Chaimaa Assli
Head Copy Editor
View PostsChaimaa Assli is a senior at Malden High School who joined The Blue and Gold her freshman year because she hoped to improve her writing skills. The Blue and Gold helped Assli get more involved with the Malden High community as well as the Malden city community. Assli enjoys science and hopes to one day get into medical school. She also likes to play sports for fun such as basketball, soccer, swimming, and running. Outside of school Assli loves watching Marvel and horror movies. She also likes some television shows. In her free time, she enjoys reading, listening to music, and painting.
Kayley Glavin
Head of Local
View PostsKayley Glavin is returning junior reporter for the Malden High The Blue and Gold Newspaper. Her birthday is June 17, 2005 and she is 16 years old. She plays soccer for Malden High as of this year and softball as of last year. She is a Climate Change Activist and for this reason she enjoys cleaning up her city when she can . Some of her favorite shows include Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls, Vampire Diaries, Revenge and Atypical. She came back to write for the paper to explore more ways of writing and become involved in print. Writing has always and will continue to be a passion of hers and this is why she decided to keep her position at the paper. This year, she aspires to work even harder in this class and hopefully even make more friends that will help her grow in this class. When Glavin goes to college, she hopes to study either journalism or political science.
Juliana Luong
Head of Sports
View PostsJuliana Luong is returning for another year in The Blue and Gold as a junior. Through the two years in The Blue and Gold Luong has discovered many new interests and is hoping to find more. Outside of academics and her passion for writing and photography. Luong dances multiple days a week. She would like to travel in the future after attending college. Luong is looking forward to another year with The Blue and Gold.
Kaoutar Wakaf
Head of Sports
View PostsKaoutar Wakaf is a 17-year-old senior at Malden High School. Wakaf was born in France but is Moroccan and Tunisian by origin. She came to the U.S at the age of two. Wakaf speaks Arabic, French, and English, and has studied Spanish for seven years. She listens to a lot of Arabic music and R&B. In the future, she would like to travel to Tunisia or Palestine. Wakaf is on Malden High School’s Varsity soccer, and swim team. Her favorite food is Moroccan charmola and rice, and her favorite subject is psychology. In her free time, Wakaf likes to go to the gym, hang out with friends, and listen to music.
Gabriel Fesehaie
Lead Reporter
View PostsGabriel Fesehaie is a 16 year-old junior at Malden High School, and is returning for his third year as a member of The Blue and Gold. Fesehaie was born in the U.S and has Eritrean origins. He speaks English and has a deep interest in learning new languages. Fesehaie’s hobbies include playing video games and reading, and his favourite subject is history. His favorite food is New York-style pizza and his favorite color is red.
Daniel O’Toole
Head of Sports
View PostsDaniel O’Toole is a junior at Malden High and is currently in his third year on The Blue and Gold. He often writes about sports for The Blue and Gold and has recently been named Head of Sports. O’Toole initially joined the newspaper because he wants to embark on a career in sports media. His hobbies include watching and keeping up with the latest sports information, playing games on his computer with friends, listening to an array of music, and competing on the field hockey and crew teams at MHS. O'Toole is ready to show everyone what he can do as Head of Sports this year and wishes all teams a great year.
Nathan Dean
Managing Editor
View PostsNathan Dean is a returning member of The Blue and Gold. He is a sophomore. Initially, Dean joined the class to improve his writing skills but has grown to like the class, its students, and the teacher. Dean especially enjoys taking and editing photos. Over the course of last year, he has significantly improved his writing, made a podcast, and begun to learn how to edit photos using photoshop. Dean’s hobbies and interests include playing sports such as soccer, cooking, trying new things and spending time with friends. He does not know what he wants to do when he is older but hopes he will find out soon. Nathan Dean is hopeful for this year and is excited to see how it will turn out, especially because of his disappointing freshman year.
Hadjar Yousfi
Head of Local
View PostsHadjar Yousfi is a junior student at Malden High School and Head of Local at The Blue and Gold. Born on August 29th she has lived in Malden almost all her life. She enjoys reading, writing, running, planning and listening to music. As an Algerian-American she speaks both English and Arabic and is learning French. Hadjar has been writing for as long as she can remember. One day she hopes to work in a field where she will be able to write as often as she can. She feels that writing is one of her best strengths, hence why she originally decided to join The Blue and Gold.
