This is a reminder if you want to VOLUNTEER in your child's class, the school building or chaperone on a field trip you MUST have a background check through Prince George's County Public Schools. Please see the attached flyer for additional and more detailed information. SCHOOL VISITORS MUST: - Undergo Security Process: scan of government-issued ID into Raptor Visitor Management System upon arrival to school in the front office - Wear Raptor system badge for duration of visit - Sign out at conclusion of visit - Be escorted and under the supervision of PGCPS employee at all times EXAMPLES: Parent-teacher conference or meeting, training, to observe or shadow a class, conference or event attendees; contractors VOLUNTEERS MUST: Go through PGCPS Security Process: Fingerprinting & CPS Clearance - Undergo same process as outlined for Visitors (above) - Undergo a fingerprint check - at least 15 business days in advance of volunteer activity - Undergo a Child Protective Services (CPS) clearance - at least 15 business days in advance of volunteer activity - Complete the required SafeSchools training modules each school year - prior to engaging in volunteer activity. (These trainings are MANDATORY for volunteers and staff) CLICK HERE TO ACCESS TRAINING: https://www.pgcps.org/required-training/ - Upon completion of the training print a copy and email it to evirgil@cmitelementary.org or bring/send a copy to the school. Please note: The CERTIFICATE MUST BE UPDATED EACH SCHOOL YEAR!

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Ecola Virgil

To the SchoolMax Family Portal? Prince George's County Public Schools uses the SchoolMAX Student Information System to manage student data, including grades, attendance records, and schedules. Use the link below to access SchoolMax Family Portal where you can view your child's grades at any time. https://family.sis.pgcps.org/schoolmax/ To the PGCPS MobileApp? Did you know there is a Prince George’s County Public School app which gives you a personalized window into what is happening at the district and schools. Download it and stay plugged in to your scholars grades, assignments, and attendance, etc. Brought to you by Blackboard Inc. To our Website? Stay up to date with school-wide news and upcoming events. http://cmitelementary.org/ To our Newsletter? Stay up to date with school-wide news, reminders and upcoming events. Find out what your scholar’s grade level is up to. Just click the link below and subscribe today! http://cmitelementary.org/cmit-elementary-newsletters/ Receiving Emails? Are you receiving emails from your scholar(s) teacher(s), Mrs. Love, Mrs. Virgil, Ms. Powers, or Principal Fryson? If you have not received an email from at least one of the persons mentioned chances are we do not have your email or it needs to be updated. If your email needs to be updated or included please email Mrs. Virgil (evirgil@cmitelementary.org) and Mrs. Love (wlove@cmitelementary.org). To ClassDojo? ClassDojo is a classroom communication app used to share reports between parents and teachers. It connects parents and teachers on a student's conduct and performance through real-time reports during the school day. It also serves as a great platform to receive school-wide messages through the School Story. Check with your scholar(s) teacher to get a Class Code. To MySchoolBucks? - From the cafeteria to the classroom, pay anytime, anywhere from your computer or mobile phone. - Track balances & purchases. View your student's meal purchases and current account balance at a glance. Have reminders sent when their balance gets low. - Download the MySchoolBucks app and get convenient access to meal balances, purchases, and make payments right from your phone. Visit the link provided below to get signed up. https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/login/getmain?requestAction=home

Ecola Virgil

Effective Monday, October 14, 2019, please be advised that the car line morning drop off will close promptly at 7:53 AM to assure that all car riders are in the building by 7:55 AM.

Ecola Virgil

A big thank you to all who attended our first Parent University of the school year! A personal email was sent to complete the Parent University Feedback form. Please check your email to confirm and complete the google form. However, if you did not get the chance to complete the sign in sheet from yesterday please click on the link below to provide your feedback. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdr9y2RhIsjIAGHSV6T6Arq1Cookxw48SDJYNhJTbogPaw8ZA/viewform?usp=sf_link This form is due no later than Friday October 18, 2019. Lastly, be on the look out for photos and video footage of this event no later than next week on the CMIT website.

Ms. Morino (Reading/Social Studies Instructional Lead Teacher)

Hello CultureFEST Crew Members! The CultureFEST countdown has begun! To get the party started early, CLF has decided to host CultureFEST workshop sessions every Friday until Nov. 2nd! These workshops are open to all students, parents, and staff from 8:00am to 4:00pm. Our team can adjust the timing of a workshop if we receive enough interest. Our workshops will secure time for us to build and laugh together as we march to the beat of CultureFEST. If 10 or more commit to a CultureFEST workshop, CLF will provide refreshments to keep our creative energy at 150%! Signing up for a workshop session is easy! Just reply to this email with the dates and times you plan to attend. Simple right?! Sign Up Today! Let’s Build CultureFEST together! Oct. 18: Review of CultureFEST festival grounds & poster & sign making Oct. 25: Decoration designation & inventory Nov. 1: Transporting materials to CMIT North High School & Setup for CultureFEST 8:00am - 4:00pm We encourage anyone interested in volunteering to follow the link below to our C-FEST Volunteer Sign Up Genius. This will allow you to sign up for a role/project that suits you. MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR SSL FORMS WHENEVER YOU DONATE YOUR TIME TO CULTUREFEST! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C4CADA623A4FA7-culturefest1 Help us transform CMIT North High School into the festival we all know and love by donating decorations to CultureFEST! Use the link below if you are interested in donating autumn/multicultural themed decor! If the items you would like to donate aren't on the list, email CLFPR@CLFMD.ORG with a photo of the items you would like to give! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C4CADA623A4FA7-culturefest

CLF Community Partnerships

This year we had a lot of scholars sign up for Mesa club. Unfortunately, we had to have tryouts this year. Scholars who have been accepted into the Mesa club were notified. Scholars who were not accepted have been placed on a waitlist, pending available space. The fee for Mesa club is $20 per student. This fee will be due on October 17th which is our first official club day. If any parent cannot pay the $20 you must email Mrs. Mccain’Wigfall at bmccain@cmitelementary.org to request a fee waiver. Lastly, club attendance is mandatory. Students may be dismissed from Mesa club if they miss two sessions or have two behavior infractions. Thank you for your dedication to STEM! Please mark your calendar for October 21st which will be our Panera bread fundraiser! Thank you for your support!

Mrs. Mccain-Wigfall

I want to make sure my students have the materials and experiences they need to succeed, so I just created a request at DonorsChoose.org: Book Room for CMIT North Elementary School. Give to my classroom by October 9 and your donation will be doubled thanks to DonorsChoose.org. Just enter the code LIFTOFF on the payment page and you'll be matched dollar for dollar (up to $50). If you chip in to help my students, you'll get awesome photos and our heartfelt thanks. Thanks so much! P.S. If you know anyone who may want to help my classroom, please pass this along! https://www.donorschoose.org/project/book-room-for-cmit-north-elementary-scho/4525868/

Ms. Morino (Reading/Social Studies Instructional Lead Teacher)

We will have our field trip to Clark's Elioak Far on Monday, October 14th. We will start boarding the buses at 8:30 and leave the school at 8:45. Students are to bring a lunch and be in their school uniform. While at the farm, your scholars will take a tour with a staff member, learn about various farm animals (even feed goats), take a hay ride, and pick out a pumpkin. Make sure your scholar is dressed appropriately for the weather. This week in ELA we will still be working with sight words :a, to We will learn about nouns (places and things) and continue learning to classify and categorize objects and pictures. Our letter of the week is Tt. In math we will learn about numbers 8 and 9 For Social Studies, we will continue to learn about our chosen South American countries Reminders: *STEM Projects are due October 25th *Make sure names are inside coats and sweaters *Pumpkin Exploration Day will be October 25th

The Kindergarten Team

Reading - We will be reading "Martha Speaks" by Susan Meddaugh. Reading skills: retelling, how characters change, inferring Phonics: long a, silent e Math - We are starting Chapter 14, which is using attributes to describe 2-D shapes. Science - We are continuing our unit on Energy, focusing on heat, light, and sound. Social Studies - We are learning about government. Health - We are continuing to learn about medicine safety.

First Grade Team

We are coming off an amazing week in second grade! Next week, we will be continuing our reading unit on exploration! The question of the week next week will be, "What can we learn by exploring the desert?" Throughout the week, we will focus on facts and details, as well as making predictions. The spelling pattern for List A next week will be consonant diagraphs. In math, we will continue working on Topic 2. This topic focuses on working with equal groups. As a reminder, it is recommended to be practicing basic addition and subtraction facts with flashcards regularly at home. Please don't forget to return your child's permission slip for our upcoming field trip to Clark's Elioak Farm. The field trip is on 10/29/2019. The cost of the field trip is $21 for students and $4 for approved chaperones. Throughout the year, we will be having multiple volunteering opportunities. To volunteer for things like field trips, you must be fingerprinted with PGCPS and have your background check completed. You also must have completed the safe school online trainings THIS SCHOOL YEAR. You can access theses trainings at https://www.pgcps.org/required-training/. NOTE: there are 3 trainings total: Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Prevention for Volunteers (10 min) Student Safety Procedural Changes (15 min) Prince George County Child Abuse: Mandatory Reporting (31 min) Upon completion of your training please email your certificate to Ms. Virgil. Please continue to send your child to school in the correct school uniform. The only day children do not have to wear all black shoes is his/her PE day. As always, if you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher via ClassDojo. Have a great weekend and we will see everyone on Monday!

- The Second Grade Team

The Third Grade Team would like to thank all parents who attended Parent University 101 Thursday night. Working together as a team to support our scholars is our ultimate goal. We only work better when we work together. We urge that scholars continue to pay attention to their homework sheets from both classes. Scholars should be writing their name and date on any work to be submitted. All homework should be turned in and completed on time. This week in Math, students will continue to be learning various multiplication strategies. In Science, students will continue learning about weather. In Reading, students will be using details from the text to identify the main idea. In Social Studies, students will identify characteristics of the three types of communities. Social Studies Create a Community Project will be going home on Monday October 14th. More details to follow. Upcoming Events/Reminders... -October 14 Donuts w/ Dads and Dudes -October 18 No School for Students

Third Grade Team

Last week, students took their first assessment test on Lewis and Clark and Me. This week, all students should be signed up for Readtheory.org. Passwords are being tested and students are tracking their progress. Students learned about literacy elements when reading On the Banks of Plum Creek. Next week, students will research the country their homeroom has been assigned for Hispanic Heritage Month. Some students will be learning “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” for Hispanic Heritage month. This week, Math students started Topic 2: Adding and Subtracting Multi-digit whole numbers. We worked with sections 1-3. Next week, will be working with sections 4-5. In science we used data from our Science Lab to emphasize the Scientific Method and had our first Science Test this week. Next week ,we will be doing the Science Skill Handbook 2 and will have a fall experiment. In health, we will be discussing oral hygiene. Students will be filling out a Tracking Log to remind them that they need to brush at least 2 times a day and floss everyday! :) Green/Kiwanis Club is currently taking donations to be included in our raffle at Culture Fest. If you would like to donate any environmentally friendly items/products, or items/products made with recycled materials, please contact Mrs. Moon.

-Mrs. Michaela Moon, Fourth Grade Lead, Green Team Lead, Green Kiwanis Club Sponsor

Hello parents! Here’s what’s in store for week of October 14-18th: In math, we will discuss lessons 3-3, Multiplying 2 digit numbers by multiples of ten and 3-4, multiplying 3 digit by 2 digit numbers. In science, we will continue to learn about the galaxy, specifically in our Science interactive workbook, lessons 4, (what are outer planets,) and lesson 5 (what are asteroids, meteors, comets, and moons). For health, we will continue to buddy up and follow our health curriculum of harmony health! Your child can tell you all about the community we have built, in addition to internet safety. Test and quizzes will continue to be on Tuesday (Math) and Wednesday (Science). No make ups are allowed unless a valid absence is given. RELA/SS : Students will begin reading the story "Ten Mile Day". They will go back over the skill cause and effect to ensure comprehension Students will also be going over the skill of common/proper nouns, as well as contractions. Students will continue to read our first quarter novel Frindle. We are more than halfway finished with the book. We will tackle chapters 10-12 this week and complete comprehension activities. Social Studies: Students will continue working on their Hispanic Heritage Month projects with our study of Spain. Also, please continue to check Schoolmax at the end of each week. Thanks for all you do parents. You are a key component to our students’ success. REMINDERS/UPDATES: Friday, October 18- NO SCHOOL

5th Grade Team

October is National Bullying Prevention Month! While we at CMIT make this an ever-present effort and dialogue... here are some ways we will be engaging with the topic this month with the help of https://www.stompoutbullying.org/campaigns/national-bullying-prevention-awareness-month The goal: encourage schools, communities and organizations to work together to stop bullying and cyberbullying and put an end to hatred and racism by increasing awareness of the prevalence and impact of all forms of bullying on all children of all ages. Monday, October 7th 2019 #BlueUp Anti-bullying activities include STOMP Out Bullying™'s signature campaign World Day of Bullying Prevention™ on the first Monday of every October -- this year on Monday, October 7th. Watch for our public service announcements by featured celebrities! This is your chance to make bullying prevention heard around the world! You can begin to change the culture by putting an end to Bullying and Cyberbullying! The Week of October 7th Make friends with someone you don’t know at school If you've ever been isolated from others at school or you were new at school and it took time to make friends, you know what it feels like to be left out. Or even if you were never isolated, imagine how it would feel. Make friends with someone at school who you don't know. You probably wish someone had done that for you. --We have now trained the building on the proper use of our Buddy Bench, and are eager to see it in full action! Be a leader. Take action and don't let anyone at school be in isolation. Challenge Others To Be Kind Make kindness go viral with an act of kindness and challenge friends and classmates to pay it forward with their acts of kindness. Make a video of everyone doing acts of kindness and submit it. We'll add it to our website. The Week of October 14th STAND UP for Others Week When you see someone being bullied, be brave and STAND UP for them. Bullies have been known to back off when others stand up for victims. If you don't feel safe get the help of an adult immediately. Be part of the solution -- not the problem! It's a time to see everyone's differences and celebrate their similarities: Whether students are LGBT, African American, Asian, Muslim, AAPI,of Tribal descent or disabled ...make friends. Students can participate by Creating positive messages on post-its and handing them out to students at school Hold a "kindness" dance at school Creating anti-bullying videos and sharing them on the STOMP Out Bullying site Sharing inspirational stories on the STOMP Out Bullying site Create a kindness dance flash mob at school or in your community. Make a video of it and send it to us. We'll share it on our web site. The Week of October 21st Week of Inclusion Don't let anyone at school eat alone in the cafeteria or on a school field trip. Make it the week of #NOONEEATSALONE Include other students in school activities Include other students in after school activities Invite someone you don't now that well to sit next to you on the bus. Learn about each other. At one point or another each of us has felt insecure, or stressed out, or alone. It is important to remind our friends and classmates that we are all in it together and we are there to listen and support each other. Use the hashtag #HereForYou on social media to let your classmates know that they have your support and a person to reach out to if they ever need to talk. The Week of October 28th Start the Week With Conversations Amongst Your Peers Meet with fellow students and discuss how you can Change The Culture at your school. Use our Student Participation Toolkit to begin conversations on how your school can be judgement and bully free. Hold a discussion in your classroom where you allow students to openly speak and discuss their experiences with bullying and cyberbullying, and how these experiences have effected them and how they dealt with these moments.

Graciously, Your School Counselor [Mrs. Whitney Green]

Hi Tigers' Den! We are changing up some of the "because that's the way its always been done" mentalities over here at CMIT this year! Instead of ONE DAY of wild and crazy career-talk-overloading towards the end of the school year... this year we are infusing our career talks throughout the year on a MONTHLY basis! We will highlight an area of career paths/focus each month as they pertain to our curriculum and celebratory monthly foci. We would like to invite YOU to come in and share with our Tigers, what it is that you do! How can You participate? 1. Check out the calendar dates and the topic/themes 2. See if you are available to share with our Tigers for about 20-30 minutes in a classroom (in as many classrooms as you want to present!) 3. Send Mrs. Green an email (writchie@cmitelementary.org) with: Your Name Tiger's Name--Grade--Teacher Your Career/Job that you would like to speak about Thats it! I will then contact you with some more details. *If you do not know which month your career would fall into, send me an email and we will make sure we get you in! These are just "guidelines" and "suggestions" for themed months... trust me, we want to hear from you, and will make it work :) **If you know someone that you would like to have come in and present/share with our scholars, lets chat! We are SO Excited for these Thoughtful Thursdays throughout the Year!

Graciously, Your School Counselor [Mrs. Whitney Green]

Technology KG: They have been practicing mouse skills. http://www.abcya.com/kindergarten_computers.htm#more-cat 1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th: They have been practicing keyboarding. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr Ecology Ecology scholars had a great time in Ecology reviewing science safety and exploring our solar system. We had a great time in Ecology working on the Solar System Review kahoot. Lower elementary created paper rockets. For parents interested in supporting Ecology please see the links below. Introductory letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bav0G31iFfUhmJf_DtIBCHuzVuqDvR-m6x1GdhbUSxA/edit?usp=sharing Donor-choose link to projects https://www.donorschoose.org/MrsMccain5thgrade?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=page&utm_campaign=teacher_profile&utm_term=teacher_2870376&rf=page-dc-2019-09-teacher_profile-teacher_2870376&challengeid=20573570&projects=true Amazon prime wishlist https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3L9K2MUA5Y1PI?ref_=wl_share Lego Lego Club and Robotics Club will start next week.This year our school will participate FLL ( First Lego League). We are so excited being part of this world wide competition. Physical Education Students will start focusing their learning on strategies and tactics for game play and other activities. Students in grades K-2 will receive homework on Monday 10/14 for the next few weeks of home activities. Grades 3-5 will receive their home via google classroom. Students will receive the code to join on Monday as well.

Creative Arts Team