Graduation 2021 Edition

The Blue and Gold
June 2021
Editorial
maldenblueandgold.com
Long Live the Walls We Crashed Through
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Sandra Rivadeneira
Print Editor-In-Chief
danced on table tops (during a
I production of Fame: The Musical).
I got to go to plenty Friday night
games, whether it was getting to
play with the band at football games
or playing my own softball games
for the school’s team. I participated
in every single day’s dress-uptheme
during Spirit Week and went
to every Junior Variety show during
my last four years.
My high school years were
filled with so many great memories,
but The Blue and Gold is responsible
for shaping my experience at
Malden High.
In The Blue and Gold, I met
some of my very best friends. With
them, in that class every year, we
learned that we are so much more
capable than what we believe ourselves
to be. Through hard work
and dedication real art can be made
where people can enjoy and learn
from.
I learned and laughed with the
heads and editors before me until
eventually I grew into those positions,
as Head of Sports then Print
Editor in Chief. I hope I was able
to teach and make others laugh the
way those before did for me.
During our personal journeys
at Malden High, I am sure we have
all found opportunities to grow and
develop a voice. Through The Blue
and Gold I was able to find mine
and amplify it, as well as the voices
of others growing with me.
Our class has had students
break Malden High athletic records
that were left untouched for years.
We have had some of the most artistically
talented individuals grace
our Jenkins Auditorium stage. Our
classmates have all found their
own independent voices and have
fought the injustices they have seen,
through either speeches or organizing
marches and so much more.
It’s really easy to dwell on everything
that has not happened and
everything our class has missed out
on during this school year. I feel like
I hear the phrase all the time, that
we are “living through history.”
However, take a moment to
think of all the historical events
that have happened during our
four years in high school. All the
movements that have uproared, the
changes that have begun, the new
perspective and appreciation for life
that we have been able to develop
over the last year alone.
These events have allowed us
to grow and develop to the young
adult we are now. I encourage you
all to take the lessons, from the good
and bad memories, with yourself
as we step into a new phase in our
lives. Now that we are on the brink
of adulthood and independence,
I’ve never felt so much fear and excitement
at once.
My time in the Malden High
community has taught me so much,
about myself and about the beauties
and the injustices of our world. I develop
new friendships, insecurities,
hobbies and interests.
I am nowhere near ready to say
goodbye to Malden High School.
There are still more things I want to
do. I want one more pep rally, one
more softball game, one more band
concert, one more musical, one more
story to write for the Blue and Gold.
Everything must continue to
move forward and soon we will
be proud Malden High graduates,
onto the next part of our lives. We
will make an impact on everyone
we meet and in every place we go.
We will continue to stand tall and
fight for what we believe in. We will
continue to fear none as we learn to
use our voice to slowly, but surely,
make changes in our communities.
We are the Class of 2021, and it’s
been an honor to share this experience
with you all.