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Dr. Washington, Principal

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Dr. Washington, Principal

Donuts With Principal Washington My sincerest thank you to all of you who took time out of your busy schedule to join me last Tuesday, February 25, 2020. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with you. I am working on my home work assignment I gave myself. Black History Kudos! Thanks to Ms. Phillips, 2nd Grade Teacher, we enjoyed a very enjoyable Black History Program Friday, February 28, 2020. As we all know, no one succeeds alone. I am also thanking all staff and parents who contributed to making this program successful. Scheduling Classroom Observations Parents wishing to observe their students in class should contact Ms. Holder (Receptionist). She will coordinate the date and time with the classroom teacher to ensure your time and date are scheduled expeditiously. Please allow at least 24 hours for your observation, once contact has been confirmed. Remember, parents may visit more than one class during the same day. Each visit is no more than 30 minutes. One visit per quarter is permitted without explanation (4 visits annually). Additional visits must get the approval of the principal. (AP 0500). Ms. Holder's contact is kholder@cmitsouthes.org School Max Access If you are having trouble accessing School Max Parent Portal, please email Ms. Bull (Registrar). She will address this concern. Please keep in mind, you may have to schedule a time and date to come in for her support. Ms. Bull's Contact is jbull@cmitsouthes.org

Dr. Washington, Principal

Today marks the mid-point for the third quarter. Please remember to: *Check your scholar's homework folder for graded assignments and important messages. *Check Schoolmax regularly for updated grades *Check Class Dojo for messages from teachers concerning due dates and homework. Next Week in Learning: ELA - Students will make connections and inferences while reading SS- Students will present Black History Projects Math-Students will continue to learn multiplication, division, and the distributive property. Science-Students will continue to learn about the life cycle of living things Below is the link for MCAP/PARRC online practice. Students have been introduced to the online version, please continue to practice Math and Reading with them. https://www.lumoslearning.com/llwp/resources/common-core-parcc-practice-tests-and-sample-questions.html

Ms. Cunningham Ms. NIck

Come WATCH, COMPETE, or WIN! The CLF Sumobot Challenge is SATURDAY, March 28, 2020. Inspired by our massively successful event at MakerFEST 2019 where the Sumobot Challenge drew a crowd of hundreds, this 2020 we decided to recognize and reward all the active, growing, STEAMazing Builders & Makers across Maryland!!! Yes, come and join our schools across the State of Maryland as we offer multiple 1 v 1 challenges and a robo-haven of fun for the whole family! Gear up as sparks fly in our electrifying robo-rumble, 3/28! CLF Sumobot Challenge on March 28, 2020 from 930am-12:00pm at #ChesapeakeSciencePoint and open to all Maryland Public School FLL Students, Teams, and Individuals wishing to compete, watch, volunteer, support, or sponsor! Our Director of Community Partnerships says, "CLF Signature Events like MakerFEST in May and CultureFEST in November will always be sustained by a potluck of community partnerships. We are excited to add this new SumoBot Challenge to the list of CLF Annual Events, every March, & open to the Maryland public!" We are STEAM Educators for Maryland's Future Innovators. Students interested in competing, please register here: https://www.clfadvancedstudies.org/sumobot The Posters (attached) will be distributed to each CLF school promptly and digital copies are being tasked for each website. Please encourage ALL your school's official Social Media Accounts to also post these flyers for CLF's Annual Maryland Sumobot Challenge!!! In addition, we've attached the rules flyer here, too. Event Time & Date: Saturday, March 28, 2019, at 9:30am-12:00pm Event Location/Physical Address: Chesapeake Science Point (CSP) 7321 Pkwy Dr. South Hanover, MD 21076 Registration Link and More info: https://www.clfadvancedstudies.org/sumobot If you have any question, contact cbicer@clfmd.org or msutherland@clfmd.org NOTE: To receive a special Sumobot T-shirt and $15 Amazon Gift Card at the event, all participant student needs to be registered. *Snacks will be served to participants and additional refreshments will also be made available for purchase to all guests. CLF's Annual Maryland Sumobot Challenge!

CLF Community Partnerships

On February 23rd, CMIT South Elementary School attended the Maryland FIRST LEGO League State Championship's FIRST LEGO League Jr Expo, organized by the FIRST Robotics Competition team, The Bliar Robot Project, with support from the Maryland FLL Jr. Affiliate Partner, the Universities Space Research Association. This event was hosted by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. First, I would like to thank CLF for supporting our team (CMIT Tigers) throughout this journey. Secondly, I applaud the parents for supporting the team and coming out to the event. Thank you. Now, I would like to give credit to our students for the hard and laborious work they have put into making the robots and poster board. At times it was fun and at times it was challenging, but our students got through it all. So, thank you for your patience and demanding thirst for knowledge and the persevering need to get through it all! Each of our students has won ribbons, and we have received a trophy and a certificate! Here is a snippet of their journey through pictures. P.S. We had ten minutes to build an automobile, and our team became first with the model car they had built.

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We have been working hard for the Black History Program. Students have learned their lines and are eagerly waiting to show the school and parents. We will be starting a new homework packet next week to start the month of March. Please make sure all homework is turned in by Monday 3/2. The weather outside is constantly changing. Please make sure you child has heavy jackets for cold days and light jackets for warmer days. Students may stay inside if they do not have jackets warm enough for the weather. Please continue to read with you child as much as you can. It will help them in school but most of all you are creating people who have a love for reading and learning. Have a great weekend!

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

Fourth Grade Parents, 3rd Quarter Progress Report grades have been posted. Tomorrow students will receive a print out of their assignments and grades as they appear on progress reports. These printouts will be sent home along with attachments of missing work. ALL MISSING WORK IS DUE FRIDAY MARCH 6, 2020. Students will have a week to submit all missing assignments for all content classes. In Reading we will continue our novel Shiloh and prepare for our assessment. We are striving to finish chapters 7-11 in the upcoming week. In Social Studies, students have begun drafting their own Declaration of Independence that resembles the document drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1776. Next week, students will finalize their personal Declaration of Independence and move forward discovering how our governmental system works. The math assessment planned for 2/27 has been moved to next Thursday, March 5 and will be primarily on adding/subtracting and decomposing fractions. If you enter the term 4.NF.3 into google search you will find various resources. Students will have their Unit 2 Lesson 2 exam on Tuesday, March 3, and can use their workbook lesson check and roundup to help prepare. We are discussing “Stay Drug Free! Build Your Assets” Health.

4th Grade Team

Dear Parents and Guardians, This week in P.E. the younger grades (K-2) were learning about chasing and fleeing and developing their own strategies on the best ways to accomplish both. They played a fun round of "noodle tag." The older grades (3-5) were also applying strategies to their games. *********** I am no longer accepting admissions to my Group Fun club as it is already over capacity at this time, sorry for the inconvenience*********************

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

Please read the new policy updates from the district. Thanks for your cooperation.

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

Fundraiser, CMIT South ES will engage in a fundraiser to help support students who struggle financially and are unable to participate in student activities. The fundraiser will be with Yankee Candle. The kickoff is expected to be Friday, March 13 and will end Friday, March 27, 2020. This fundraiser will be both online and hard copy packets. All packets including monies will be collected Monday, March 30, 2020. Online sales will continue through July 2020. Orders placed online will be delivered to the home. Orders placed using packets will be delivered to the school for pick-up. Anticipated delivery will be just prior to Mother's Day. This information will be repeated when packets are sent home Friday, March 13, 2020. We thank you, in advance, for your support. Previously posted by Dr. Washington.

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)