Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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wM The red, white and blue Pepsi machines lured thirsty students who craved refreshing carbonated drinks instead of milk or juice. Instant coffee machines were a common sight throughout the school. They could be found in the teachers ' lounge and at the backs of rooms. 18 student life

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Denise Candeloro ended her ballet routine to Suddenly with a graceful pose at one of the many rehearsals. Peter Saulnier and Dave Ollis waved goodbye after rehearsing their Blues Brothers act singing Soul Man. student life 17

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One privilege that certain students enjoyed was the designated smoking area. It was initially formed to stop the smoking in the bathroom. Teachers and administrators were commonly seen with walkie-talkies in their hands. The walkie-talkies were used as a second phone. when I was a kid . . . Let me tell you about things back in my day. Why, when I was a kid . . n Nearly all high school students must have heard a line like that sometime during their lives, whather from a teacher or a parent. Upon hearing such a comment, most students thought to themselves, Oh, no, here we go again. But if they had listened, they would have realized that things were definitely different twenty of twenty-five years ago. People that came back to Malden High to reminisce about their former days probably wouldn ' t remember eating in the cafeteria. One reason for this was that there was no cafeteria. Students ate out for lunch — in the square, at home, wherever. Sonething else that visiting parents would have noticed were the walkie- talkies that the teachers and administrators carried around with them. To an outsider, these people who walked the halls may have seemed like wardens at a prison, but they were just making sure that things were running smoothly. The walkie-talkies were more like extra phones. rather than secret weapons used to capture students. Though the high school was more modernized, it had lost some of the ambiance that the original buildings contained. The desks and walls were not made out of materials such as formiqa and concrete, which was a great contrast to the beautiful oak that once covered the walls and floors. Although the school may have changed over the years, there will always be teachers, education, and students to be educated. student life 19 t;