has pushed back all three
and nationally. From the Black
Lives Matter protests in June of 2020
to Capitol attacks in January of 2021
our world is constantly changing
around us. As journalists we will
continue to try to do anything in
our power, with precautions, to be
able to cover them and ensure that
everyone is informed. The Blue and
The 2020-2021 school year of the fall, winter, and spring sports Gold is proud to be a platform for
has looked a little different. With
COVID-19 still at large, for the
safety of staff, students and their
families, Malden High began the
school year with remote online
learning. Having school from the
comfort of our own homes is not
that great at times, however, as
a student body we must power
through to complete what is surely
seasons. Timeline wise, everything
seems to be very up in the air.
We have had to put long time
traditions such as Pep Rally, Poetry
Out Loud, performing arts concerts,
the Thanksgiving Football game
between the Malden High and Medford
High and so much more on
hold. Performing arts classes have
been sending in recordings of them-
our reporters to be able to not only
write about these issues, but also
allow students to express and vocalize
their opinions to an audience
We are deeply saddened that
we were unable to complete our
final print editions during the 2019-
2020 school year, especially our
most important issue of the year, the
Graduation Edition, which would
to be a challenging yet historic selves and editing them together have included stories about Senior
school year.
Due to the many unique situations
that families’ in the community
may be encountering, the
administration has tried to make
certain aspects of the traditional
to create virtual performances, the
most anyone can do during these
times.
As for The Blue and Gold, we
plan to continue to produce our
content as we’ve done for over 100
Awards Night, the NHS Induction
Ceremony, Mr. MHS, Prom, and
other events that are considered
highlights of the school year.
Despite the difficulty in reporting
during current events, with the
structures of the school’s academics
years. Although circumstances struggle of conducting interviews,
more lenient and accommodat-
ing to individuals. This includes
fewer but longer classes during
the school day, the addition of an
asynchronous period in the middle
are very different, our reporters
are going to continue to conduct
interviews, search out stories, and
produce quality journalism about
Malden High and the city of Malden
the lack of local events, and cancelled
high school sports seasons,
we have made the decision to produce
this print edition because there
is so much to still be reporting on.
of the day, and the removal of during these historic times. We will Like previously mentioned,
midterms and finals for this school
year. If anything, the constant
changes and having to overcome
them together has made the sense
of community between students
and teachers stronger.
This new format has been a
very big change for everyone. The
adapt, focusing on a lot of digital
and social media work, as well as
producing some form of a print edition
and we will continue to write
stories that are important to us.
With all the current events that
circulate the media world, this is the
most important time for students
this year is nothing short of historic
and everything we publish in our
print edition we like to consider immortalized
for Malden High history.
We would like to dedicate this to
the class of 2020, who we could not
properly honor last year. With them
also the class of 2021 who has lost a
significant portion of their senior
year during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This edition is structured
as a traditional Graduation edition
to honor their accomplishments,
and alongside it we acknowledge
all the social and political change
that will forever be embedded in
U.S history. . We are incredibly
proud of all the hard work that
was put into this print edition and
consider it one of our most important
ones yet.
The Blue and Gold staff congratulates
you on making it to the
halfway mark of the 2020-2021
school year, and we wish you the
best of luck moving forward. We
hope you and your loved ones
stay safe, stay healthy and stay
inside!
Julie Yu
Editor-In-Chief
Sandra Rivadeneira
Print Editor-In-Chief
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