Parents/Guardians, Help celebrate CMIT scholars for working so hard. They have accomplished much at the school level. Next step , the district level. Here they come! Thank you for supporting them all the way. Thanks to the STEM team who have worked relentlessly to support this effort, especially during this SY. Despite the challenges, our TIGERS roared!

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

Kindergarten 1st Place - Carter Calloway (Derfler) 2nd Place - Jaxon Holmes (Curtis) 3rd Place - Otis Lincoln (Herbert) 1st Grade 1st Place - Stetson Parker-Vaughn (Madison) 2nd Place - Taylor Shingler (Madison) 3rd Place - Zuri Dunn (Brown) 2nd Grade 1st Place - Christian Moorehead (McDonagh) 2nd Place - Kai Whitmyer (Fleet) 3rd Place - Hayden Eugene (McDonagh) 3rd Grade - 5th Grade 1st Place - Joseph Omidiora 2nd Place - Nina Gresham 3rd Place - Christopher Miller Sincere thanks to the scholars, families, educators, Student Council, STEM Committee, administrators, PTO and judges for making our First Ever Virtual STEM Fair a steamazing experience and success!

Dr. Donovan, Program Coordinator

Parents/Guardians, To ALL our wonderful parents and guardians, Spring Break is almost here! As you already know, two forms of learning will be in progress. Some of you opted for Hybrid learning, and many of you decided to continue with virtual learning. Regardless of the choice you made, CMIT staff is here to provide ongoing support to ensure that students are learning each and every day. Communication for school and home is going to be key. Please ensure that your child's teachers will know how they will be picked up from school for the days they are here. Are they going to be picked up by you, or are they going to a after school daycare, and if so, what is the name, phone number and address of this facility. This should take place immediately. Principal Miller has gone over all the necessary information for parents during our last two town hall meetings. Please check the school's web page to get information that you are missing, or check with your child's teacher. Spring Break is Here! Take this time to reflect on how far we have come this past school year. Let us move into the final quarter with even more determination to have ALL scholars present at school. Attendance is very important this last phase of the semester. Please make every effort to send students to school. Thanks for partnering with our school-the BEST school elementary school in Upper Marlboro. Respectfully,

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

This week I wanted to update you on the 2-5 artwork presentation! There's plenty of work for it now so I'm putting it together as you read this! Attached are some examples! 2nd grade- Landscape 3rd and 4th grades- African Masks 5th grade- Self portrait

Stay happy, healthy, and creative! Miss James

Dear Parents/guardians and students, I hope everyone enjoyed our lesson this week on dribbling with feet. We learned which parts of the foot to dribble with and which part NOT to along with some beginner level ball-handling tricks to help advance skills in all grades. *********** PROJECT REMINDER ************ Please remember that BOTH projects for K-2 and 3-5 are due TOMORROW, FRIDAY 3/26 with a deadline of 5pm. If projects are turned in late they will receive a late grade. Also, if any sections of the 3 parts that were assigned in the slides are blank it will be a 0, or incomplete will get the good faith grade of 50%. I used examples on the projects, but ESPN is a GREAT website to use for any and all athletes as it covers multiple professional sports AND athletes who are retired from the game or deceased. **********NEW GRADING POLICY ADDED*********** Due to needing more grades per quarter, I have elected to utilize pear deck with each lesson and have the students fulfill a classwork grade for answering questions based on the instruction I give and the tutorial videos we watch. If a student is IN the live session and does not participate in pear deck, the grade will be docked for non-participation in classwork. If a student is ABSENT, the lesson will be uploaded to google classroom under "classwork" as it always has this whole year. Those absent still need a doctors note in order to be considered "excused" from missing class. There is still participation and effort grades applied to students every class to ensure that they are active in the lesson when it comes time to participate in the physical skill learning. This new classwork policy will go into effect after spring break. This week I am working out the flaws that occured with video links not working, etc. I will be posting the link to each Pear Deck presentation AND the google slides presentation that it is based off of in case one doesn't work, you can go in and edit the slides with your answers. Have a GREAT spring break, we are almost to the end of school !!!

Garrett Loomer P.E. Teacher - Department Chair CMIT South Elementary gloomer@cmitsouthes.org

We are almost there Tigers!!! Keep your heads up and your claws out because you're not done quite yet. Have a break and enjoy the beautiful weather!!!! Remember, this is a perfect time to ensure your assignments are completed before the end of the quarter.

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Ms. McTaggart

Hello everyone, from the 2nd grade team! We hope you all had a great week this week! We made it to Spring Break!!!! Students are continuing to learn a lot in each subject as we get hit the end of the 3rd quarter! All grades for the 3rd quarter are due Friday, March 26, so hopefully students were able to turn in any missing and late work! Any other work will not be accepted after Friday. In Reading, students are reading about day time and nighttime sky as well as reading biographies for Women's History Month! We're also learning about present-tense verbs and we are working on our long vowels. In Social Studies, students are reading chapter 3 from our social studies books about landforms and bodies of water around the world! Students are also working on their "Countries Around the World" project which is due after Spring Break on Friday, April 9! This is to be completed AT HOME on Google Slides. In Math, students are learning about addition and subtraction word problems, and in science, students are learning about taking apart and building! Congratulations on making it to the end of the third quarter! We have one more quarter to go before we become third graders!! If anyone has any questions about the school reopening plans, make sure to write them on the 2nd grade parents questions sheet! As we return from Spring break, we will be seeing some of our students IN PERSON!! We are so excited to see you! Make sure you come prepared with your Chromebook and charger and most importantly, your MASK! For those that are returning, you will be in the building twice a week starting on April 8! Some students are assigned to come in Mondays and Tuesday, and the others are assigned to Thursday and Friday. Wednesdays there will be NO staff or students in the building! We will all continue to be remote on Wednesdays. For the students who are not returning, you will continue your virtual experience as usual! Thank you, and we are looking forward to a relaxing week off of school next week!! Our students have been working so hard and we all deserve it! We hope everyone has a happy, relaxing, wonderful and safe Spring Break! From your 2nd Grade Team! :)

Leah McDonagh Kylie Fleet Kristen Girch Michelle Phillips

We made it! Thanks to all the parents that have made this such a successful year. We could not do this without you. You have been troopers! This month Kindergarten focused on Women's History. They completed a project that spotlighted women and what they have accomplished. Our Kindergarteners have learned so much this year already and we still are not finished! We will be on spring break 3/29-4/5. Students with the last name that begin with L-Z will begin hybrid learning on Thurs/Fri 4/8 and 4/9. Students with last name that being with A-K will begin hybrid learning on Mon/Tues 4/12 and 4/13 This was our focus this week in class ELA - RI.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. SCIENCE - develop an understanding that plants and animals live in places that have the things that they need and that these places constitute systems that have parts that work together. MATH - K.CC.A.3 - Write numbers from 0 - 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects). K.CC.B.4 - Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.. K.CC.4c: Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger. SOCIAL STUDIES - D2.Geo.1.K-2 Construct maps, graphs, and other representations of familiar places D2.Geo.2.K-2 Use maps, graphs, photographs, and other representations to describe places and the relationships and interactions that shape them HEALTH - 1b.K.1 Define medicine. 1b.K.2 Identify school rules about use of medicine. 1b.K.3 Recognize that medicine can be harmful if used incorrectly. 1b.K.4 Identify products that can be harmful if inhaled, absorbed, or ingested. We still have 10 more weeks of learning...full steam ahead!

Kindergarten Team Ms. Curtis, Ms. Williams, Ms. Herbert & Ms. Derfler

Parents/Guardians, Good day. Read a -Thon will end on March 31. However, Reading never ends. Please support scholars to dive into a great book (hard copy or virtual), whenever possible. CMIT wants our TIGERS to absorb as much as they can now to be ready for the next grade level. Thanks for supporting this online initiative that was sponsored through the PTO. ENDS MARCH 31:- You still have some more time to get on and make a difference. The PTO needs Your support. Thanks for partnering with CMIT @ South. Administration.

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

Parents and Guardians, Congratulations to our IXL winners. Under the guidance of ALL teachers , our students participated. To everyone who searched grades, organized students getting online, celebrating with winners, CMIT thank you so much. I wish not to single out anyone at this time. But kudos to Mr. Hawkins for taking this initiative to the highest level. Thanks parents for supporting our school. We do better when everyone is on the same Team! Sincerely, The Admin Team.

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

Parents/Guardians, Good day. Read a -Thon will end on March 31. However, Reading never ends. Please support scholars to dive into a great book (hard copy or virtual), whenever possible. CMIT wants our TIGERS to absorb as much as they can now to be ready for the next grade level. Thanks for supporting this online initiative that was sponsored through the PTO. ENDS MARCH 31:- You still have some more time to get on and make a difference. The PTO needs Your support. Thanks for partnering with CMIT @ South. Administration.

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

Congratulations again to our February IXL winners. We celebrate with you and are pleased to announce their prizes for their hard work during the competition. We want to thank our PTO for securing a great first place prize for students as well as sponsors from our local Chick fil A in Woodyard Crossing in the Clinton area as well as Coldstone Creamery located in Waldorf. All students who placed will receive a certificate of achievement for IXL. Every student who won an Honorable mention as well as 3rd, 4th, and 5th placed students will receive a card for a free dessert from Chick fil A. Students who placed in second place will receive the previous rewards as well as a free small signature ice cream from Coldstone Creamery in Waldorf, MD. And our first place winners will receive the previous rewards as well as a a $15 gift certificate. Thank you again for all participants, parents, teachers and sponsors. Prizes will be available for pick up during the week of April 6th. Contact Mr. Hawkins at vhawkins@cmitsouthes.org for more details. Kindergarten 1 Jaiden Powell 2 Kayden Howell 3 Camille Sanders 4 Otis Lincoln 5 Tamara Crooks Honorable Mentions Carter Calloway 61 Kayden Cribbs 58 Issac Irigollen-Rodriguez 57 1st Grade 1 Jameer Carter 2 Ademide Oshiyoye 3 Kennedy Stafford 4 Naevia Shelton 5 Wesley Williams Leeyah Ruiz Nevaeh Skeeter Sierra Seeram-Perry 2nd grade 1 James Donovan 2 Khalil Carter 3 Donald Sanders 4 Mason Gates 5 Jair Todman 3rd Grade 1 Nicholas Moore 2 Jackson Calloway 3 Alijah Sow 4 Shahana Zafnia 5 Brandon Adeyemi Honorable Mention Mobarak Ali Mohammed 4th Grade 1 Lydia Beharry 2 Skylar Ifill 3 Blessing Olajide 4 Osavae Omoike 5 Joseph Omidiora 5 Romael Lockley 5th Grade 1 Christopher Miller 2 Mohamed Jalloh 3 Ariela Okanta 4 Sydney Walker 5 Gabriel Sanders Honorable Mention Gideon Babayeju

Victor Hawkins

Dear Parents, Just a friendly reminder! April 8 marks the end of the 3rd Quarter. Please check your child’s assignments by accessing Google Classroom for Technology to ensure they do not have any missing assignments. Your child must complete the missing assignments by April 8. If you have any questions, please let me know. You can reach me by a Class Dojo message. Have a nice Spring Break! Thank you, Mrs. AK

Mrs. Ak

Parents/Guardians, We met with students this week, and went over the Students' Rights and Responsibilities Handbook-https://offices.pgcps.org/student_rights_responsibilities.htm Many of the topics covered included:- Online Safety Personal space and safety Listening and Learning Respect for community, peers, and adults Care and use of loaned devices Appropriate online tone and many more. Start the conversation with students about the role that they will play to represent themselves, their home community as well as school. Help us help them get the best out of hybrid and/or virtual learning. I commend you you for the role you play day in and day out. Please continue to be safe. Enjoy your break. Sincerely,

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

Tiger Family, First we want to congratulate every student for their hard work and dedication on their amazing STEM Fair projects this school year. Even during distance learning, everyone was able to produce quality projects and presentations. It was so hard to choose the top projects but thanks to Student Council, Ms. Madison, and our judges for helping decide our top winners. This year's STEM Fair winners are: Kindergarten- 1st: Carter Calloway (Derfler) 2nd: Jaxon Holmes (Curtis) 3rd: Otis Lincoln (Herbert) 1st Grade- 1st: Stetson Parker-Vaughn (Madison) 2nd: Taylor Shingler (Madison) 3rd: Zuri Dunn (Brown) 2nd Grade- 1st: Christian Moorehead (McDonagh) 2nd: Kai Whitmyer (Fleet) 3rd: Hayden Eugene (McDonagh) 3rd through 5th- 1st: Joseph Omidiora (Holloway) 2nd: Nina Gresham (Jones) 3rd: Christopher Miller (Hawkins) A huge congratulations to all of our winners. Keep up the great work. We are so proud of you!

CMIT South STEM Fair Committee (Dr. Donovan, Ms. Fleet, Mr. Holloway, Ms. Chandler, Mr. Rowland)