Hello Marblehead Community Charter Families,

We have many events, meetings, updates for this week's newsletter. Please read and review all of these updates.

The annual Halloween Dance is a spectacular event and takes place this Friday night. Members of the PTO have been working with students during the Enrichment period to create a wonderful event for our students. This event is for MCCPS students only. Please note the start and end times and arrange for transportation in advance. We have asked students to leave the costume accessories (weapons, wands, etc.). The decorations have been appearing on the walls of the school and excitement is building for this special event.  

Our student council has started to meet on a weekly basis. They will be running a Halloween Candy Collection. Please consider donating leftover candy that will then be donated to SPUR. Congratulations to all of our Student Council members. You can see the list of student council students below. I had the opportunity to meet with the officers earlier this week to discuss their thoughts and input on the recess plans. We discussed that we will soon be making some additional adjustments to the schedule and likely returning to two lunch blocks to allow for shorter lines and less crowding in the community room during the noontime meal. 

On Sunday, we hope that many of our students and families will join the MCCPS walk to support My Brother's Table. Last year we won the annual plaque indicating that our school raised the most money. Help us not have to give the plaque back by making your donation today. If every family donates a small amount we will be well on our way to reaching our goal and supporting this wonderful organization. 

We are working on streamlining the number of emails you receive from us each week. We will send out the updates from the front office on Tuesdays and this newsletter on Thursdays. It will only be the occasional email on the other days to remind people of pending dates, deadlines or updates. We hope this will help you stay up to date and we will not be overloading your inbox. 

We are seeking a professional videographer to create an updated marketing video that we can use to promote our school and increase registrations for enrollment. If you or someone you know could help us out with the video production, please send them my way. 

Yesterday, the 8th grade students participated in a Student Arena. This is a protocol we utilize to solicit feedback from students on their experiences in their classes. The feedback students provide informs both short and long term goals that the teachers work on to improve their instructional practices. During the Student Arena yesterday, 8 students were selected to answer a series of questions. The rest of the 8th graders watched the discussion take place in another classroom with the help of our OWL camera technology, a gift from our PTO. The Student Arena is one part of the Teaching Force program that helps us get a little better together, every day. MCCPS is the first school in the country to use this program that is in place in over 1000 schools in the Netherlands. 

As we head into colder weather season, please send students to school with the sweatshirts, coats, and cold-weather gear they need for recess which will be held outside as long as it is over 20 degrees outside. 

Enjoy the weekend and this wonderful fall weather. 

Peter Cohen, Ed.D

Head of School

Congratulations to all the Student Council members.

The officers are:

President Emmy DeBoever

Vice President Marly Barry

Treasurer Maddie Gelb

Secretary August Belf

The Senators are:

Grade 4- Judah Zoll, CJ Rodgers, Kaedyn Bradford-Slepoy, Ida Pelikhov

Grade 5- Charlotte Kuschnir, Larkin Smith, Callie Belf, Henry Chemel

Grade 6- Kortney Knowlton-Simard, Tannyn Himmelreich, Lee Gaudette

Grade 7- Julie Schuemann, Andrea Acevedo

Grade 8- Angel Ventura, Violet Taylor