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First day of school August 27 for Grades 1-12; Pre-K and Kindergarten begin on September 4
By Steve Freker
The countdown is on for “Back to School” in Malden and over 6,500 students are getting ready to return to classes for the new school year. The Malden Public Schools district will kick of the 2025-26 school year on Wednesday, August 27, for students in Grade 1 through 12. The youngest students — those in the Pre-K and Kindergarten classes — will be back to school on Thursday, September 4.
Second-year Malden Public Schools Superintendent Timothy Sippel, Ed.L.D. says he and his staff are looking forward to welcoming the city’s 6,500-plus students back to the classrooms as summer break comes to a close.
See separate story on this page for school hours at each of Malden’s seven public schools, from Pre-K to Grade 12.
Superintendent Sippel kicked off a series of “welcome back” activities this week, greeting just over 60 newly hired educators at a two-day orientation session held at Malden High School, led by Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Komal Bhasin. The entry time with educators, administrators and staff will continue next week when all administrators and teachers assemble for a districtwide kickoff meeting at Malden High School at 9:00 a.m. on Monday morning, August 25, before reporting to their individual schools. After another day of professional development on Tuesday, August 26, the day-to-day operations for the #1 most diverse school district in Massachusetts begin.
The Superintendent said that the district website, located at www.maldenps.org, is up to date and contains all of the first day of school information and school opening and closing hours for all of the seven schools: Early Learning Center, Beebe K-8 School, Ferryway K-8 School, Forestdale K-8 School, Linden K-8 School, Salemwood K-8 School and Malden High School.
Notable change: later school dismissal for Grades 1-12
A notable change that bears repeating 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.
