The proposed session dates are $345 per two-week session from 9am-4pm: June 24-July 5 (off on July 4th) July 8-19 July 22-August 2 There maybe a limited one-week bonus camp during the week of August 5-9 based upon minimum registration. (This will be $172.50) To inquiry for more details, contact swhiting@clfmd.org. However, the full details will be provide via email and the next edition of the newsletter. Zero Period: 7-9 am ($80 per two-week session) Scholars: 4-6pm ($100) $15 non-refundable registration fee.

Sheila Whiting Enrichment Coordinator

Spring pictures will take place on May 1, 2019 in the gymnasium. Students are allowed to dress up in their spring best and do not have to wear their school uniforms. This is a "dress up day" not a "dress down" day. Orders may be placed online at https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/#/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/%23/&source=gmail&ust=1556388135944000&usg=AFQjCNHKHioTf-ugttZ_vP7rZidwCyZaBw" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/#/ or by sending in check/cash with order form on Picture Day.

Patrice Harrell-Carter Principal

Testing will resume on Tuesday, April 30- May 1. Then, we will begin with make-up testing. Please ensure your child is present and on time.

Patrice Harrell-Carter
Principal

Parents, Staff: The media has been focusing on the measles outbreak across the country. As you may know, the only way to prevent Measles transmission, is through vaccination. Parents, please ensure your child has updated vaccinations based on their age. Below, you will find some facts on the Measles. Measles is a contagious vaccine-preventable viral infection easily spread to unvaccinated persons through coughing, sneezing and secretions from the mouth. Early measles symptoms of high fever, runny nose, cough and red, watery eyes typically develop 10 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. Usually, one to four days after the early symptoms, a red rash appears on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. A person with measles is contagious beginning four days before the rash appears until four days after the rash begins. Those who are most at risk of complications from measles infection are: pregnant women, infants less than 1 year old and those who are immune compromised. Please visit this link from the Maryland Department of Health, FAQ: Measles https://phpa.health.maryland.gov/OIDEOR/IMMUN/Shared%20Documents/Measles%20FAQ_FINAL.pdf

Renada Haley, RN Professional School Nurse nurse@cmitsouthes.org Chesapeake Math & IT Academy South Elementary 9601 Fallard Terrace Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 240-767-4820

Held on the first Saturday in May, this will be the 3rd Annual MakerFEST, CLF's yearly STEAM Festival celebrating our community's inner genius! CLF schools are now eight programs and six institutions across the State of Maryland serving over 3,200 students K-12! MakerFEST invites these students to participate with staff, parents and our wider CLF STEM community partners to feel encouraged to exhibit and enjoy all the day's inventions, artwork, personal projects, experiments, robots, wild creations, noble attempts, fine solutions to typical problems, and makers making so much more! CLF will also have volunteer opportunities available for anyone who wants to help build the best MakerFEST ever! To register for an exhibition space visit https://www.clfadvancedstudies.org/makerfest For volunteer opportunities visit https://goo.gl/forms/y1qs5zfo8OPOuRo92 This year, the first Saturday in May happens to coincide with May 4th, often celebrated by fans of the widely popular Star Wars franchise. We fundamentally feel obligated since astronomy, space exploration fit all too well into the MakerFEST concept, so Community Partnerships is also encouraging all exhibitors to share their project progress with @CLF_CLF on twitter or @ChesapeakeLighthouseFoundation on Facebook with the hashtag #MayTheFourthBuildWithYou. Until next update, May The Fourth Be With You!

CLF Community Partnerships

Welcome back! We hope you had a great break. We are nearing the end of our year. We still have more to do. During May we will be testing the children with their reading levels. If you have questions please contact your child's teacher. Science: This week in science we talked more about helping the environment. We discussed recycling items, reusing them, and reducing the things we use. Students did an excellent job in sorting objects and pictures depending on if we could reuse them, recycle them or reduce our use of it. Students have become very aware about the ways we can keep our earth clean and safe! Next week we will begin talking about the resources we use! Math: In math this week we worked on measuring things by various attributes. We discussed measuring things based on weight, height, length, and more. We have learned a lot about scales, rulers, how to measure things using nonstandard measurement and more! Students did a great job at describing things based on their measurable attributes along with measuring them! Social Studies: This week in Social Studies we identified the differences between basic needs and wants. We learned that needs are things we must have to live such as food, clothing, and shelter. ELA: Welcome back. Students are becoming excellent writers. Students are continuing to use nouns and verbs in their writing and identify them. Students will continue to perfect the writing process which includes, finger spacing, using correct form of letters, end marks and capitalization. Students are gaining strength with sight words.

Kindergarten Team

Important reminders: Field trip forms went out today! Please check with your scholar to sign and return next week. Homework is an important part of your scholar's grade! If your students fails to submit any homework they are deducted 15% of their grade. In reading this coming week, we will be reading different texts about the Westward Expansion! Be sure to ask your scholar about the Cheyenne, Lewis and Clark, Louisiana Purchase, and the different crops of that type period.

-Ms. Pavignano

Dear Parents & Guardians, Today we was an exciting day because we released butterflies that grew from caterpillars in the Makers' Lab. Thank you to all who volunteered and spent time bringing in plants to add to our garden. Also, 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders grew beans & peas from seeds which are also a great addition to our garden! PG Parks was kind enough to volunteer and they gave some zinnia, marigold, parsley and dill plants. We will work together to perfect the butterfly garden as more materials are brought in! If you have any questions feel free to contact me at zozturk@cmitsouthes.org

Ms. Oz

Parents, We have wrapped up our reading testing this week and MCAP Math testing will continue next week on April 30 and May 1. The 4th grade Honor Roll assembly will be May 6, 2019 from 9:30 am-10:15 am. Though we have had a great deal of testing this week, students were able to conduct a Science experiment (pictured) and Language Arts immigration activity. Encourage students to continue their hard work next week and remind them to get a good night's’ rest and eat a healthy breakfast as we close out our MCAP testing on Tuesday and Wednesday. Have great weekend. We're looking forward to another awesome week.

4th Grade Team

Happy Friday! This week consisted of a lot of testing and the students are troopers! I'm so proud of them! Next week the testing will be on April 30 - May 1 and that will be the last of the testing for a while. Please continue to make sure that students are arriving on time. Next week in Science we will be wrapping up our Unit 1 of Engineering. In Math we will continue our Geometry unit by discussing coordinate plans. Enrichment packets have been collected and will be entered into SchoolMax before the end of next week. Information about Camp Schmidt and Promotion will be forthcoming soon so keep an eye out for that. Also be aware that picture day is May 1 and necessary forms have been passed out to your children to take home. Thank you once again for all of your support!

-Ms. Libebe

See flyer attached.

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Patrice Harrell-Carter
Principal

Hello Parents! Welcome back from the break! Now that we are in the final stretch, there will be a lot of projects coming home toward the end of the year. Lately in 2nd and 3rd grade art class, students have begun a new art project. The focus of this project is to learn all about EMPHASIS! Students analyzed a teacher prototype to find out what the main focus was. We decided that the reflection in the sunglasses was the main focus and learned that using different art materials for different areas of an artwork will draw attention to a specific spot - in other words, emphasis! In the next weeks to come, students will draw a self-portrait of themselves wearing sunglasses and depict a special place in the reflection of the glasses.

Brittney Frei

Greetings Parents/ Guardians, This week students’ assignments are from 4/23 – 5/3 Assignment for K-2 graders: Computational Thinking: Patterns The learners receive direct instruction and practice recognizing and analyzing simple patterns to predict what comes next or what is missing from the pattern. They will be introduced to computational thinking and how computers use programs and software to analyze patterns and solve problems in this engaging and interactive digital lesson. Assignment for 3-5 graders: Computational Thinking: Algorithms Computational Thinking: Patterns As part of computational thinking, the learners receive direct instruction and practice using algorithms to solve a problem, make a decision, or accomplish a task. They will analyze a situation, create an algorithm to solve the problem, test for reliability and accuracy, and understand that computers use algorithms, called programs, to complete tasks or help solve problems.  www.learning.com Thank you, Mrs. AK Technology Teacher

Mrs. Ak

Lots of things planned! Take a look!

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"The" CMIT PTO Board

Parents/ Guardians, Beautification project We are embarking on a beautification project of our outdoor space this spring. The learning environment, both inside and outside should be conducive to learning. In this regard, we are requesting help from you-our partners to donate potted plants, including rosebuds. Through the PTO, we would like to plant these into our beautiful garden. Today, students released their butterflies, and they were so excited about this activity. PARCC Students are still in testing mode. Please encourage daily and weekend reviews. Students who have missed the taking the tests due to days out will do the makeup. Thanks to all the parents who sent in flowers these past two days-you guys are phenomenal. The dates have been extended to all of next week to provide you guys with an opportunity to give to the garden. Thanks for supporting our scholars each and every day.

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

Parents, Please see the attached document in reference to CMIT South ES Career Day. Thank you in advance for your support.

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DM Davis, Professional School Counselor, CMIT South ES, ddavis@cmitsouthes.org

Great Week Parents, This week, I have been preparing for our last Honor Roll Assembly for this school year. I am excited to share, the program will be student-led, your scholars have done an amazing job working hard this year. For students who achieved his/her goal of making the honor roll, his/her teachers will send the invitation out. Congratulations on the accomplishments of your scholars. Thank you again for trusting Thee CMIT South ES to be apart of the development of your scholars' education.

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DM Davis, Professional School Counselor, CMIT South ES, ddavis@cmitsouthes.org