Reminders & Headlines:

TONIGHT
MCCPS Curriculum Night (via zoom)
Thursday September 30
6:30PM
Meet the Leadership Team
Meet with the Grade Level Teams
Meeting ID: 930 2344 5327
Passcode: YRKC9M

School Picture Day is Wednesday October 6
Updates from our
Head of School
Hello Marblehead Community Charter Families,

We look forward to meeting with you tonight on Zoom for our Curriculum night. At this virtual event, you will meet members of our team and join a breakout room where the grade level teams will share information with you. If you are a parent/guardian for children at more than one grade level, we encourage you to split up on two devices tonight and each join a different breakout room. Apologies for those that have three students here or can only join one grade level tonight. Please note, we will not be recording these sessions. However, the grade level teams will share out a summary of their presentations after tonight.

Earlier this week we did have two members of our community test positive for COVID19. Due to the use of masks at our school, the number of students considered to be close contacts was significantly reduced. We are proud to share that 100% of our faculty and staff are fully vaccinated. This week’s events are a good reminder of the importance of wearing masks, washing hands, and keeping safe distance whenever possible. Collectively we can greatly reduce the impact of the virus on teaching & learning at our school. When students are not feeling well, please keep them home. We will continue to post assignments on Schoology so that students can stay up to date with the school work while they are home sick or in quarantine. We will also work with students upon their return to get caught up. We do not have remote classes via Zoom or other video conferencing platforms this year.

Thank you so much for the contributions made to date to our Student Success Fund. We have reached over 60% participation and raised nearly $19,000. We would like to get as close to 100% participation as possible to reach our goal of $30,000 raised. If you would prefer not to pay the entire $150 at one time, you may spread out these payments over the next few months. Please contribute what you can at this time so that we can support our classrooms and our students. 

Please make your contribution to the
Student Success Fund today

With October arriving, the next fundraiser will begin soon. The annual MCCPS pie sale with Lyman Orchards (through MCM) is starting. Help the PTO raise funds while enjoying some great pies for the holidays! Look out for an email with more information over the next few days to set up your child's individual selling site.

On Wednesday afternoons, dismissal is at 2:30pm to allow for our weekly faculty meetings. We do offer a few activities on Wednesday afternoons for students. This includes the Jazz Band rehearsal, the MCCPS soccer team practice, rehearsal for the cast of the Willy Wonka production (cast only, no crew), and there is also a drop-in drawing art class. If you are interested in having your child join the art class, please let us know by contacting Emily Miner in the MCCPS office. Our after school program is also available for free on Wednesdays from 2:30-3:30pm. You do still need to complete the after school program form, if your child will be staying after school with us from 2:30-3:30 on Wednesdays. 

We hope to see many of you join us on Zoom tonight.

Peter Cohen, Ed.D
Head of School
Update from Student Services

The MCCPS SEPAC (Special Education Parent Advisory Council) is a parent advisory council. Last year, we had many exciting speakers on topics such as executive functioning, mindfulness, and how to navigate a neuropsych evaluation, among many others. We also had a few meetings without a specific speaker, but just a time to catch up and check-in with each other to discuss how to work with and help our kids. To join SEPAC, your child does not need to be on an IEP. We invite all and anyone! To make the most of this year, we have put together a short survey to see what is of interest to our community. Thank you for taking the time to fill out a few brief questions that will help us form a great year for SEPAC!

October 4 at 6:30pm via Zoom
Basic Rights: Understanding Eligibility, Evaluations, and the IEP
Presentor: Andrea Barlow, Director of Student Services, MCCPS
Upcoming Events

Thursday September 30 - MCCPS Curriculum Night - Via Zoom - 6:30PM (link shared above )
Wednesday October 6 - School Picture Day
Friday October 8 - Early Release Day
Monday October 11 - No School - Indigenous Peoples' Day
Tuesday October 12 - No School - Professional Development Day for Faculty


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)

Monday October 4 - SEPAC Meeting 6:30pm
Tuesday October 5 - Governance Committee 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.