Congratulations to all our participants! You all did a great job! We look forward to seeing our school represented at the county level!

STEM FAIR WINNERS

1st Ava Gill - Goes to county
2nd- Emerald F. Goes to county
3rd- Brianna C. - Goes to county
4th Sarah Grace C.
5th Rodney L.-
6th Lukas A.-
6th Faith H.
6th- Jordan W.
6th- David L.

Fourth grade

1st Cornell L. - Goes to county
2nd- Kenneth H.- Goes to county
3rd- Titus K. - Goes to county
4th- Omari P.
5th- Ojifinni I.
6th Taqiyah F.
6th- Aniya G.

Fifth
Alexander A. Grand prize - Goes to county
1st Bryce A. - Goes to county
2nd- Moriah O. - Goes to county
3rd Brandon M. - Goes to county
4th- Huda C.
5th Rhyanna M.
6th- Zach W.
6th- Cristian J.
6th Jaelyn F.
6th Marques Haden

CMIT STEM Committee

On Saturday January 27, 2018, six CMIT Elementary and six CMIT High School students competed in the annual Washington DC Area Kuk Sool Intramural Tournament which took place at CMIT Elementary in Laurel Maryland. The tournament attracted nearly 100 students from the three Kuk Sool Won Schools in the DC Area.

In the Teen Black Belt Division:
Julian Adams took first place in Sparring and was a Finalist in Forms, Staff, Sword, and Self Defense.

In the Teen Black-Brown Belt Division:
Heath Wright took first place in Sparring, Forms, and Self Defense, and second in Weapons. Heath earned Top Honors for this Division.

Diarra Brown took second place in Sparring, Forms, and Self Defense, and third in Weapons.

In the Youth Brown Belt Division:
Ariana Noel placed Second in Self-Defense, Weapons, and Sparring, and Third in Forms.

In the Teen/Adult Red Belt Division:
Marcus Rainford placed first in Forms, Self-Defense, and Second Sparring. Marcus won top honors for Teen/Adult Red Belt.

Terrence Rainford placed first in Sparring, and second in Self-Defense, and Forms.

In the Youth ages 8-10 Blue Belt Division:
Sarah Grace-Caler won first in Self Defense, Third in Forms, and was a Finalist in Sparring.

In the Youth ages 6-8 Yellow Belt Division:
Jordan McArthur placed third in Sparring, and was a finalist in Self Defense and Forms.

In the Youth/Teen White Belt Division:
Chigozie Maduka won First in Forms, Self-Defense, and Third Sparring. Chigozie won top honors for Male White Belt.

William Brockel placed second in Forms and Sparring, and was a finalist in Self- Defense.

In the Youth ages 6 - 8 White Belt Division:
Alexandra Brockel placed third in Forms, and was Finalist in Self-Defense, and Sparring.

Rodney Lewis placed third in Self-Defense and was a finalist in Forms and Sparring.

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Kuk Sool Won™ is a system of Traditional Korean Martial Arts that incorporates all styles of martial arts historically taught in Korea into one systematic method of learning. Kuk Sool Won™’s foundation is built on proper etiquette and discipline. Students will learn how to effectively avoid conflict and only as a last resort how to properly defend themselves.

We practice every Tuesday at CMIT Highschool, and every Thursday at CMIT Elementary throughout the school year, working to develop a complete, Martial Artist. Members will be taken through the World Kuk Sool Won™ curriculum and attention will also be placed on academic achievement.

Contact PSBN Darren Fulmore Instructor/Owner Kuk Sool Won of Laurel Maryland, MD at 301-509-2030 or laurel_ksw@comcast.net

February 19th: Holiday - President Day - Schools closed!
March 8th: 3rd Quarter Progress Reports Release
March 22nd: KG Field Trip
March 28th: End of 3rd Quarter
March 29th: PD Day - 2 Hour Early Dismissal
March 30th - April 2nd: Holiday - Easter, Schools Closed!
April 3rd - 6th: Spring Break

Next week for Reading we will be learning all about Abraham Lincoln. We will be on words with -ea embedded within.

For math, we will continue to study how to compare two digit numbers to see which is greater than, less than, or equal to.

For Social Studies, we will continue learn about famous African Americans in history! For science, we will be using the engineering design process to construct phones of the past for communication. We will be making our own phones with a partner to see what material works best and if our phones will work from a short distance.

Reminders:

February 19- Presidents Day NO SCHOOL

First Grade

The third grade teachers were impressed and excited about the creativity displayed for the Black History Projects and Posters. Our scholars did an excellent job! Posters that were not selected for the CLF contest are on display in the cafeteria. We would like to thank you all for your support during this time, especially with our bulletin boards. We would also like to thank Mr. Mosley for visiting Ms. Tolbert's classroom and reading to the students!
In the upcoming week, students will continue working on geometry in Math and life cycles in Science. Students should continue to practice multiplication and division facts daily. In Language Arts, scholars will start reading the novel Lowji Discovers America and in Social Studies, scholars will continue discussing early explorers.

"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men"-Frederick Douglass

Third Grade Team