Marblehead Community Charter - March 2, 2023

Reminders & Headlines:

Save the Dates:

March 16: The 5th Grade Cosmic Cafe

March 16: The 6th Grade Night at the Museum

March 17: MCCPS Winter Carnival - open to all

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Updates from our

Head of School

Hello Marblehead Community Charter Families,

I think the local meteorologists were just so excited at the possibility of "plowable snow" that they overhyped the storm earlier this week. Once all of the surrounding districts canceled, it forced us to call a snow day. As some have inquired, we do not need to add a day to our calendar. The last day of school in June is unchanged; it is still June 16.

We held our primary enrollment lottery for the 2023-2024 school year on Wednesday of this week. We have started to contact those who have been offered a spot in our incoming 4th grade class. We will update everyone who registered for any grade level on their waitlist number via the mail. On a rolling basis this spring and as we know of openings in the other grade levels, we will contact families to extend the offer to fill the vacancy. Interested families can still apply for next year on our website. We will hold a secondary enrollment lottery in June.

We are still waiting to hear from some current families on their intent to return and save their seat for next year. We have some exciting structural improvements planned for our upper school grades for next year and beyond. We hope that all students will stay with us for the full, five-year program. To learn more about the upper school plans, including the planned construction of new classrooms, please attend the events on March 16 where I will speak with families after the Cosmic Cafe and Night at the Museum.

On Friday, I will be at the MassCUE/MASCD spring leadership conference in Worcester. I will be joined by three of our teachers, as we present and share about the Teaching Force program that we have implemented here at MCCPS. As the first school in the country to use these protocols that are in place in over 1000 schools in the Netherlands, we hope to bring more schools on board and grow our network and continue these efforts to continuously improve our instructional practices. Yesterday, our teachers had the first of a two part workshop on elevating our project based learning environment. We are excited to learn more and improve every day.

Enjoy the weekend. Let's hope the winter weather they are talking about for Friday night into Saturday also ends up being a low-impact event. On the bright side, daylight savings time begins in just 10 days.

Peter Cohen, Ed.D

Head of School

Current Families: Please help us gather this important information.

As we prepare for next year, we need your help by confirming your child’s continued enrollment at Marblehead Community Charter Public School. The information we gather from you will help us determine class sizes, staffing, and more.

Please click the link below to register your intent to return.

INTENT TO RETURN FORM

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpDHIFhdD8CKYDjoAub1NhaARp9YZBYLJcR_5EnRuaMhgJrA/viewform?usp=sf_link

PTO Corner/Updates

Join us for the next PTO Meeting

Friday March 3 at 8am at MCCPS or on Zoom:

Join Zoom Meeting

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

Meeting ID: 965 8082 4884

Passcode: MCCPSPTO

Black Light Dance photos are now available for viewing & downloading. Please see details below.

https://www.marbleheadcharter.org/glowlight-dance/

Password: glowlight23

Penny Wars Fundraiser on March 7-9th at MCCPS. Start collecting your coins now!! Classes & grades will be pitted against each other to determine how to score the most points. The winning class gets a pizza or ice cream party.

Run an Enrichment (Please!) - LAST CALL for enrichment volunteers!

School contact: Stephanie Brant (sbrant@marbleheadcharter.com)

WHO? Parents, grandparents, neighbors, retirees. Anyone who comes into the school just

needs to do a CORI/SORI check

Commitment: Mondays (preferably) or Tuesday/Thursday from 2:30-3:20pm during spring term

(March 27-June 9). You can teach alone or with another person(s).

Class size: Optional. Courses can limit to 10-15 students to allow for more engagement or classroom

management

Past Activities: nail painting, sewing, arts & crafts (eg bracelet making), robotics, life skills

(personal finance, entrepreneurs, marketing, economics, etc)

Other ideas: jewelry making, cooking, movie making, painting rocks, legos, painting, community

service, book club, stock picking, theater tech

Resources:

● In-class teacher/staff (mostly for discipline but they can be a substitute if necessary)

● School may be able to reimburse for materials upon request

Curriculum structure:

● First 5 minutes: students arrive & are seated/organized

● Lesson: 5-10 minutes

● Activity: 25-30 minutes

Save the Date! 1^st Annual Entrepreneur Fair- Sunday, May 7^th from 10am-1pm

Calling all student entrepreneurs! Sign up to sell your creations at the Inaugural MCCPS Entrepreneur Fair! Details here (Fair Details (childrensbusinessfair.org). Tables are $20 each- apply here by April 14th (Fair Details (childrensbusinessfair.org)

Upcoming Events

Thursday March 16 - 5th Grade Cosmic Cafe and 6th Grade Night at the Museum

Friday March 17 - Early Release Day for all - Winter Carnival - End of Trimester 2

Monday March 20 - No School for Students. Teacher work day.

Wednesday March 29 - Early Release Day for students - Noon Dismissal

Upcoming Meetings

Meetings will take place in person at the school

with limited remote access via Zoom links found on our website calendar

Tuesday March 7 - Governance Committee Meeting - 7pm

Tuesday March 7 - Development & Communications Committee Meeting - 8am

Friday March 10 - Academic Excellence Committee Meeting - 2:45pm

Monday March 13 - Personnel Committee Meeting - 7pm

Tuesday March 21 -Strategic Planning Committee Meeting - 3:45pm

Tuesday March 21 - Facilities Task Force Committee Meeting - 7pm

Friday March 24 - Finance Committee Meeting - 8:30am

Tuesday March 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.

Marblehead Community Charter Public School