Dear Prince George’s County Public Schools Community, On March 5, 2020, three positive cases of Coronavirus were identified in Montgomery County; the patients — a married couple in their 70s and an individual in their 50s — contracted the virus while overseas. We are in regular contact with the Prince George’s County Health Department and Maryland Department of Health regarding the Coronavirus. The school system adheres to guidance and direction from the county and state health departments in all health-related matters. As a precaution, all Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) sponsored international travel is canceled until further notice. For Spring Break travel, anyone who travels to a high-risk area should contact the county or state health department for instructions prior to departure and before returning to school or work. Please note that we are continuing to work proactively to keep school and office settings safe, prevent the spread of respiratory viruses, develop plans to continue instruction in the event of any school closures, and share information. Keep school and office settings safe Our buildings and maintenance team is working hard to keep frequently used surfaces and areas as clean as possible. We are frequently cleaning school and office restrooms while stocking — and restocking, if needed — soap and paper towels in all facilities. Please contact your direct supervisor or Building Supervisor if you need additional supplies. Prevent spread of respiratory virus Practicing everyday preventive steps can help slow the spread of respiratory illnesses like colds, flu and Coronavirus: Stay home when sick, wash hands often with soap and water, and cover your coughs and sneezes. School nurses have been briefed on Coronavirus symptoms and we will continue to share the latest health department guidance with families and community members. Continue instruction Students who are sick should follow regular procedures for making up class assignments and homework. In the event of school closures, assignments will be posted on individual school websites daily, supplemented by online textbooks and resources if necessary. We are exploring free internet options to ensure access for affected families. Stay informed Additional information and resources are available at www.pgcps.org/coronavirus. This webpage includes fact sheets in multiple languages, links to the state and county health departments, and frequently asked questions about the Coronavirus. Prince George’s County Public Schools is committed to providing safe teaching, learning and working environments for all students and staff. We will continue to consult with the Prince George’s County Health Department and Maryland Department of Health on appropriate procedures and recommendations to ensure student and staff safety. Sincerely, Monica Goldson, Ed.D. Chief Executive Officer ______________________________________________________________________ Estimada comunidad de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Prince George: El 5 de marzo del 2020, se identificaron tres casos del coronavirus en el condado de Montgomery. Los pacientes, una pareja de esposos de alrededor de 70 años y una persona de alrededor de 50, contrajeron el virus mientras se encontraban fuera del país. Estamos en contacto constante con el Departamento de Salud del Condado de Prince George y el Departamento de Salud de Maryland con relación al coronavirus. El sistema escolar se adhiere a las directrices y a las indicaciones de los departamentos de salud del condado y del estado en todos los asuntos relacionados con la salud. Como precaución, todos los viajes internacionales patrocinados por las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Prince George quedan cancelados hasta nuevo aviso. Para los viajes de las vacaciones de primavera, todo aquel que viaje a un área de alto riesgo debe contactar al departamento de salud del estado para recibir instrucciones antes de salir y antes de regresar a la escuela o al trabajo. Por favor, tenga en cuenta que continuamos trabajando proactivamente para mantener los entornos escolares y laborales seguros, prevenir la propagación de virus respiratorios, elaborar planes para continuar con la instrucción en caso de cierres escolares y compartir información. Mantener seguros los entornos escolares y laborales Nuestro equipo de instalaciones y mantenimiento está trabajando arduamente para mantener las áreas frecuentemente utilizadas lo más limpias posible. Estamos limpiando frecuentemente los baños y oficinas de las escuelas, y reabasteciendo de jabón y toallas de papel todas las instalaciones cuando es necesario. Por favor, comuníquese su supervisor directo o el supervisor de su edificio si necesita suministros adicionales. Prevenir los virus respiratorios Practicar los pasos preventivos cada día puede ayudar a ralentizar la propagación de enfermedades respiratorias como resfriados, gripes y coronavirus. Permanezca en casa cuando esté enfermo, lávese las manos frecuentemente con agua y jabón, y cúbrase la boca al toser o estornudar. El personal de enfermería escolar ha sido informado sobre los síntomas del coronavirus y continuaremos compartiendo las más recientes guías del departamento de salud con las familias y los miembros de la comunidad. Continuación de la instrucción Los estudiantes que están enfermos deberían seguir los procedimientos regulares para recuperar los trabajos de la clase y las tareas de la casa. En el caso del cierre de las escuelas, las tareas escolares se publicarán a diario en los sitios de internet de cada escuela, suplementada con los libros de textos digitales y recursos necesarios. Estamos explorando las opciones de internet gratuito para asegurarse de que las familias afectadas tengan el acceso necesario. Manténganse informado Hay información y recursos adicionales en www.pgcps.org/coronavirus. Esta página de internet contiene hojas de información en varios lenguajes, vínculos a los departamentos de salud del estado y de los condados y respuestas a las preguntas más frecuentes sobre el coronavirus. El Sistema de las Escuelas Públicas de Prince George está comprometido a brindar entornos de enseñanza, aprendizaje y de trabajo seguros para todos los estudiantes y el personal. Continuaremos consultando con el Departamento de Salud de Prince George y el Departamento de Salud de Maryland sobre los procedimientos adecuados y buscar recomendaciones para garantizar la seguridad de los estudiantes y el personal. Atentamente, Monica Goldson, Ed.D. Directora ejecutiva

CMIT Elementary Administration

CMIT Elementary would like to inform parents/guardians of our school’s Coronavirus preparation and safe measures that are being put in place. - CMIT Elementary emphasizes and encourages students to wash their hands thoroughly throughout the day. - The custodial support staff and maintenance team is working hard to keep frequently used surfaces and areas as clean as possible. We are frequently cleaning the school and office restrooms while stocking — and restocking, if needed — soap and paper towels in all facilities. - Hand sanitizer is also available throughout the school to include the front office. - The school nurse has also taken measures this week to go to each classroom to reiterate the importance of good hygiene practices and safe measures to help prevent the spread of germs, etc. We are working proactively to keep the school and office settings safe, and prevent the spread of respiratory viruses. We thank you all for your concerns and emails. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you.

CMIT Elementary Administration

Early Dismissal Procedure: If you plan to have an early dismissal for your scholar(s), please remember the latest pick-up time will end promptly at 2:00 PM. Any time after 2:00 PM students will be released according to their daily dismissal arrangements. Dismissal Changes: If you are changing your scholar’s usual dismissal procedure, please do the following: - Send an email prior to 1:45 PM to BOTH, Mrs. Virgil (evirgil@cmitelementary.org) and Mrs. Love (wlove@cmitelementary.org) with notification of a dismissal change. - Enrichment/club students changing to car riders, will be released to the CAR-LINE not the Front Office during normal dismissal times (by 2:55). Enrichment After-Care pick-up begins at 3:00 PM. If your scholar needs to be picked up prior to that time, please follow the procedures listed above. We do understand, at times, it may be difficult to plan around an unforeseen emergency, but we do ask that you adhere to the procedures. It is very important to have procedures in place to ensure our dismissal process runs as smoothly as possible.

CMIT Elementary Administration

Late Pick-up Fees: Effective Monday, March 9, 2020, parents who do not pick up their scholar(s) by 2:55 PM will be assessed a $20.00 late pick up fee. Your scholar(s) will be placed in Drop-In Enrichment After Care. Parents will need to park and come into the front office to sign out their scholar upon arrival. An additional fee of $10.00 will be added if your scholar is picked up after 4PM. Pick-up Procedures: Car Riders: Parents are to enter the second entrance and drive around to the cafeteria in the back of the school. Two lines will be formed. Please make sure you are alert and aware of your surroundings at all times. Wait patiently in line for your scholar to be escorted to your car. To exit - continue towards the first entrance on Chevy Chase Dr. Staff members will be on duty. Please be prepared to follow their directions. Please use your mirrors and drive with caution at all times. Bus/Van Riders: Parents, share these procedures with your transportation vendor. CMIT does not provide transportation. Scholars will be escorted out of the Kindergarten exit to walk on the sidewalk to the pick-up/drop-off steps. Drivers will receive scholars on Chevy Chase Drive. After scholars are safely on the bus, the driver must leave immediately to reduce traffic. Drivers are to follow the directions of the staff member on duty.

CMIT Elementary Administration

March 13, 2020 will be “FUN FRIDAY” for 2nd and 3rd grade.

Ecola Virgil

This is a friendly reminder that 3rd Quarter Progress Reports are scheduled to be released on Monday, March 9, 2020. Please be sure to check SchoolMax regularly. 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/

Ecola Virgil

Can you believe we are half way through quarter 3? This school year is flying by. Make sure that you are turning in permission slips for our field trip to the aquarium on March 19th. Payment can only be done through My School Bucks. I am excited to say that the books we have been working on in class have been shipped and will be published within the next couple of weeks. Reminder: Recess is outside when weather permits. Send your scholar in appropriate outerwear. I know it can be difficult as the temperature starts to change. It can still be cool when we have recess at 9:30am so they may still need warmer coats until spring arrives. In ELA, the story of the week is "Abuela." We will be learning about setting, the pronouns I and me, and creating and writing lists. Our letter of the week is E. We will be learning the initial and medial /e/ sound. Sight words: here, go, from Our Unit 4 Assessment will be on Friday. In Math, we will finish up learning how to count to 100 using patterns and take our Topic 11 Assessment. We will start learning about two and three-dimensional shapes. Dates to know: March 13- Unit 4 Assessment March 11- Topic 11 Assessment March 19- Field Trip March 31- 3 hour early release

The Kindergarten Team

Reading - We will be reading "Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed" by Emily Pearson. Reading Skills: making predictions, retelling, inferences, and making connections. Phonics: long 'i' and long 'e' sounds, spelled with a 'y.' Math - We are continuing with Chapter 9, which is about comparing two-digit numbers. Science - We are continuing to learn about The Sun. Social Studies - We are learning about schools in the past vs. the present. Health - We are continuing to learn about communication by actively listening and responding. Our Field Trip to the Maryland Science Center is on Friday, March 27, 2020. Please pay online by Friday, March 20, 2020!

First Grade Team

We had an outstanding week in second grade. Next week, we will be continuing our reading unit about responsibility. The question of the week will be, "How can we be responsible community members?" In class, we will be reading "Carl the Complainer" Throughout the week, we will focus on cause and effect, as well as, visualizing. The spelling pattern for List A next week will be prefixes un-, re-, pre-, dis. In math, we will be finishing up Topic 8. This topic covers working with time and money. As a reminder, it is recommended that students practice their basic addition and subtraction facts with flashcards regularly at home. 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 terrific weekend and we will see everyone on Monday!

- The Second Grade Team

We have reached the half way mark for Quarter 3. Progress reports have been submitted. Please check Schoolmax to get an update of your scholar's progress thus far. We will continue working hard on applying all the skills they have learned so far in various ways. Next week in Math, students will be finishing up their study in Geometry and will take their assessment on Monday, March 9. Students will begin their perimeter unit as well. In Science, we will be studying life science. In Reading, we will begin our new novel Sarah, Plain & Tall. In Social Studies, we will be discussing early French communities. Earlier this week, students received their Women's History Project. This is due on March 23. Below you will find the links to the project. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SEtUAqvyzDxJJIT6xCe6eswBEm4KwpsPHHso2MhtCVA/edit Here is the link to the women in STEAM that students can choose from. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GfYEF3Kq7qZVeHnPNpq6ycc93Z75Ik0r7zrf0K3aw9o/edit?usp=sharing We encourage all families to check SchoolMax periodically to get a snapshot of how your scholar is doing in his/her classes. Upcoming Dates 3/30 End of Quarter 3 Let's have a great week on purpose!

Third Grade Team

This week, students continued reading "Shiloh" chapters 5, and 6. Our grammar skill will be Kinds of Pronouns. Students also completed a MCAP practice assessment. Next week, we will read chapters 7-10, answering Text Dependent Questions, and begin analyzing Judd Travers’ character. Our grammar skill will be Pronouns and Antecedents. In Social Studies this week, students will complete Chapter 3 Review and Assessment. Next week, students will complete Chapter 4 Lesson 1 and 2. We will learn about Economy, Trade and Markets. This week in Math, we are working on Topic 10 Multiplying Fractions. We will be starting Topic 12 Decimals and will be relating how Decimals and Fractions are similar and different. We will be making models and working on Google Classroom to practice for the MCAP. In Science, we have continued our Chapter 4 Animals and Plants. This week we discussed how plants make food and they were able to build things in Ecology to help support our classwork. Next week, we will be talking about What adaptations that are made. We are in need of Clorox wipes, hand sanitizer, pencils, whiteboard markers, paper towels, hand soap (antibacterial only: no scents), rubber gloves, and band aids. Any and all donations for our class inventory are welcomed.

Fourth Grade Team

Hello Parents! Here is your upcoming updates for the upcoming week! In ELA, students will be reading the story " Lunch Lady". We will be covering the skill of Making Generalizations. Students will also go back over the skill of identifying prefixes. Students will continue to use Google Classroom for assignments so please ensure that your student keeps track of their password. For Social Studies, students will be reading about the Birmingham protests. They will learn to summarize the story. Students will use the GIST strategy. As for Math and Science it's all review time! At this point we have covered all the material for MISA and PARCC and are starting our month of review. Thus for Math, for the week of March 9th we will be reviewing topic 14, Data and topic 12, Volumes of Solids and reviewing Chapter 6 Earth and Space. Students can bring home their material at any time to class. i.e. binders, notebooks and workbook to either study or review as long as they bring it back Thank you again for all your continued support! Happy March! REMINDERS/UPDATES: March 27- Last day to place T-shirt orders March 30- March Book Projects Due Please check SchoolMax weekly.

Sincerely, 5th Grade Team

Tech Greetings Parents/ Guardians, In Technology class; 2-5 practiced: Software Fundamentals: Software and File Formats: The learners received direct instruction and practice with software programs and file formats as they identify software groups, select task-appropriate software, start and exit software programs, and create, name, save, print, and close files in this engaging and interactive digital lesson. https://login.learning.com/ K-1 practiced: Keyboarding; Locate and Type Letters F, G, H, I, and J During this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice in keyboarding the letters F, G, H, I, and J as they locate and type the letters, recognize the letter sounds, and learn the relationship between the letters on the keyboard and on the screen Music Spring concert dates will be announced NEXT WEEK. I am so excited to share some awesome music with parents and families this time around - it will be a show you do not want to miss. Please consider donating recyclables to the music room for our instrument creations. Large (2lb or more) snack containers, coffee cans or other large cans, and glass bottles. We've almost reached our goal for donations towards buying materials and music for this years concerts. Donate at the link below!!! THANK YOU to those of you that have donated time or resources to the music program this year. I am so appreciative of this incredibly supportive community. https://teacherfunder.com/abautch/ RECORDERS: Check your class story if you haven't already found the at home recorder practice materials. We've had so much fun learning and testing for belts in Recorder Karate. Physical Education Thank you again for raising so much for the AHA through our Heart Heroes program. It is now over, however; you can still donate on line if you would like. The students will be working on dribbling with their hands (basketball) and feet (soccer) for the next few weeks.

Creative Arts Team