Dear Third Graders' Parents, Third Graders will have the OLSAT Pretest this coming Tuesday October 8, 2019 and the actual test will happen the following week on Monday October 14 . Make sure your child gets an ample, normal amount of sleep the night before the test . Have a Great Weekend

Fatih Metin Program Coordinator & Testing Coordinator

Dear Parents and Families: Our Spring Scholastic Book Fair theme is Dino-Mite: Stomp, Chomp and Read. The Dynamite part about this Fair is its Buy One Get One (BOGO) Free status. You can purchase enough books to build your students library at home or fulfill their Summer Reading list at half the cost. We will have a wide and wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level. Please make plans to visit our Book Fair and be involved in shaping your child’s reading habits. Book Fair dates: Monday, October 21 – Friday, October 25, 2019 Shopping hours: 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Special activities: Family Night Out, Monday, October 21, 2019 (6:00-8:00 p.m.) and Dress Down Friday (October 25, 2019) with $2.00 donation to All 4 Books Book Fair Home Page: http://www.scholastic.com/bf/c... Online Fair: Oct 12-25, 2019 (All orders are shipped to your home). Only Credit Card and eWallet will be accepted at the Book Fair. Please go to our Fair Homepage and sign your student up for an eWallet Account. We are also seeking Arctic Adventurer Volunteers to assist in making our Fair a huge success. If you are interested, please signup using the link below: https://cmitses.classroomparen... We look forward to seeing you and your family at our Book Fair! Remember, all purchases benefit our school. Thanks in advance for your continued support. Sincerely, Deniece K. A. McDowell, J.D. Book Fair Chairperson CMIT South ES PTO

"The" CMIT PTO Board

Hello CLF Creatives & Entrepreneurs Many of you have experienced CultureFEST before, but this year it's going to be a little different. CultureFEST 2019 will highlight our students, parents, and teachers who enjoy creating! That’s right, we want our community to share/sell their arts and crafts at CultureFEST! This is a unique opportunity to showcase our communities’ artistic talents! Please encourage your students to sign up for a FREE vendor booth or showcase your own artworks. Our educators are the foundation of STEAM, they help to create well-rounded students and for that service, we will provide our teachers with FREE vendor booths at CultureFEST 2019! For our CLF Parents, we are offering booth spaces for the low price of $50 and $100 for any local businesses interested in participating! CultureFEST is an excellent opportunity to introduce your art, crafts, products, or business to all six (6) school communities! Your booth rental is treated as a charitable contribution towards CultureFEST 2020. Exhibit and invite your business network to CultureFEST! We have expanded the festival to provide more opportunities for our visual artist, but we haven’t forgotten about our performing artist! The CultureFEST main stage is the perfect place to perform if you are a dancer, rapper, singer, poet, musician, etc. The performing arts have been a staple at CultureFEST since the very beginning. Our community comes to CultureFEST to see our students and teachers perform! Share this with your young performers and peers. Let's shine a bright light on all of our CLF artists! Join us on Saturday, November 2nd! Fill out our CultureFEST Sign-Up sheet! https://forms.gle/pPpSsheNtfhpUnTi9 Share your skills & talents!

CLF Community Partnerships

Monetary Donation: If your preference is NOT to purchase an item and provide a monetary donation. Please fill out the form and insert code: 444. Donation amount: $8 per item/product. For a child to attend the party, your total donation is $80 ($8 per 10 items/products). This amount equates to selling 10 items/products. If you have additional questions, please contact pto@cmitsouthes.org Attention: Mid-Atlantic – Thank you for your support!!!

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PGCPS Men Make a Difference Day is scheduled for Monday October 14, 2019. CMITSES will be hosting an event to highlight the vital roles fathers and male role models play in the academic achievement of our children. We're asking for all available men to come out and share in this awesome day. Due to logistics with parking, we're asking that all interested in attending to please sign up(https://cmitses.classroomparent.com/events/13724/volunteering) that you'll be in attendance. This will greatly help us with knowing how to plan accordingly. FATHERS ROAR!

"The" CMIT PTO Board

Parents/Guardians, Your support is needed. The PTO is calling all parents and their friends to ensure that this first fundraising activity is a success. The following is a message from the office of the PTO Thank You for supporting your school. Mid-Atlantic Fundraiser – Update Monetary Donation: If your preference is to NOT to purchase. Please provide a monetary donation. Please fill out the form and insert code: 444. Donation amount: $8 per item/product. For a child to attend the party, your total donation is $80 ($8 per 10 items/products). This amount equates to selling 10 items/products.

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

1st Grade has worked hard this week! We have continued to work on addition word problems for math, retelling and sentence structure for ELA, objects in the sky for science, and citizenship for social studies! Each class has also taken the MAP-M test this week, and next week will be our DRA administration! Please see the dates for your classroom below: October 7th and 9th - Ms. Brown and Ms. Pavignano October 8th and 10th - Ms. Libebe and Ms. Madison Have a wonderful weekend!

The 1st Grade Team

Hello parents! We are happy to announce that testing has been completed and scores are now available. Ms. Lambert and I will be conducting the parent-teacher conference together on November 11, 2019. The signup sheet has gone out and it is full. We are doing everything that we can to accommodate our families. We will make ourselves available the week after so that we can meet with all who wish to speak to us. The times available will be from 7:30 am to 8:00 am. As the weather changes, please send the students with a light jacket or a sweater for recess. We are still in short supply of Lysol spray. As the seasons change, we would like to have parent volunteers to help with door decorations and the bulletin board. This shows your support of our school and makes the students take pride in, that their parents are involved. We are still in short supply of Lysol spray and would like to keep the classroom happy and healthy during the upcoming fall season. Please continue to donate to our classrooms so that the students will have abundant supplies.

Ms. Michelle Phillips and Ms. Lambert

Fourth Grade Parents, In Reading, students have completed reading the excerpt of Because of Winn-Dixie. We have continued to master summarizing and sequencing. They have also written their realistic fiction short story. Standard:RL.4.1, RF.4.4, W. 4.1, W.4.4 In Math, the will rounding quiz on has been postponed to Friday, October 4, 2019. We will begin discussing multiplication of multi-digit numbers. Mr. Hawkins and I have arranged for some of the 5th graders to come into our class next week to teach us partial products. Please make sure you are checking for returned papers, and that homework is not hanging out in your child’s folder. Standard: 4.NBT.3, 4.NBT.5 In Science, we will begin discussing the changes of Earth’s surface, such as erosion and weathering. Students have individual login accounts for ReadWorks, and Science homework will be assigned on ReadWorks, and announced on Class Dojo. Standard: 4-ESS2-1 In Social Studies, we have identified map features and their purpose. We will continue to discuss the different types of maps as we start to study the various regions of the Earth. Please review the study guide sent home as their Geography Basics test will be on Monday. Standards: MSSF.3.4A, MSSF.3.4B In Health, we will be having a guest teacher, Dr. BB, coming in on Fridays this year. Next week she will be discussing self-esteem/self-image.

4th Grade Team

It is now officially fall and it feels like it. In Science, the students are now learning about the different seasons of the year and what to wear. Please have your child bring the proper outside attire each day. Remember all the CMIT sweaters and jackets look alike so PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE put your child's name on it. We do have a lost and found in the cafeteria if anyone is looking for something that has been misplaced. Please read each and every evening with your scholars. Have them read aloud at times, and listen for how you can help support mastery of reading and reading comprehension. Here are some question stems to formulate questions for deeper understanding. 1. Why do you think........? 2. Explain how..........? 3. If you were .......then .........? This week in Social Studies, we identified leaders at our school, in our homes, and in the community. We decided that the teachers and the principals are the leaders at our school. In the community, there are leaders such police officers and firefighters that help keep us safe. This week in Science, we concluded our exploration of the sun. We have discussed shadows, looked at our own shadows, and how shadows are made by the sun. Students worked on vocabulary related to the sun, including; shadows, sun, hot, cold, temperature, and shadow. We also identified different objects that help protect our bodies from the sun. Permission slips for the field trip on October 25, 2019 to the farm went home today. Please check your scholar's green daily folder. Have a great weekend!

Kindergarten Team

Greetings Parents, Thanks for the information regarding field trips. We are working hard to put together interesting and educational field trips. Students worked well with the experiment today. Some pictures were posted on Class Dojo. Make sure you sign up for the PTO contact list. As always, students should be working on Khan Academy, cK-12 and Xtramath. Thanks again.

Victor Hawkins

Hello 3rd Grade Parents! Students were given the project “What’s the Weather” this week to create a diorama of a specific place of their choice, during a particular season, and a specific type of weather often seen during that season. Projects are due October 8th and we are so excited to present and share our amazing dioramas! Students worked hard for another week of testing and have shown their real determination in doing their best on these! We are so proud!

Ms. Cunningham and Ms. Harris

We have had another eventful week in 2nd grade this week. We have completed our Map-M testing this week and will be starting DRA next week. Other than testing we have been learning: - counting money and equal groups - bodies of water and how to read maps - spelling with long and short 'a' sounds - words with a silent 'e' - story elements (character, setting, etc.) - communities Important Reminders: - Please make sure your students come to school with pencils EVERY day. Students have been losing their pencils just about every day. - Homework is due the day after it is assigned unless otherwise stated Have a good weekend :)

Ms. Fleet and Ms. McDonagh

Dear Parents and Guardians, This week in across all grades we talked about movement concepts. The vocabulary for the week was "pathways" and different styles of pathways that might be seen or taken. Each class performed a think-pair-share about the definition of what a pathway is and what its purpose is before thinking of different styles. The purpose of pathways is to choose the best or quickest route to get you to where you are going. The different styles include; curve, straight, turn, bumpy/smooth, zig-zag, U-turn, incline/decline. We also discussed the speed of movement as part of movement concepts. Please try to reinforce these vocabulary words as you take drives with your children so they can better understand that everywhere we go is a chosen pathway !! We explored leaving the gym as a pathway back to class and the cafeteria to lunch, along with verbal examples during instruction. SPORTS MIX CLUB: I have about 20 open slots for students to join my Sports mix club for students in grades 3-5 only. A syllabus of each week's sport and club contract will be available to the first 20 students who come and get them from me on Monday, 10/7 and bring them signed back to me. No student will be admitted into the club or invited to stay until the agreement is read and signed by both students and parents. The club will be held every Tuesday from 2:55 - 3:55. The cost is $15 for the entire term ( until Christmas break ) and they may wear any athletic clothes or their P.E. uniform.

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

Good afternoon, With clubs starting next week, I have a few parents and students still reaching out with questions on how to sign up. Any 4th/5th grader who would like to join band but has not signed up can come on Monday and I will sign them up myself. Students must have a musical instrument to be in Band Club. If there are any questions or concerns about instrument care, where to rent/purchase, etc., then please feel free to email me at jbailey@cmitsouthes.org

Jared Bailey Music Teacher CMIT South Elementary

Happy Friday! Next Friday First Grade is going to have a Harvest Fest party! We're going to write about all the these we love about Fall, paint pumpkins, and watch "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" with snacks! I'm so excited, we're going to have a good time. For more details about supplies and what we need, please check the message on the Class Dojo story. We will have our first Math test on Thursday, we will review on Tuesday and Wednesday and students will be sent home with a study guide. We will continue with our Small Moment unit and their first stories will be in their Homework folders on Friday. Thank you so much, have a wonderful weekend!

-Ms. Libebe

This week we relaxed a bit and instead of a bunch of lecturing and then creating, we did some drawing and coloring the whole class! We reviewed lines and started a design, started learning about color families, and the fifth grade learned about creating visual texture for their monsters! Third graders: Make sure you have an object that you want to draw for a couple of weeks when I see you again next week, because we will be sketching ready or not! Let's get creative!

Miss James

Dear Parents, After school clubs start on Monday! 10/7 Thank you, Mrs. AK

Mrs. Ak

Dear Parents, Applications for the clubs are received. Since there is a limited space for the clubs, some students were not placed to the clubs. Club sponsors will invite the students if they have been accepted. Please wait till the club sponsors contact you.

Fatih Metin Program Coordinator & Testing Coordinator

Our school will be participating in the National Geographic National Geography Bee! Students in 4th and 5th grades are eligible, but it's never too early to start learning about geography! If your child is interested in the Geography Bee, please let me know by sending me an email at david.rowland@pgcps.org. It can either be a live bee where we have them answer questions in a similar format to the national spelling bee, or it can be a written test to qualify for the next stage. I am waiting to see how many students are interested (and how many parents are interested in volunteering) before I decide which one we are going to do, so please let me know! I hope to have everything scheduled and everyone signed up by the end of this month, so please let me know as soon as possible! Thank you and have a great weekend!

Mr. Rowland

At 6'4" (or 193 cm), Abraham Lincoln holds the record as our tallest president. He beat out Lyndon B. Johnson for the title of tallest president by just ONE CENTIMETER!!!! Have a great weekend everyone!

Mr. Rowland

Parents! As you see, we can always use your help! I had a few parents ask how they could join us. EASY! Just park and assist with traffic flow and assisting our kids into the building and with departure. If you have time in the morning or afternooon, please consider helping out. Usually Mr. Holland or Mr. Loomer will be lead in the morning and afternoon. Just check in with them and help where needed! Remember to always greet our students with a smile in the morning! contact the PTO for more information! Please remember, when kids are moving, ALL TRAFFIC MUST STOP! Safety First! TIPS TO FOLLOW! Have kids on the passenger side of car (easier for staff to escort) Consider graduating your child to a booster chair from a car seat. Don't let kids exit car until you've turned the corner in an actual line! STAY OFF YOUR CELL PHONE! Kids are moving! STAY IN YOUR LANE! Kids are always moving! Sorry, kids safety negates your need to get to work! Safety First! PARENTS! STAY IN YOUR CAR!

"The" CMIT PTO Board

Well be accepting orders through December 18, 2019 . https://cmit-academy.itemorder.com/sale Students can wear the "Tigers Roar" Gray T-shirt with their school PE Uniform. Parents: Mothers Roar and Fathers Roar T Shirts will be available to purchase very soon! If you don't see them, please come back! Shirts will be delivered on the following schedule. Orders placed: September 27 - October 10 With Delivery on October 14th October 11 - 24 with Delivery on October 28 October 25 - November 7 with Delivery on November 12 November 8 - 21 with Delivery on November 25 November 22 - December 5th with Delivery on December 9th. December 6 - 18 With Delivery on December 20th. Do not contact the vendor. They are instructed to direct you back to the PTO. Shirt will be delivered to your child's classroom on delivery date. PLEASE INCLUDE THE CHILD'S NAME ON THE ORDER FORM! CONTACT THE PTO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS! pto@cmitsouthes.org

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Hello Parents, We have rolled out our new CMITSES PTO Website ! This will be the way we communicate to parents so we're asking you to please sign up! https://cmitses.classroomparent.com You should receive a form from your teacher with a unique individual code that you will use to register for the site. DO NOT FILL THE FORM OUT AND SEND BACK! LOG IN AND REGISTER! From here, you'll be able to pay for your yearly dues ($20 per family). Pretty soon, this will be the preferred way to keep in contact with the PTO. We encourage you all to register to keep informed. Our Constant Contact messages will soon cease. There will be class a class "Popcorn Party" for the class who registers the most parents by our first PTO meeting! There will be a class party for the class who has the most "Dues Paid" PTO Parents! ($20, you can pay when you register online!) The winning classes will be announced at our PTO Meeting. If you have any questions, please contact us at pto@cmitsouthes.org .

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Wednesday October 9, 2019@ 6PM

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L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

The fabulous CMIT PTO will celebrate the difference our fathers and father-figures make in the lives of their families. Please support the activities scheduled for October 14th. Reach out to your PTO today. Thank You for caring.

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

Education is essential but its also important that our students have fun while learning. Below is a list of events that will occur in the month of October: Monday October 14th---MEN MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY - Men Make a Difference Day acknowledges the vital role fathers and male role models play in the academic achievement of children. The day provides fathers, stepfathers, grandfathers, uncles, brothers, and other male role models with an opportunity to participate in several school activities and events throughout the day (pgcps website.) If you are interested in participating in CMIT South first Men Make A Difference Day please click the link below: https://cmitses.classroomparent.com/events/13724/volunteering. Monday October 21st-Friday October 25th---ANTI BULLYING SPIRIT WEEK -October is National Bullying Prevention Month. . The goal: encourage schools, communities and organizations to work together to stop bullying and raise awareness. Monday: Faculty and students will wear their favorite hat to show they “Put A Cap on Bullying”. Tuesday: Faculty and students will wear colorful socks to indicate we will “Sock it to Bullying”. Wednesday: “Mismatched Day” Faculty and students will wear mismatched socks, shoes, and clothes to show it’s ok to be different. Thursday: “Be a Buddy, Not a Bully” Students and Faculty will become twins or triplets with a buddy for the day. Friday: Faculty and students “Unite Against Bullying” by wearing orange for national anti-bullying day. Friday November 1st---Book Character Education Day Faculty and students will bring books to life by dressing up as their favorite book character. They will have the opportunity to show off their costume in the CMIT South Elementary Book Character Education Parade. More details to come. I can not wait for these awesome events!

Deidra Chandler Professional School Counselor