Marblehead Community Charter - December 1, 2022

Reminders & Headlines:

Beauty & The Beast, jr.

Performances December 1 & 2 at 6pm

Get your tickets at the door.

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EXHIBITION

December 6 - Don't Miss it!

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Updates from our

Head of School

Hello Marblehead Community Charter Families,

Happy December and welcome back from the Thanksgiving break. We are off and running with a busy month of December ahead.

Prior to the break we distributed at home COVID testing kits to everyone. Please, please use the tests. You should have tested once on Monday of this week and again yesterday or today. Please. This early identification of positive COVID cases allows you to keep your child home if they test positive and limit the spread. We know these lessons and we need to each do our part. Please use the additional testing kit following the December vacation week. If your child has any cold/flu symptoms, please keep them home and ask them to wear a mask when they return. Thank you all for these steps.

At this morning's morning meeting, I shared information about the Teaching Force program. We are the first school in the United States to implement this program that drives improved teaching, learning, and culture in schools It is in place in over 1000 schools in the Netherlands. Our teachers in grades 6-8 use this program weekly and many of our teachers are using components of the program with students too.

We are in Exhibition prep mode at the school as students finalize their projects and prepare to showcase what they have learned and the process they took to reach these end products with you on Tuesday night December 6. Please plan to join us in Charter Hall (the gym) at 5pm for parents/students in Grades 4 & 5 and at 6:45pm for parents/students in grades 6-8. The opening reception will include musical performances and then you will be able to speak with students and learn about their work and what they have learned. It promises to be an outstanding evening.

Please also schedule your conference by clicking on the link below for your grade level.

I had a sneak peek at some projects today. We look forward to hosting you at this first Exhibition on Tuesday evening.

Go Team USA!

Peter Cohen, Ed.D

Head of School

EXHIBITION IS HERE

TUESDAY DECEMBER 6

4th & 5th Grade - 5pm - 6:15pm

6th, 7th, 8th Grade - 6:45-8:15pm

Come learn what this is all about in 7th grade and hear from students in all grades about what they have learned and the process they took to reach these end products.

Please join us for this month's

SEPAC Meeting via ZOOM

Monday, Dec 5

6:30 - 7:30 pm

Zoom Link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83831005068?pwd=bFVmd29mKzB4WnJEcVl0R0dkbGpjZz09

Meeting ID: 838 3100 5068

Passcode: MCCPS

STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES

Dear Families,

I want to share an exciting and important new practice we are developing this year, student-led conferences. In place of the traditional parent-teacher meetings, your child will lead a conference this year to reflect on his or her work, show you his or her work, and receive feedback. You, your child, your child's teacher, and any other adult your student or the teacher would like to invite will participate in the conference.

We feel that student-led conferences are a very important way to engage children in understanding and taking ownership of their learning. It will also unite several other important practices, including project-based learning, portfolios, and our Criteria for Excellence. We also believe this conference structure will help us to build better communication and relationships between home and school. Of course, anyone who feels they need a private meeting with a teacher will still be able to schedule one.

As parents and family members, you are critical partners in helping support your child's learning and growth. Our new conference structure will be a very important way to show this support. In the coming weeks, your child's teacher will send home more detailed information describing the conferences. Please respond to the request for information about scheduling. We are counting on 100% participation as we launch student-led conferences.

Sincerely,

Matt Cronin, Principal

SIGNUP FOR YOUR CONFERENCE HERE:

4th Grade

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4aafa92babf8c25-student

5th Grade

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0b4aaea72dabff2-5thgrade1

6th Grade

Coming Soon

7th Grade

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AA4AD23A7F8C43-7thgrade

8th Grade

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fabaa2ca3fe3-student

PTO Corner/Updates

Thanks to everyone who came to our inaugural craft fair. We had a fairly steady stream of customers and believe this will be a great (new) annual fundraiser. Big shout out to Andrea Daniels for all her hard work on this!

PTO Events/Reminders

Monthly PTO meeting tomorrow (Friday 12/2) at 8am, in person or via zoom

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96580824884?pwd=cmdlOEljSXQ2cEhkYmFjaFQwSThLZz09

Meeting ID: 965 8082 4884

Passcode: MCCPSPTO

Staff holiday & end of year gifts: please remember to contribute $20/student by Friday, December 16th. You can pay via cash or check (made out to MCCPS PTO) or online (https://www.marbleheadcharter.org/pto-online-payments/)
Take Out Tuesday: December 20th from 4-8pm at Chipotle in Swampscott. Must show flyer on phone or mention flyer when ordering/picking up. You can also order online using the code H8JV7N

Upcoming Events

Friday/Saturday December 1 and 2 - Beauty & The Beast Performances 6pm

Basketball Tryouts the week of December 5-9

Tuesday December 6 - EXHIBITION

Wednesday December 7 - Early Release Day for students, End of First Trimester

Student Led Conferences December 15 & 16 - Early Release Days for Students

Thursday December 22 - Early Release Day for All

Winter Vacation - December 23-January 2

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 December 2 - PTO Meeting - 8am

Friday December 9 - Academic Excellence Committee Meeting- 2:45pm

Tuesday November 22 - Finance Committee Meeting - 8am

Tuesday December 10 - 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.

Marblehead Community Charter Public School