This is a very busy time as we come to the close of the school year. It is very important for us to know which students in grades kindergarten through 4th grade are returning to CMIT Elementary next school year. Those students who are relocating or transferring to a different school will be given transfer forms on the last day of school. When registering your child in a new school, you will need to submit a withdraw packet to the new school along with your child’s final report card and your new proof of residence documents. If your child is absent or for some other reason does not bring home the transfer forms on the last day of school, please call the office at 240-573-7240.

If you decide to relocate during the summer, please e-mail Mr. Pavon, our school registrar, at lpavon@cmitelementary.com. Please allow him 24 hours to complete your withdraw packet.

Mr. Pavon
Secretary

We would like to thank all of our distinguished guests for attending promotion and supporting our 5th graders in their promotion to Middle school.

Special thank you to Mayor Moe of Laurel, Mr. Brauer of CMIT Academy, and Mr. Derin of CSP for speaking at promotion.

Ms. Riley
Acting Principal

Dear Enrichment Parents

The Enrichment program will be available for last three days of school as follows:

Friday, June 9th: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Monday, June 12th: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Tuesday, June 13th: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Morning Enrichment: 6:30am - 7:30am

Students have to be picked up by 4:00pm without any exception. Please make necessary arrangements.

CMIT will not accept new enrollment to the Enrichment Program during these last three days of school due to staff shortages.

Thank you

Adam A. Akpinar
Program Coordinator

On June 6, 2017. There is a multitude of events planned for our tigers in the Den. Students should wear the color shirt by grade below

Kindergarten-Red
1st-Blue
2nd-Yellow
3rd-Orange
4th-Green
5th-White

All Students should bring their own water bottle labeled with their name.
There will be events at the field and events at the school. We are running a tight schedule so please don't be late and dress to exercise.

Some items will be available for purchase during the lunch block party like
Rita's Ice $1, sweet frog $2 and Popcorn $1. There will be a DJ and picnic style lunch on this day.

Some events will be able to be purchased with roar bucks like Game Truck 30 roar bucks(grades 3-5), Face painting (all grades)25 roar bucks, and Goo 20 roar bucks

If you are interested in volunteering on that day (all are invited), please click the link below:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a054cafae2bab9-field2

Ms. Riley
Acting Principal

Dear Parents/Guardians:

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction has developed Summer Activity Calendars/Packets for the four core content areas - Science, Reading/English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Mathematics, along with Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate. Summer Activity Calendars/Packets (http://www.pgcps.org/summerpackets/) have been provided for students entering kindergarten through twelfth grade. The calendars/packets have daily activities for students during the months of June, July, and August 2017, not only to maintain skills learned, but also to enhance or learn new skills as students prepare for the new school year.

The Summer Activity Calendars/Packets are optional, but we do ask that you encourage your child or children to download the calendars/packets and complete the daily activities, assist your child or children with the activities, and initial when they have completed the daily activities per content area. Students may receive feedback from their teachers for completion of these activities, and teachers may provide further information regarding credit for the work done. Please check with your child's teacher in September 2017. Answer Keys for Math packets only will be posted the first week of August and will be available by clicking Summer Packets on the main PGCPS webpage.

If you have any questions or comments pertaining to the Summer Activity Calendars/Packets, please email summer. packets@pgcps.org.

Thank you for partnering with us in your child's education!

PGCPS

Our mobile rewards store is still open. The final day for our roar cart will be Monday, June 5th! Students should bring in roar bucks they want to spend! Students can purchase movie tickets for 25 roarbucks! Remember some items will cost roar bucks on field day.

https://www.donorschoose.org/project/hear-us-roar/2460892/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=project_submitted&rf=email-system-2017-02-project_submitted-teacher_2870376&utm_swu=2457&challengeid=20573570

Benora McCain

PURCHASE YOUR YEARBOOK DURING LUNCHTIME from front office! CASH SALES ONLY!


Yearbooks are here and they are $25.00.

CMIT Staff

Summer Programs for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) in the Maryland and DC-Metro Area

https://www.stemaction.org/summer-programs

Camps include in General Robotics and Engineering Summer Camp Information
- Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering
- Maryland State Department of Education Summer Centers
- Spaceflight Institute
- Summer Camps with Mad Science
- TIC Summer Camp
- Y of Central Maryland
- Engineering for Kids Maryland Metro
- Center For Future Engineers: Robot Design
- St. Anne’s School of Annapolis
- UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY Summer STEM
- Maryland Science Center
- Howard Community College - Kids on Campus
- IO Workshop
- The Great Adventure Lab
-Patriots Technology Training Center
- iEngineer @ UMD-Summer STEM
- Summer LEGO Robotics Camp
- Mad Science of Washington, DC
- National Society of Black Engineers Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK) Camp

Ms. Riley
Acting Principal

Mark your Calendars. CMIT Elementary staff and parents continue to plan great learning and fun activities for our wonderful students. Please mark your calendars for the following events. Students are reminded to present positive behavior as Roar bucks are required for most of the activities listed below.

More information for each of these events will continued to be shared in the school newsletter as the relevant information becomes available.

June 6th: Family fun day at CMIT ES and Field Day
June 6th: Final PTO meeting with election @6:00pm
June 7th: Kindergarten Promotion @ 8:30am
!!!!!!June 9th: 2 Hour Early Dismissal for students !!!!!!!
June 12th: 2 Hour Early Dismissal for students
June 13th: Last day of school for all and 2 Hour Early Dismissal for students

Ms. Riley
Principal

Students can purchase sweet frog frozen yogurt at Field day this year! Each yogurt will cost $2!

Benora McCain

Kindergarten students are being asked to wear all White Dresses (Girls) or White Button down long sleeve shirts with Khaki Pants (boys). The theme will be "Oh, to First Grade We Will Go."

As a reminder, the promotion will be held in the cafeteria on Wednesday, June 7 from 8:30-10:00am. Tickets will be sent home on Monday, June 5. Remember, tickets should include siblings that are in the building. This will act as their pass to leave class.

For those available to volunteer, we will need help with set up on Tuesday, June 6 after school. Please contact Ms. Santiago (jlsantiago@cmitelementary.org) if you will be able to assist! The more hands we have, the faster we'll be able to get everything ready! :D In addition, we will also need at least 3 parents to arrive early on June 7 and collect tickets at the door. Please let Ms. Santiago know if this is something you can assist with!

The Kindergarten Team
www.kindergarten.cmitelementary.org

NO MORE HOMEWORK!

Highlights for this week...

Memory Book
Students will be reflecting on the year, and highlighting their favorite parts of Kindergarten!

Field Day
It will be a fun day filled with all of the skills that we've learned in P.E. this year! Students should wear RED shirts and comfortable bottoms/shoes. It's going to be an ACTIVE day!

Promotion
Promotion ceremony will be held on Wednesday, June 7 from 8:30-10:00am! Tickets will be sent home on Monday. Please be sure to give siblings in the building a ticket as well if you'd like them to attend. This will act as their pass from class, given teacher permission.

This summer, be sure to continue to read regularly! This is one simple way to avoid summer deficits when the school year starts again in September! Other easy ways to maintain learning is through having a writing journal, and having small projects. For ideas, check out Pinterest or this blog: http://amomwithalessonplan.com/20-summer-activities/

Lastly, Happy Early Birthday to Ms. Santiago! (June 10)

The Kindergarten Team
www.kindergarten.cmitelementary.org

Field day will be on Tuesday, June 6. We are in need of parent volunteers that can spend the day assisting the students rotate through stations. Please contact your student's homeroom teacher if you are available. If you have not done so already, please return the field day permission slip by Monday, June 5. Third graders should wear orange shirts, have bottled water, and have sun block applied prior to coming to school.
The last day of school will be on June 13, with early dismissal on June 9, June 12, and June 13.
Your scholars have cleaned out their cubbies and workbooks can remain at home. Your scholar should come to school this week with their pencil boxes (pencils, crayons/colored pencils, scissors, and glue).
You can get the Summer packet from the PGCPS webpage, but your scholar should also practice their reading and math strategies over the summer.
Thank you for your support and have a wonderful and have a wonderful summer!
Third Grade Team

Third Grade Team

Our business plans were Monday, May 22, 2017! All students need to submit these by Monday June, 5th if they have not been submitted! Inventions should have already been turned in. Our end of the year project for Math and science is a student taught lesson. It must be submitted by Monday, June 5th! Students should create a lesson to teach to the class. We are getting close to the end of the school year. Please ensure your child is on their best behavior. Behavior issues are on the rise. Thank you for your support! Shout out to Sarch and Huda for being the MC's for the fifth grade promotion ceremony. Field day permission slips need to be turned in Monday, June 5th!

Benora McCain

Camp Schmidt was truly an awesome experience for our 5th-Graders. It was an excellent way to end the school year of hard-work. Students were able to model perseverance and sportsmanship as they learned and participated in various hands-on activities. Well done scholars and for being on your best behaviors. Many thanks to our (4) teachers and (10) parent chaperones for the giving of their time. The fun and safety were possible because of YOU!

Ms. Cooper

Straight from the desk of the National Association of Special Education Teachers:
Fidget spinners may be the latest must-have kids' toy, but claims that the gizmos help students pay attention aren't backed by science, experts say. Some retailers market the devices as a way to help kids with anxiety, autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) keep themselves calm and focused in the classroom. However, there have been no studies showing that fidget spinners benefit kids struggling to stay still, said Chicago psychiatrist Dr. Louis Kraus.

"To the best of my knowledge, there's no science behind what they're advertising," said Kraus, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry for the Rush University Medical Center. "Without any research to show it's of benefit, I think it's wrong for them to advertise these things as helpful," he said.

The claims likely are based on small-scale studies that show kids with ADHD pay better attention if they are allowed to fidget, said Dr. Matthew Lorber, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. "They actually perform better because it indirectly forces the brain to work harder to focus on the task at hand," Lorber said.

But the lead researcher behind one ADHD/fidgeting study says fidget spinners probably are too interesting and fun to be much help in classrooms. Fidgeting can help kids pay attention, said Julie Schweitzer, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the MIND Institute of the University of California, Davis. However, "school work is probably a lot less interesting than playing with the toy," Schweitzer said. "You're looking at competing activities here. It seems to me that it would be more distractive than helpful."

Shannon McVeigh

Transportation: Student Drop Off /Pick Up and Early Departure
Note: The parents/guardians are responsible for the daily transportation of their child(ren). CMIT-Elementary does not provide transportation during student arrival or student dismissal. Please update the authorized person(s),including the bus company or the childcare business, that will pick up your child(ren)by submitting an email or written notice to , Crystal.Dubon@pgcps.org and the Principal’s Secretary, Stefanie.Powers@pgcps.org.

Q: What is the earliest that I may drop off my child?
A: 7:35 a.m.

Q: Where should we drop off students in the morning?
A: All car riders should be driven to the rear of the building and dropped off at the cafeteria entrance. Parents must remain in the car in order to keep the process constant and mobile. Carpoolers that include 3 or more students may be dropped off at the main office entrance along with the bus riders.

Q: What is the earliest time that I may pick up my student?
A: Student dismissal begins around 2:30 p.m.

Q: What is the latest time that I may pick up my student?
A: Student dismissal ends at 2:55 p.m. Otherwise, students will be sent to Enrichment and charged Enrichment late fees.

Q: Where should we pick up students in the afternoon?
A: All car riders should be picked up in the rear of the building at the cafeteria entrance. Parents must remain in the car in order to keep the process mobile. Please notice the flow of traffic and refrain from stopping in the middle of the pathway. If you need to buckle in your students we ask that you do not block the flow of pick up so that we can dismiss all students in a timely manner.

Q: What is the latest time that I may pick up my student for early departure?
A: Student dismissal ends at 2:55 p.m. Otherwise, students will be sent to Enrichment and CHARGED ENRICHMENT DROP IN FEES (PAYABLE UPON PICK UP).

Q: Where should we pick up students in the afternoon?
A: All car riders should be picked up in the rear of the building at the cafeteria entrance. Parents must remain in the car in order to keep the process mobile. Please notice the flow of traffic and refrain from stopping in the middle of the pathway. If you need to buckle in your students we ask that you do not block the flow of pick up so that we can dismiss all students in a timely manner.

Q: What is the latest time that I may pick up my student for early departure?
A: Students should be picked up from the Main Office no later than 2:10 p.m. To expedite the process, please send an email to the classroom teacher, the receptionist, Mrs. Virgil, EVirgil@cmitelementary.org and the School Secretary, Crystal.Dubon@pgcps.org and the Principal’s Secretary Stefanie.Powers@pgcps.org or submit a handwritten note in order to expedite the process.

Q: What is the process for walkers?
A: CMIT-Elementary does not recognize walkers since there are no residences within walking distance. Please call the Main Office at 240.573.7240 if you have unique circumstances relevant to the pick up of your child. Please consider that CMIT-Elementary does have a student body of 500 and we are unable to accommodate 500 different unique circumstances.

Uniform Policy
Q: How do I order uniforms?
A: All uniform shirts and tops are handled by the All American Wear. Please call 301-459-5000. All khaki or navy uniform bottoms may be purchased here or at any retail store that sells uniform pants, shorts (except cargo pants), skorts, etc. Full dresses are not allowed for females. The CMIT-ES logo must show during the school day.

Q: When will the uniform policy be enforced?
A: The uniform policy will begin during the first week of school. Please ensure that students are wearing a burgundy or royal blue polo until official uniform tops are received prior to September 19, 2016.

Q: When does the student wear the Physical Education uniform?
A: Please confirm the day of the week that the students enrolled in Physical Education class. Then, students report to school and wear the gym uniform all day. Parents may wish to send the students with wipes for sanitary purposes.

Q: Must the uniform shoe have all black?
A: Yes, the shoe worn with the uniform must be ALL BLACK. Any tennis shoes can be worn for PE and PE only.

Visitations and Volunteers
Q: How does a parent make an appointment to visit a class?
A: Please email EVirgil@cmitelementary.org to request an appointment. Please allow up to 48 hours for a response to the email. All classroom observations will be limited to 15 minutes.

Q: How does a parent volunteer for classroom assistance, chaperone of field trips, etc?
A: Please email the classroom teacher to express an interest in volunteering. The classroom teacher will contact the parent to establish a date, time, and the nature of the task(s). however, we ask that parents participate in a brief orientation sponsored by the PTO prior to volunteering. Please contact the PTO at cmitespto@gmail.com for assistance.

Parent’s Corner

Parent Teacher Conferences
Q: How is a Parent Teacher Conference scheduled?
A: Please email the classroom teacher to request a conference date. The parent will have no more than 30 minutes to meet with the teacher. The conference date scheduled by PGCPS is November 11, 2016. Any other conference requests must be scheduled with the teacher.

Parent Teacher Organization
Q: When will the Parent Teacher Organization Meet?
A: The PTO is scheduled to meet on Tuesdays from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. except when a holiday, school closing and/or early dismissal has been scheduled. The following dates have been designated for PTO meetings: September 13, 2016; October 4, 2016; December 6, 2016; February 7, 2017; ; April 4, 2017; and June 6, 2017.
Student Academic Performance

Q: How do I know if my student is missing assignments and/or homework? How do I follow up on my student’s progress in the class?
A: Please check the School Max website first. If there are further questions, email the teacher for information on your child’s academic progress or call 240.573.7240 to leave the teacher a voicemail message.

Q: To whom do I express my concerns about academics?
A: Please contact the teacher first. If the teacher fails to respond, then contact the Program Coordinator, ProgramCoordinator@cmitelementary.org. The next line of communication is the administration.

Home Visits
Q: When will the home visits begin?
A: Parents should submit a request to the teacher. A teacher and/or staff member will contact the parent to schedule a date and time that is convenient for the parent and the CMIT Staff.

Student Breakfast/Lunch

Breakfast/Lunch
Q: What time does breakfast begin?
A: Breakfast is served from 7:35 a.m. to 7:50 a.m. in the cafeteria. Students arriving at 7:50 a.m. or later should have breakfast prior to being dropped off.

Q: How much are the breakfast/lunch?
A:

ELEMENTARY (Kindergarten - 5)
	Daily	Weekly	Monthly
Reduced Price Breakfast	$0.30	$1.50	$6.00
Full Price Breakfast	$1.60	$8.00	$32.00
Reduced Price Lunch	$0.40	$2.00	$8.00
Full Price Lunch	$2.75	$13.75	$55.00

Q: How do I pay for the breakfast/lunch?
A:

METHODS OF PAYMENT
Cash	Send Cash payment to the school cafeteria so your child’s account can be updated.
Online Payments using a debit or credit card	Visit www.MySchoolBucks.com to set up, review, and add money to your child’s account. The account balance follows the student as long as they are enrolled in a Prince George’s County Public School.

Q: Where can I find the menu for the breakfast/lunch?
A: Please click on the link for the School Menu.