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Special to The Advocate
Mayor Gary Christenson joined the Malden Catholic community on October 22 to celebrate the grand opening of the school’s new $31 million, 80,000-square-foot academic and athletic facility at 50 Crystal St. The new building, which was constructed on the former Viking Seafood processing plant site, marks a major milestone for the growing school, which has seen rapid enrollment increases in recent years. It supports Malden Catholic’s distinctive co-divisional model and the expansion of its new 7th- and 8th-grade division. The new addition to Malden Catholic’s campus provides expanded classroom space, advanced STEM labs and modern athletic facilities to meet the students’ and programs’ needs.
“Malden Catholic has grown from approximately 500 students in 2019 to a projected 1,100 students or more next year, becoming a national model for sustainable Catholic education in an urban setting,” said Malden Catholic President John Thornburg. “We are grateful to all of the partners who transformed this project from a concept to a beautiful new space that is enhancing our capabilities to provide our students with a high-quality academic and athletic experience.”
Among those joining Mayor Christenson at the ribbon-cutting were former Malden Catholic Board of Trustees Chair Jim Donovan, who led the project’s financing, and representatives from Timberline Construction, the company that built the facility.
Key features of the new building:
- The 35,000-square-foot Donovan Fieldhouse with an indoor turf field for year-round athletic training
- The Passacantilli Gymnasium with volleyball and basketball courts
- The 3,000-square-foot Grant Family Fitness Center, equipped by Gronk Fitness
- Specialized classrooms for financial literacy, entrepreneurship, robotics and biomedical engineering
- A dedicated 7th- and 8th-grade wing with 18,000 square feet of classroom, cafeteria and office space for up to 200 students and 22 new teachers and staff
