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Learn about our Criteria for Excellence
Wednesday May 18 at MCCPS 7pm
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Friday Spirit Day
Dress like a Teacher
Updates from our
Head of School
Hello Marblehead Community Charter Families,

As is typical at this time of year, the days are flying by and it looks like the weather will also begin to finally warm up. Please send students to school with refillable water bottles for use at our water filling stations. We have experienced a swell of positive COVID cases during the month of May with seven positive cases. Please opt-in to the at-home testing program and remember to test every Sunday night or Monday morning before sending students to school. Please keep students home when they are sick. If your student is not yet vaccinated, please consider getting them vaccinated. Next week we will begin to have one Advisory group eat lunch outdoors every day, weather permitting.

Next week we invite you to meet with us on Wednesday evening at 7pm for an in-person event where we will share with you the work of the Academic Excellence Committee. In January of 2020, this committee visited other schools and initiated work on our Criteria for Excellence. On May 18 we will share with you this important document and how our teachers use this document with students. Please see below for more information and plan on joining us for this informative meeting.

Earlier this week a team of current 6th and 7th grader students attended a student leadership conference. We our working on significantly differentiating our Upper School (7th & 8th Grade) program and including more structured leadership opportunities for students in these grades. Stay tuned for more information coming soon about our Upper School.

Please stop by regularly to check out the progress on the mural. Please also review the list below of events taking place over the remaining five weeks of school. This includes community building events such as the Fun Run & Pancake Breakfast (June 5), Music Extravaganza (June 9), and the annual MCCPS night at the North Shore Navigators Baseball game (June 10 click for Tickets).

Peter Cohen, Ed.D
Head of School
Mural artist Alex Cook works with students to paint the exterior wall of the warehouse.
Learn more about our
Criteria for Excellence

On Wednesday, May 18 at 7 PM, our Academic Excellence Committee will share their work over the past two years. The committee has worked with the faculty to create our Criteria For Excellence.

Please attend this in-person event to learn about the skills we develop with students during their five years at MCCPS. It is one way we emphasize that learning isn’t just a moment-to-moment event but something that students cultivate over the years. Staying at our school for the full, five-year program will ensure that students build and strengthen the necessary skills to be successful as they transition to area high schools. Students from MCCPS have an outstanding acceptance rate (over 96%) to the private school to which they apply. Additionally, the valedictorian and salutatorian in last year's graduating class at Marblehead High School were MCCPS alums!

We look forward to sharing the Criteria for Excellence with you and helping provide the information about how the Charter experience is a strong program of study for the full five years. Please click the link below if you are interested in learning more.
PTO Updates

Inaugural MCCPS Fun Run Community Building Event
AND
8th Grade Pancake Breakfast Fundraisers!

BOTH EVENTS ARE OPEN TO ANYONE, NOT JUST MCCPS FAMILIES!
Sunday, June 5th from 9 - 11 am
The Details

Inaugural MCCPS Fun Run Community Building Event
Sunday, June 5th at 9am (tentative rain date of Sunday, June 11th) 
3 mile route that starts & ends at MCCPS- you can run/walk
Cost: $20 for adults & $10 for students; includes numbered bib, water station & post-race refreshments


8th Grade Pancake Breakfast
The 8th graders are holding a pancake breakfast fundraiser to offset "Senior Week" costs. Feel free to come just for breakfast or to refuel after the Fun Run!

Sunday, June 5th from 9-11am in the Community Room
Cost: $10/person or $30 for family of 4. Includes pancakes, bacon, sausage & coffee/juice. Pay at door (cash preferred but credit cards accepted)
Upcoming Events

Wednesday May 18 - Learn about our Criteria for Excellence - 7pm
Friday May 20 - 7th & 8th Grade Semi-Formal Dance
Friday May 27 - 7th Grade Field Trip to Mini-Golf to prep for Exhibition project
Friday May 27 - Early Release Day for All - noon dismissal
Monday May 30 - No School - Memorial Day
Wednesday June 1 - Early Release for students - noon dismissal. PD for Faculty
Friday June 3 - Band & Chorus Field Trip to Six Flags
Saturday June 4 - Electronics Recycling Drive
Sunday June 5 - MCCPS Fun Run & Pancake Breakfast
Monday June 7 - 6th Grade Field Trip to Tea Party Museum
June 7 and June 8 - 5th Grade & 7th Grade Marblehead Harbor Field Trips
Thursday June 9 - Music Extravaganza Concert - 6:30pm
Friday June 10 - MCCPS Night at the North Shore Navigators Baseball Game TICKETS
Wednesday June 15 - Exhibition
Thursday June 16 - Early Release for students - noon dismissal.
Thursday June 16 - 8th Grade Graduation
Friday June 17 - Early Release Day for All - Noon dismissal. No School for Grade 8 students

Upcoming Meetings
(Meetings will take place in person at the school, as COVID-19 protocols allow or if remote, meetings will take place via Zoom w/ links on our website calendar)


Friday May 13 - Academic Excellence Committee Meeting - 2:45pm
Tuesday May 17 - Facilities Task Force Committee Meeting - 7pm
Wednesday May 18 - Finance Committee Meeting - 8am
Tuesday May 31 - Board of Trustees Meeting - 7pm
Friday June 3 - Academic Excellence Committee Meeting - 2:45pm
Saturday June 4 - Board of Trustees Annual Retreat - 8am-2pm
Tuesday June 7 - Governance Committee Meeting - 7pm
Tuesday June 13 - Personnel Committee Meeting - 7pm
Tuesday June 21 - Facilities Task Force Committee Meeting - 7pm
Tuesday June 28 - Board of Trustees Meeting - 7pm


Join the PTO
At Marblehead Community Charter, COMMUNITY is our middle name. Everyone - teachers, parents, students, administrators, and staff need to do their part to support our school.

Please consider joining the PTO and become an ambassador for our school.