Malvern Collegiate celebrates 120 years on May 13

By Alan Shackleton

A LARGE number of former students and staff are expected to attend events surrounding the 120th anniversary celebration of Malvern Collegiate Institute on Saturday, May 13.

Along with an Open House at the school (55 Malvern Ave.) that day from 1 to 4 p.m., there will also be Pub Nights for students who attended during different decades on the Saturday night.

Sandy Kaskens, principal of Malvern, said the celebrations are a chance for current students to learn more about the school’s past while also celebrating its long history in the community.

“Malvern has always very much been a community school,” she said. “The students really have a well developed sense of belonging in the school, and a strong sense of their community. This is where they grew up and so did their families…There’s such a long history at this school and that builds a school community that is closely connected.”

Kaskens said there are many of examples of students at the school whose parents and grandparents also attended Malvern.

Principal at Malvern for the past three years, Kaskens has also done her part to help celebrate the school’s history. She has made it a point to display collages from old school yearbooks going back to 1926 in the halls, and to also celebrate the successes of recent graduates.

There is a section of the school that for decades had wooden panels with the names of scholars

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