Time and Space:

An Exhibition of Student Work

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MARBLEHEAD COMMUNITY CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL

MARCH 5TH, 2009
Time and Space
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
AND UNDERSTANDING GOALS

How am I an inheritor of the past and a shaper of

the future?
Students will understand...
• How does one’s time and place influence one’s perception?
• How can one make responsible decisions today that respect
our past and protect our future

What are the effects of technology on time and

space?
Students will understand...
• How has technology changed our lifestyles?
• How has technology bridged some distances and created
others?

How do time and space vary among cultures?

Students will understand...

• How do different cultures perceive time and space in

different ways?
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Program of Activities

THE MCCPS BAND

under the direction of Ms. Adria Smith
“Medieval Legend” composed by Michael Story
“Saxology” by Eric Osterling

OPENING REMARKS
by Nina Cullen-Hamzeh, Interim Academic Director
& Emil Ronchi, Chair of the MCCPS Board of Trustees

STREET LATIN DANCE

under the direction of Gregory Coles
A selection of Latin dance including: Salsa, Chachacha, Merengue, and Bachata

A TIME FOR US
the theme for “Romeo and Juliet”
performed by the Sixth Grade

STUDENT EXHIBITIONS
in grade level classrooms from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

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4th Grade
REGIONAL ROUNDUP
Each student has assumed the role of a State Specialist and Regional
Expert responsible for researching, writing, and designing a state brochure.
Each brochure describes and illustrates information that includes state
history, landmarks, land forms and water forms, natural and manufactured
resources, population, climate, and other interesting facts.
In Art, students created landscapes representing their states, using
mixed media, and in Science students created resource maps of their states.
In Community Service Learning, each class composed letters sent to a
charter school or elementary in their chosen state, using class-generated
questions about community and learning in their school.

NON-FICTION READING: BIOGRAPHIES

Each student has acted as state biographer, focusing on a
famous person who was born or lived in his/her state. After reading a
biography of that person, students composed an “hourglass bio-poem”
and “bio-doll” to represent the famous individual.

MODERN LANGUAGES
Students labeled cities, mountains, and rivers in French or
Spanish on blank maps of France or Spain. Each student wrote a
phrase in either French or Spanish describing five of the locations on
their maps.

NUMBER PROJECT
Fourth grade mathematicians have each explored a number of their
choice and designed a creative and original presentation for the number. The
presentation will include important information about the number such as
even or odd, factors, multiples, symbols in other number systems, as well as
other significant or interesting information about the number. In art
students created Jasper Jones inspired patterns to create a design visually
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 representing their number as
well as making stamps using
different materials and media.
In Music class students
composed original keyboard
pieces and analyzed them
through numbers. Notes on the
scale, fingering, and beats will
be numbered on the
composition.
Look for student
compositions that will hang on
the wall. They are analyzed in
numbers!

5th Grade
PATTERNS
For your viewing pleasure the fifth grade proposes a display of
samplers that they have cross-stitched to demonstrate their knowledge of
symmetry and plotting points on a coordinate plane. They will also be
showing movie trailers based on the book Savvy. Students have written
poetic lyrics and set them to music that they composed. Some students will
perform their songs tonight. On display will be a quilt with poems and

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illustrations created by the students. Students labeled and described maps of
Spain or France in their language of study.
Students have determined, examined, described, and provided
examples of how patterns are present and necessary in nature. This was done
through the demonstration of the water cycle, solar system, and lunar
phases. Students have constructed dioramas or will perform experiments to
demonstrate the pattern in nature they have chosen. They also prepared
written and oral reports based on their topic.
Students have located and described how geometry and/or geometric
patterns are used continually throughout everyday life. They created displays
that examine examples of architecture and described how geometry
influenced the design.
Mandala means “Circle ” in Sanskrit. After looking at various types of
mandalas from different cultures, students have created their own mandala
by measuring angles to divide a circle in equal parts and trace lines between
intersecting points to create symmetrical shapes. From there, students used
imaginations to elaborate on their designs.

6th Grade
ROMEO AND JULIET
Students have examined several different adaptations of Shakespeare’s
Romeo & Juliet and explored the ways different authors/performers have
changed, edited and adapted the story.
Tonight in Charter Hall, groups of students will perform scenes from the
original text. As a class, students will sing “A Time For Us”, the Romeo and
Juliet theme song and “La Vie En Rose”, a song about being in love, at the
beginning of the play.

G3 PUZZLES: GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, GEOMETRY

Students became geographers, geologists, geometers and
cartographers and researched, designed and built a multifaceted puzzle on an
European or Asian country. Tonight, students will share their knowledge of
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European and Asian geography and geology through their puzzles, essays
and Google Earth presentations. They will also communicate their
understanding of the geometry involved in their puzzle. Guests will be
challenged to complete the puzzles. As geographers, students studied
different regions of France and created a book that features artistic
emulations of the designs and techniques used by French Impressionists. The
book chronicles a story about the different regions of France. In art, as
geometers, students made tessellations by reflecting half designs on the sides
on an equilateral triangle, to create other geometric shapes, ranging from a
rhombus to a six-pointed star to a hexagon.

7th Grade
NILE CRUISE
Come cruise the Nile River and visit exotic locations of ancient Egypt.
Experience the culture, secrets of the pyramids, and captivating traditions of
people who cultivated Egypt, Nubia and Israel. Learn about each city
through student created journals, pharaoh essays, and informational
displays. See for yourself a scaled version of the Great Pyramid of Cheops on
the Giza Plateau and learn some fascinating mathematical mysteries. Behold
the unique 21st century pyramid designs that are symbolic representations of
the students, reflecting ancient traditions.
Explore the connections of Egyptian life through art, music and the
sciences. Hear the stories of French Egyptologists who collected artwork for
the Louvre during the mid-Nineteenth century, also the era of the French
Impressionists. Appreciate parodies of ancient Egyptian tomb fresco
paintings. These are contemporary scenes in the Egyptian style of painting.
Experience the process of mummification and compare the organs of humans
and frogs.

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 As you pass through make sure to read up on the planets through
student created BIG BOOKS. Listen to a performance or two of an original
keyboard or guitar musical composition of a planet.
View a public service announcement developed to educate the
community on physical addictions that affect the organs and organ systems
of the human body.

TABLE AUCTION
Bring your wallets!! Make bids on student made coffee tables in a
silent auction. Students have been assigned roles and been given their own
business job titles. They all have collaborated to design and build their tables
in wood shop with Mr. Haddock. Ask students what their role is in their
MCCPS business and information regarding their tables. All proceeds go
towards the wood shop and the 7th grade classroom.

8th Grade
INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY: INVENTIONS OF THE 1800’S
During the first half of the 19th century, America developed rapidly
and industrially, going through what many historians call an industrial
revolution. This revolution refers to a change from people making the things
they needed primarily at home to goods being made by more complicated
machines and in factories. Communication changed. Transportation changed.
The production of various materials and goods changed. As a result, society
also changed in many ways.
The eighth graders have been immersed in this time period and tonight
will present information about the innovative technologies of the 1800’s.
Each student has chosen a piece of technology and has written a research
paper on its history and its connection to the Industrial Revolution. In
researching the piece of technology, they also studied its engineering design.
Students have drawn plans and have calculated their own scales. They have
also built a model of their drawn plans. Watch the students present their
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group projects on the World’s Fairs in Paris during the Industrial Revolution.
They will perform a short French skit to accompany their posters and
displays. In addition, students have broken down their topic into the
“Universal System Model of Technology”, in which they identify the input,
process, output, feedback, and resources. This model was created at MIT and
is used worldwide. Lastly, the students were asked to be creative and present
material learned in a creative graphic presentation. Some students have even
created slide shows or sketches in a computer graphic program.
In addition, the students have done work in their music and art classes
which connect to the topics and themes covered in other classes. For music,
the students will present original musical compositions made using scales
and techniques used in American 19th century music. For art, the students
have explored the American Romantic art movement. 1830-1870 was a
period of rapid growth in the US. Influenced by the Romantic movement and
their awe of nature, some American artists started painting vast and majestic
scenes of the American landscape. While these artists started painting
around the Hudson River Valley, they quickly moved on to other areas of the
US, especially the West, the Bahamas and even the Arctic. Tonight, the 8th
grade students will present their drawings and paintings of American
landscapes inspired by the Hudson River Valley school, who gave birth to the
first American landscape style.

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MCCPS Foundation
The MCCPS Educational Foundation is a registered 501c(3) non-profit
organization dedicated to supporting the school. The mission of the
Foundation is to develop community partnerships that enhance the resource
capacity of MCCPS to deliver according to its fullest potential as an
innovative public charter school.
This year the Foundation has funded thousands of dollars for new
technology including the Rosetta Stone web-based language program for
every student. The Foundation has also administered an earmarked donation
that covered a substantial portion of the school’s debt service for the current
fiscal year.
The trustees of the Foundation meet monthly to discuss potential
donors, awards to the school and how to disseminate news about the good
work being done at MCCPS. If you are interested in becoming a trustee,
helping us achieve our goals or have suggestions of potential supporters
please speak to Jeffrey Barry at the school or send him an email.
If you’d like to make a tax-deductible donation to the Foundation you
can click on the fundraising tab on the school’s website or send a check to PO
Box 1405, Marblehead, MA 01945. thank you for your support!

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