Cocurriculars

The ethos of 30-Day Challenge Club is “to build individual strength, skill, and healthy habits through communal support”.  We aim to meet this goal of enhanced individual strength by creating and collectively taking part in a series of challenges lasting approximately 30 days each.  First, we collect challenge ideas through the Google Classroom and create a poll that I disperse to the members, as well as the faculty.  After the next challenge has been voted on, we have a sign up period and set rules.

Moderator:  
Mr. Alex Kissel  kissela@maldencatholic.org

Anime Club is open to all students interested in studying, discussing, and creating this Japanese-inspired artistic medium.

Moderator: Mr. Brendan Sullivan '11

bsullivan@maldencatholic.org

The Malden Catholic Art Club hosts workshops using various art mediums and techniques, meets to foster independent artwork, competes in the Scholastic Art Awards, and creates portraits for children around the world through the Memory Project.

Moderator: Mr. Brian O’Donnell

odonnellb@maldencatholic.org

Asian Cultural Appreciation Club meets regularly to celebrate and explore the diversity of the Asian Cultures represented at Malden Catholic. The Club is largely student-led and welcomes new members throughout the year. 

Moderator: Mrs. Mary-Anne Di Marco P'88, '91, GP'21, '23, '25, '27

dimarcom@maldencatholic.org

The Black Student Forum is an affinity group open to all students. The Club will celebrate Black culture
and history, educate about current issues facing the Black community at MC and beyond and promote Black-student service to the MC community.

Moderator: Ms. Erga Pierrette P'21, '23, '27

epierrette@maldencatholic.org

C.A.P.E. is a welcoming and inclusive community of students who meet regularly to discuss topics of inclusion and belonging at Malden Catholic.

Moderator: Mrs. Susan Mader

smader@maldencatholic.org

Goals of Chemistry Club:

• allow students to cultivate their interest in chemistry in an informal environment, without the pressure of being graded. 
• reinforce the relevance of chemistry to students’ everyday lives. 
• introduce students to the possibility of future study or employment in chemistry. 
• offer students the opportunity to serve their community. 
• expand students’ leadership skills by conducting demonstrations, lab activities, or community outreach events.

These goals mirror the objectives of the American Chemical Society’s ideal High School ChemClub. At Malden Catholic, these goals are met through reaction demonstrations, simulations, and club outreach activities. 

Moderator:
Mr. Seamus McGuire  mcguires@maldencatholic.org

Founded in the spring of 2022, girls club rugby meets weekly in the fall and spring to develop skills in the sport of rugby. The main competition season is the spring. No prior experience is necessary.

Moderator: Mr. Phil Baker

pbaker@maldencatholic.org

An opportunity for students (and faculty) to gather and share in fandom, whether it be movies, tv, comics, or any form of genre. We will discuss the latest news and rumors, talk about what we have been watching or into, watch clips, movies, and trailers of interest.

Moderator: Mr. Eamonn Casey

caseye@maldencatholic.org

Creative Writing Club is a fun and low time-commitment opportunity for students to hone their skills in creative writing through genres such as short story, poetry and longer-form fiction writing. 

Moderator: Mrs. Mastrangelo

emastrangelo@maldencatholic.org

The Crystal 99 is the Malden Catholic school newspaper with a storied history dating back to 1943. We cover school news, opinions, sports and the arts and are a great place for writers, photographers, and artists to develop their voice and publish their work. Join the newspaper to become the voice of your school. Crystal 99 meets as-needed to meet its goal of a quarterly issue and an Onion edition. The whole staff generally meets once or twice per issue. Editors meet more frequently and participate in a Saturday “crunch day” to lay out the paper. Meetings are always after school.

Moderator: Mr. Chris Cleary

clearyc@maldencatholic.org

Digital Editions

• March 2022

The MC Dance Company is an audition-only arts based club that represents the best trained dancers Malden Catholic has to offer.  The dance styles we explore include those most often seen at professional shows, and are largely influenced by contemporary, ballet, lyrical and jazz styles. Performances include the Malden Catholic annual Winter and Spring Arts nights, various select MC events, and auditions are held twice per year, winter and spring. Commitment to rehearsals and performances are not only a fun experience, but also represent a solid involvement in Malden Catholic’s arts programs, which can greatly add to a student’s extra curricular representation to colleges and universities.

Dancers Against Cancer

Dancers Against Cancer is the service chapter of the Malden Catholic Dance Company that focuses on fundraising for the American Cancer Society. Members of the Dancers Against Cancer committee will plan dance-related fundraisers that involve both members of the Dance Company as well as any other Malden Catholic student who wishes to perform or volunteer. Dance Company membership is not required to be involved in these events, but we do ask that all committee members are participants in the Dance Company. If you are interested, please contact Selene Ferreira, Olivia Goff, or Mrs. Ferreira with any questions.

Moderator: Mrs. Stacie Ferreira

ferreiras@maldencatholic.org

The Diversity and Inclusion Council is a bi-weekly forum that represents all affinity groups at Malden Catholic. The Council will be charged with supporting all cultural activities at MC throughout the school year. The Council is facilitated by Ms. Erga Pierrette, Dean of Community, Culture, and Equity. She can be reached at epierrette@maldencatholic.org.The Club, c

Moderator:  Ms. Erga Pierrette

epierrette@maldencatholic.org.

DECA is an international career and technical student organization whose mission is to prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management in high schools and colleges around the globe. DECA is intended for students with an interest in all aspects of business; students will compete in regional competitions around the end of the fall semester.

Moderators: Mr. Phil Baker & Mr. Sean Hurley

pbaker@maldencatholic.org, hurleys@maldencatholic.org

Dungeons and Dragons Club is an informal, semi-regular gathering of students organized around a common interest in Dungeons and Dragos.

Moderator: Mr. Nick Hurley '00

hurleyn@maldencatholic.org

Guitar Club is offered to students of all ability levels. For those who already play, it is a place to collaborate with and learn from others. For those who do not, those students will receive basic guitar instruction and be paired with mentor students. Eventually, it is our hope to form a complete band that can learn cover songs and write originals to be performed at school events. This Club will collaborate with Mr. Burke’s drumming class.

Moderators: Mr. Alex Kissel & Mr. Tom Burke

kissela@maldencatholic.org, tburke@maldencatholic.org

Habitat for Humanity helps people repair and improve their own homes and neighborhoods. Habitat's Disaster Response works with local communities to address a variety of housing needs after natural disasters. Habitat's advocacy work raises awareness and support for decent and affordable housing around the world.

Moderator: Ms. Sheila Foley

sfoley@maldencatholic.org

History & Culture Club started in 2022 as a way for students to foster a shared interest in learning more about topics at the intersection of history and culture, both past and present. The History and Culture Club occasionally participates in trivia-style competitions against other Massachusetts schools. 

Moderator: Ms. Darian Radzikowski

dradzikowski@maldencatholic.org

The Irish Heritage & Culture Club is a student-driven affinity group open to all students interested in learning more about and celebrating all things Irish. Interested students do not need to be Irish to join!

Moderator: Mr. Connor Baldwin

cbaldwin@maldencatholic.org

La Colaborativa is a Chelsea-based non-profit organization that empowers Latinx immigrants to enhance the social and economic health of the community and its people.  The school club organizes student volunteers for service events, material drives (e.g. toiletry drive) and fundraising opportunities, such as candy grams, a 3v3 basketball tournament, tag days, et al.  We typically present the organization with a check at the end of the year.

Moderator: Mr. Alex Kissel

kissela@maldencatholic.org

Lancers United is a student extension of Campus Ministry. Our goal is to strengthen the Catholic identity of the school by being catalysts of change and growth in our school’s spiritual life. By working together at service events, school masses, spiritual activities, and fostering a great emphasis on our Xaverian values of simplicity, humility, compassion, trust, and zeal, Lancers United assembles as a team to unite the student body and administration into one community.

Moderator: Bro. Thomas Puccio & the Campus Ministry Team

tpuccio@maldencatholic.org

This club will sponsor crafty events throughout the year such as making wreaths during Christmas time and decorating for other major holidays. The Club also plans to lend their assistance to liturgical decorating for school Masses. From time to time, the Club will assist with crafts for major school awareness campaigns (e.g. Pediatric Cancer, Breast Cancer). We hope to bring color and festivity to Malden Catholic!

Moderator: Nurse Elizabeth Paquette

paquettee@maldencatholic.org

Let’s Get Real is a club focused on getting students together and learning how to talk about real life issues, and things going on within our community. Our mission is to teach the members of the Malden Catholic Community to value the power of their voice because they are the future leaders of society.

Moderator: Ms. Peggy Davis

pdavis@maldencatholic.org

This club will raise money and awareness for the Limbs For Life Foundation.  This Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides fully-functional prosthetic care for individuals who cannot otherwise afford it.  This includes amputees due to traumatic injury or illness such as cancer, infection or birth defect.  We believe that providing this assistance will encourage one of more individuals to regain his or her independence.

Moderator: Mr. Jared Belliveau

belliveauj@maldencatholic.org

The Latino Student Association club’s purpose is to shine a light on the Latino Community at Malden Catholic and allow them to express themselves culturally. This club creates opportunities for Latino students, along with their families, to display different aspects of Latino life through food and dance. The Latino Student Association brings awareness to social issues surrounding the Latino community inside and outside of the Malden Catholic community. The club shows appreciation and is a welcoming presence for all students within our school community. While students of any nationality or background are welcome to join the club, the Latino Student Association provides Latino students in all grades and both divisions a voice among their peers.

Moderators: Ms. Lauren Connolly & Mr. Joe Jorge

lconnolly@maldencatholic.org, jorgej@maldencatholic.org

The Malden Catholic Make-a-Wish Club is an affiliate of the Massachusetts-Rhode Island Make-a-Wish® foundation, whose mission is to create life-changing wish experiences for critically ill-children.

This club is open to all our students and parents. If you are interested in participating, please send an email to Brother Thomas Puccio tpuccio@maldencatholic.org 

Together we will plan fund-raising opportunities for our next “Wish.”  We congratulate all past club members for their hard work, and thank everyone who has contributed to our efforts. We are very excited to continue our journey this year with you, and we look forward to your ongoing support.

Moderator: Bro. Tom Puccio & Mrs. Eilish O’Brien

tpuccio@maldencatholic.org

The Math Team competes in the New England Mathematics League (“NEML”).  NEML sponsors a series of monthly contests from October to March (6 contests in all).  Each contest is a half-hour pencil and paper test consisting of 6 questions.  Questions are drawn from several areas of high school math, including algebra, geometry, probability, and number theory (no calculus).  The questions are challenging and often require thinking beyond the familiar algorithms students use in their day-to-day math classes.  All MC students are welcome to join the Math Team.

Moderator: Mr. Tim Cremin

cremint@maldencatholic.org

MC4Earth is an interactive educational club that empowers students as well as teachers to help the environment through waste reduction, recycling, composting, energy conservation and pollution prevention.

Moderator: Ms. Liesl MacGregor
lmacgregor@maldencatholic.org

Lancers Drama is an extra-curricular club that brings students together in the spirit of arts and performance. Students not only get an opportunity to act, but to meet new friends and peers. It also offers the chance to grow in several skills, such as public speaking, self-confidence, construction and organizational abilities as well as other talents.

Our normal performance schedule includes three shows: a fall production in early December, the State Drama Festival sponsored by the Mass. Educational Theatre Guild throughout the month of March, and a spring production in May. This year because of Covid restrictions, we unfortunately cannot produce in-person productions. However, this gives us a unique opportunity to create a new kind of theatrical experience. We will produce three virtual shows which will allow students to work on their acting in a new way.

Moderator:
 

MC's highly successful Mock Trial team competes annually in the Massachusetts Bar Association Mock Trial Tournament. Each year the MBA runs a statewide high school mock trial tournament based on a set of case materials that the MBA publishes. Our school team competes against teams from other schools in trials that take place in real courtrooms before real judges.

Mock Trial is a competitive activity that simulates the Massachusetts court system. The team begins meeting in November. Trials begin in January and continue through March. Alumni of the Mock Trial program have gone on to attend top-tier colleges including Boston College, Bowdoin College, Georgetown University, Holy Cross, and Harvard. New members are always welcome.

Moderator: Mr. Robert Gregory
gregoryr@maldencatholic.org

Malden Catholic particpates each year in the Model Bridge Competition held at Northeastern University. Year after year, Malden Catholic students have won medals for the design and/or total load capacity of their bridges. Club members meet twice weekly from October until the competition.

The Model Bridge Competition is a jointly sponsored event by the BSCES Infrastructure Group and the Massachusetts Pre-Engineering Program (MassPEP) in collaboration with the Massachusetts Highway Department (MassHighway). This contest aims to provide students with hands-on experience working closely with structural engineers. Students from middle and high schools, from Massachusetts and Rhode Island, dedicate months of thought and hard work to envision, understand, design, construct, and test their model bridges. Volunteers from BSCES, MassPEP, MassHighway, high school teachers, and consulting practicing engineers serve as student mentors, school coordinators and teachers, judges, and event organizers. These mentors work at the schools a minimum of two hours per week through the months of November and January to assist the students in conceptualize, design, and then construct a model bridge of the specified material. All the students, along with the mentors and school teachers, gather on a Saturday in early February for the judging and testing of the structures. Awards are presented for aesthetics and strength categories at an awards luncheon during Engineers Week. 

Moderator:
Mrs. Patricia Scialdoni  scialdonip@maldencatholic.org

Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations where students play the role of delegates from different countries and attempt to solve real world issues with the policies and perspectives of their assigned country. This club helps students learn about collaboration, foreign affairs, diplomacy, conflict resolution, and the UN more broadly. Throughout the year we will run various simulations within our club, but also will have the opportunity to attend local conferences with other schools.

Moderator: Mr. Timothy Endicott
endicottt@maldencatholic.org

The Ping Pong Club is an informal, after-school recreational group for amateur ping pong players of all skill levels and abilities.

Moderator: Mr. Kyle Borick
kborick@maldencatholic.org

The annual Quiz Bowl is an event that Malden Catholic has hosted for over 25 years, inviting teams from local middle schools to compete in a one-day trivia tournament. The event is planned, organized, and run by Malden Catholic students, many of whom competed in the Quiz Bowl themselves as middle school students. Quiz Bowl volunteers meet 2 or 3 times prior to the event for training, etc. starting around late December or early January. Coordinators (juniors and seniors) meet between every two weeks and once a month in the first half of the year for planning the event and more-or-less daily the week before the event.

Moderators: Mr. Chris Cleary & Mr. Matt Lee-Masiello
clearyc@maldencatholic.org, leemasiellom@maldencatholic.org

The Botball® Educational Robotics Program engages middle and high school aged students in a team-oriented robotics competition.  By exposing students to an inquiry-based, learn-by-doing activity that appeals to their hearts as well as their minds. Students use science, engineering, technology, math, and writing skills to design, build, program, and document robots in a hands-on project that reinforces their learning.

Moderator: Mr. Steve Caristinos
caristinosc@maldencatholic.org

Student Ambassadors are trained in communicating regarding the Malden Catholic brand and serve as the school's key representatives throughout the school year. The Ambassadors serve as Student Tour Guides for MC Admissions events, greeters for school VIP visits, assist as MC Gala Ambassadors and represent the "voice of the school" at schoolwide events. The Ambassadors also may be called upon to act and perform in Admissions film/videos and school promotions. In addition, they may assist as talent for MC photography for the school’s website and print advertising. Student Ambassadors will be trained in MC branded communication and school tours. They will also work to sharpen their on-camera acting techniques and may perform in video scenes and assist with schoolwide promotions. We look forward to having you join us for the amazing year ahead!

Moderator: 
Mrs. Dianne James  jamesd@maldencatholic.org  

The Short Story Club is a fun opportunity for interested students who want to read but just don’t have the time to finish a novel. Each month, the Club chooses one short story to read, share, and discuss. The Club meets in the morning (7:15 a.m.) of the 3rd Thursday of each month starting in October. Students of all grade levels are welcome to join us at any time throughout the year!

Moderators: Mrs. Maria Touet, joined by Mr. Alex Kissel, Mr. Brian O’Donnell, Mr. Eamonn Casey, & Mr. Robert Gregory

touetm@maldencatholic.org

The Ski & Snowboard Club is open to all students interested in taking ski and snowboard trips to local New England mountains throughout the winter. The club sponsors approximately 3-4 trips each winter season.

Moderators: Mrs. Mea Mustone & Mr. Kyle Borick

mustonem@maldencatholic.org, kborick@maldencatholic.org

The mission of the Malden Catholic Spanish Club:

Students will explore and celebrate Spanish language and culture through hands on experiences.

Meetings will be held once a month in room 201. 

Some past activities of the club have included Spanish Bingo, field trips to local museums, restaurants, movie theaters and plays.  Students have participated in scavenger hunts, played Scrabble, helped tutor; and have celebrated holidays with cooking classes and crafts.

Students do NOT need to speak Spanish or be enrolled in Spanish classes to join.

All are welcome to join.

Moderator:

Mrs. Maria Crotty  crottym@maldencatholic.org

The Spirit Club is an organization open to all MC students to help foster and spread Lancer spirit throughout the school. The club meets on biweekly basis to plan, organize, and coordinate with Student Council to perform activities such as helping to publicize major school events, fundraise for various class purposes, as well as decorate the school for dances, sports events, and other activities.

Moderators: Ms. Kathleen Gusciora & Mr. Nick Hurley

gusciorak@maldencatholic.org, hurleyn@maldencatholic.org

STEM Club at Malden Catholic meets once every week with an objective to raise awareness of STEM subjects and increase student attainment levels.

It offers an opportunity to excite students about STEM subjects, as well as developing practical, teamwork and leadership skills that will support their classroom learning and boost their employability skills. Club gives students a rare opportunity to direct their own learning and explore their own interests with teacher support. It is also a chance to give students an insight into STEM-related careers.

Moderator:  Mr. Gary Reardon  greardon@maldencatholic.org  

As a student, you have a job to do and that is to be the best student you can be. It isn’t always easy. So how can you do your job really well? Figure out what your teachers want, how they want it, and when they want it. Then give it to them that way. Some things we will do in Study Skills Club to help you be the best student you can be at Malden Catholic High School are:

1.       Learn how to take effective notes in class and at home.  

2.       Write down, define and explain key terms.  

3.       Read over and rewrite your class notes every night. 

4.       Get the most out of class time. 

5.       Learn to manage your time effectively. 

Moderator: 

Mrs. Stacie Sullivan  sullivans@maldencatholic.org

The Lance is the yearbook club of Malden Catholic High School and is open to all students interested in the curation, design, and assembly of the school’s annual yearbook. The Lance is a great way to learn more about print media publishing for students. Throughout the year, this club will help develop many skills in computer design, photography, and writing. Each member will not only develop important skills in media, but also a passion for capturing important moments at Malden Catholic.

Moderator: Mr. Ivan Ang

iang@maldencatholic.org