-resumes tomorrow, January 4.

L. Watkis (Acting Principal)

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L. Watkis (Acting Principal)

Parents/Guardians, Welcome back to school. Looking forward to a successful remainder of the school year. The rest of the school year is packed with activities that will support student learning. February is Black History Poster competition. All students must participate as this is project-based learning that will build literacy, research, listening and speaking skills. I have posted the information on Class Dojo as well. Please support and motivate all students to engage in meaningful reading to learn something new. Science Fair information was sent home with all students prior to the break. Teachers also have this information on their Class Dojo site. If you need additional information, please contact your child's teacher. Assessments are taking place this month. Please help your child review and practice at home. Ask your child what they are learning each day at school and check grades in school max. Hold them accountable. If you need clarification on any information, please call/email the school. Your PTO is also a good point of contact. Join up and support the drive to keep all parents involved and informed. Be proactive and make every effort to support students to follow ALL school rules. When parents support schools, students will succeed. Thanks for partnering with CMIT Elementary School.

L. Watkis (Acting Principal)

Greetings Parents, This has been a very speedy week. However, the quarter is finished by the end of this month. Students will have to stay focused as there are a lot of assignments coming their way. Students were given a mini project on google classroom. It was a way to help them create a document and display cross curricular skills. We will resume the online activity with cK-12 and Khan Academy. Have students work on STEM Fair timeline so they can turn in each component on time. Winter MAP Testing in Reading will be on January 14 and 15th. As always, thank you for all that you do. NEW Carts Schedule Here is the official new Carts schedule. I will update you if there are any changes. The major change to this is the take away of the 6 day schedule. Instead, students will have 2 classes on Wednesday. Monday-TECH Tuesday-Makers Lab Wednesday-LEGO/ second class ART (Wednesday 1:30/2:10 Thursday-PE Friday-Music

Victor Hawkins

Essay Requirements (Grades 6-12 ONLY): At least 250 words, but shall not exceed 500 words • Typed and double-spaced • Original work only • Be sure to properly cite your sources. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/ • Due on Friday, January 24th Scoring Rubric Comprehension (20 points) How well does the essay reflect a thorough comprehension of the essay topic? Does the essay provide supported reasons for the student’s topic selection? Organization (20 points) Does the argument/discussion follow a logical and easily understood progression? Does any outside evidence contained in the essay support the essay’s main points? Conclusions (20 points) Do the conclusions follow logically from the main body of the essay and reflect what the student has learned from research? How compelling are the conclusions? Creativity (20 points) Use of diverse resources, language &/or style, unique angle? Writing (20 points) Correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure. Poster Requirements (Elementary ONLY): • Poster MUST be 18x14 inches • Illustrates & supports a significant African American • Illustrates the contribution clearly and with artistic energy • Is it Colorful? Creative? Innovative? Legible? Different? Finished? • Poster should have a caption of at least three sentences, but no more than 10 to include who, what, and how the person contributed to shaping history. • Poster should mention at least one NEW thing the student learned during this contest? (E.g. arts in STEAM, African American role models, about oneself, society, African American history &/or culture, etc.) CLF will have 3 winners from each division who will receive a $50 gift card. Student winners and their parents will be invited to an awards reception hosted by CLF. One honorary mention from each school/division will be asked to read their essay or present their poster submission. Refreshments will be served and community leaders, special guests, fellow students, teachers, school officials, and board members will be in attendance.

CLF Community Partnerships

Hello and Happy New Year!, As I mentioned in the previous year, grades 3-5 will be incorporating recorders in our music class lessons. Below is a link to some purchase options (students must have their own recorders). If a student does not get one, then they will use auxiliary percussion that I have available in class. Please feel free to reach out via Class Dojo or email if you have any questions concerning purchasing a recorder. https://www.amazon.com/Recorders/b?ie=UTF8&node=11972101 Best,

Jared Bailey Music Teacher CMIT South Elementary

Please support this project; ALL students must participate. Thanks for supporting learning in and out of school.

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)