Malden High School to hold 181st Commencement ceremony on Sunday for Class of 2025

By Steve Freker

This Sunday, June 1, Malden High School will recognize and honor the approximately 400 members of the Class of 2025 with its 181st annual Commencement Exercises. Graduates, families and friends will gather at Macdonald Stadium (15 Pearl St.) for the 2:00 p.m. ceremony with much “pomp” and lots of “circumstance” as Malden High’s newest “alumni-to-be” are welcomed into the ranks of graduates.

This year’s MHS Class of 2025 has a vibrant collection of successful and talented students with success in many areas, including academics, social activism, athletics and the arts.

“This Malden High School Class of 2024 has faced and met many challenges, and we have no doubt this will be a group of highly successful graduates,” said Malden High School Principal Chris Mastrangelo, who will be presiding over his eighth MHS Commencement Exercises. Mastrangelo will be joined by Mayor and School Committee Chairperson Gary Christenson, Superintendent of Schools Timothy Sippel, Ed.L.D. and other city and state dignitaries. Dr. Sippel, who took the reins of the Malden Public Schools on July 1, 2024, will be attending his first MHS Commencement Exercises.

Graduation Day marks a jam-packed Senior Week of activities, which kicked off last week with Senior Prom on May 21 and continued this week with Senior Scholarship Night on Tuesday, National Honor Society Induction on Wednesday evening and the annual Senior Cookout in the Malden High School Courtyard yesterday afternoon.

At Senior Scholarship Night, over 100 members of the Class of 2024 received a school record-high $130,000-plus in scholarship awards. An additional $50,000 in scholarship awards from Malden High School Scholarship Inc. will be announced at Sunday’s Commencement as well by representative Greg Lucey.

This year’s class speakers include some remarkable students, with #1-ranked Class of 2025 senior Cecii Wong serving as Valedictorian. She is headed to MIT in the fall. Hailey Tran is the #2-ranked MHS Class of 2025 senior and will deliver the Salutatorian address and will attend Brandeis University in the fall. The #3-ranked senior is Kathleen Yick and will speak as Class Orator. She will also attend Brandeis.

Some special performances at Sunday’s Commencement will be provided by the MHS Choral Arts Society, under the direction of Todd Cole, and the MHS Band, directed by Lauren Foley.

Parking is limited in the neighborhood around Macdonald Stadium, and those attending are urged to arrive early and to consider alternative means of transportation, such as public transportation, as the stadium is located directly adjacent to the Malden Center MBTA Orange Line Station, which is also a public bus hub.

There is a rain date, Monday, June 2 at 4:00 p.m., should the need arise, though the weather forecast is picture-perfect for the big day on Sunday, with sunny skies and pleasant, mid-70s temperatures.