On May 21st, two of our middle school students competed in a Maryland Chess Association Blitz Tournament. As a team, the Tigers came in 3rd place. Individually, Matthew Godshall placed 6th and Ian Kaba placed 9th.

Congratulations Students!
CMIT Chess

Hello Parents,

We have some sad news. After 42 years, Campbell's has come to the difficult decision to discontinue the Labels for Education Program at the end of this school year. Please continue to clip and submit your UPCs and Caps until June 20th. You can give your labels to Ms. Lawrence or Mr. Snyder or leave them in the collection box in the front office. All proceeds will benefit our athletics department.

Thank you for your continued support,
CMIT North PTO Fundraising

The Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation hosted its 4th Annual Lighthouse Cup Chess Tournament on Tuesday, May 31st. For this tournament, each CLF secondary school was asked to bring a five-player team to compete on both a team and an individual level. CLF members, school principals, staff and parents were in attendance.

Representing our school were: James Dickens, Ian Kaba, Matthew Godshall, Elick D’Rozario and Christopher Salley.

Each team did a fantastic job! CMIT South placed third, Chesapeake Science Point placed second and CMIT North placed first with a perfect score and each team member received a $25 Amazon gift card. All of the students were also awarded medals and certificates. As the winner of the tournament, CMIT North will continue to house the CLF travelling trophy for another year.

Three CMIT North students had perfect scores and also received individual prizes. Third place winner, Ian Kaba received a $20 Amazon gift card, second place winner, Matthew Godshall received a $50 Amazon gift card, and first place winner, Christopher Salley received a $75 Amazon gift card.

National Chess Master, Mr. William Morrison, served as the tournament director for the day. School coaches - Mr. Norris Powell from CMIT South, Mr. Zafer Calis from CSP and Mrs. Candace Salley from CMIT North were also present to support their teams.

A special thank you goes to Councilman Peter Smith from the First District in Anne Arundel County. Councilman Smith spoke to our players about his love of chess and helped with the award presentations.

Also presenting awards were: Mr. Hakan Orak, Chief Academic Officer, Mr. Spear Lancaster, President of the Governing Board and Mrs. Annessa Wilson, CLF.

Congratulations again to ALL!
CMIT Chess

The enrichment calendar has been updated to reflect the adjustments made to the PGCPS school calendar.

Please note the following changes:

JUNE ,17 -- 2 HR EARLY DISMISSAL (Pick-up time from enrichment is 4:00pm)

JUNE, 20 -- LAST DAY FOR STUDENTS, 2 HR EARLY DISMISSAL (Pick-up time from enrichment
is 4:00pm)

If you have any questions please contact Annessa Wilson at 301-776-2300.

Andrew Brauer

Parents and CMIT-Academy Students,

Here is information on how to apply for work permits in Maryland. The school no longer provides work permits to students.

https://www.dllr.state.md.us/ChildWorkPermit/web/content/Home.aspx

http://www.dllr.state.md.us/labor/wages/empm.shtml

Y Johnson

This is a reminder that as we approach the end of the school year CMIT is still a uniformed school. Middle School students must be in proper uniform. PRS points will be taken if a student is out of uniform. Points will be a requirement to attend any end of year field trips. Positive points will be awarded to students consistently in proper uniform.

Daily Uniform:
Orange or Blue CMIT Polo
Navy Blue or Khaki pants/shorts/skirt
Black Belt
Black Shoes
CMIT Fleece or Windbreaker if necessary (no other jackets are authorized)

Physical Education Uniform:
Blue CMIT t-shirt
Blue or Black Shorts or Athletic pants (No brand labels)
White socks
Athletic shoes

Mr. Brauer

Middle School students will be cleaning their lockers out on June 14th. Between now and the 14th students should begin taking items home that have been stored in their locker such as, organizers, mirrors, etc.

Mr. Brauer

This past Friday was deemed College Bound Day at CMIT Academy Middle School. So many different items were shared with students to spark their continued interest in staging their path to be college bound students.

17 College students volunteered their time to come in and speak with our middle school students to discuss their experience in college and what worked and didn't work for them.

As one student stated, We also had our very own Ms. Riley discuss Education = Income with some students in Ms. Wakes Class. The most memorable thing she said was "...at 21 in terms of Money, we have no money ". This defiantly made me realize that I live a privileged life and if I want to continue to live this way I need to work hard at my career goal so I can eat all that I want and be comfortable with all my extra curricular life activities. Not just work to live."

Teacher's discussed a varying array of topics
1. How to choose a major
2. Athletics
3. NCAA Sports
4. Dorm Life
5. Sororities and Fraternities
6. Admission process
7. Tuition and scholarships
8. Aligning your interest to a college major
9. How to choose a college
10. Different types of colleges
11. Studying Aboard
12. Work Load and types of assignments
13. Benefits of small/private vs. large/public, close-to-home vs. out of state
14. College Readiness and what it takes
15. Class schedules and time management
16. Choosing engineering as a major and what is involved
17. College Scavenger Hunt" where students will go to www.campustours.com and researching a college they might be interested in and answering questions on a worksheet based on what they find about that college
18. What Can College Do for You?

Y Johnson

To celebrate their successful school year, 8th graders voted for the winners of this year's superlatives. Students voted for the best of the best in several different categories. Congratulations to all the winners!

Thank to the PTO, all the parents, and staff members who supported and helped us with a great end of year Middle school dance.

IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!!!!

Ms. Wake AND NJHS

On Friday, June 3rd, students had an exciting time at the middle school dance. The music was great and the students showed off their best dance moves. Thank you to the National Junior Honor Society for setting up and preparing for a wonderful event. NJHS would also like to thank the staff and parents who participated in making the event successful.

Ms. Wake

Aiden Benyarku has received Citizenship Awards for his outstanding behavior in the Character Ed. Class.

Congratulations to him!

Dr. BB & Mrs. Cihan

Skylar Murphy, Trinity Moses, and Jeniffer Greer have received Citizenship Awards for their outstanding behavior in the Character Ed. Class.
Congratulations to them.

Dr. BB & Mrs. Cihan

Francis Ilesanmi has received Citizenship Award for his outstanding behavior in the Character Ed. Class.
Congratulations to him.

Dr. BB & Mrs. Cihan

Here are the best investors of the week:
1) Brian Ndofor
2) Daktari Martin
3) oluwafisayo okunuga
http://clfportal.org/fig/

Future Investors Game

This week's stupendous 7th graders are...

Jennifer Greer (Duke) and Torin Brown (Xavier)

Jennifer is a dedicated student who puts in a lot of effort in her academic and extracurricular endeavors.

Torin is working hard to improve is academic and behavioral work in school.

Congratulations Jennifer and Torin!

The 7th Grade Team

The final exam schedule for the 2015-16 school year has now been released. Please ensure that students are present all days of final exams. If you have questions regarding exams please contact the content teacher.

Natiqua Riley
Assistant Principal

Regardless of your age and interests, there is something for you at the Maker Faire. Remember, this is a National Maker Faire for you to open new perspectives in your Maker brain. http://makerfaire.com/national/

Take your family for an invention day; you will be surprised with the amount of information and ideas that you will be getting. See what people spend their time and energy with: http://makerfaire.com/featured-faires/

Natiqua Riley

"Makers" across the world are developing new solutions and products to pressing challenges, engaging students in hands on, interactive learning of STEM, arts and design and enabling individuals to learn new skills in design, fabrication and manufacturing.

Building on last year’s National Week of Making, this year’s Week will highlight the diversity of Makers big and small, young and old, urban and rural. The Week of Making is an opportunity to for individuals in communities throughout the U.S. to participate in Making activities locally, celebrating the innovation, ingenuity and creativity of Makers: https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/03/09/announcing-june-17-23-week-making

National Week of Making Proclamation by President Obama:
“Makers and builders and doers — of all ages and backgrounds — have pushed our country forward, developing creative solutions to important challenges and proving that ordinary Americans are capable of achieving the extraordinary when they have access to the resources they need.”

Natiqua Riley
Assistant Principal

A tradition at CMIT Academy is for all students to complete summer assignments to prepare for the upcoming school year. Students are expected to begin their summer assignments by July 1, 2016. Teachers of these subjects are providing necessary directions for summer assignments during this last few weeks.

Please look forward to more information regarding summer assignments in subsequent newsletter editions. Summer assignments constitute part of the assessment grades for first quarter of the new school year.

CMIT Staff

CMIT is proud to announce this years end of year trip to Hershey Park on June 15, 2016.

Students must not have a balance of less than -15 PRS points between the dates of 4/27 to 5/27 and must not have received an Administrative Referral for a Level 3 offense or higher. Please check your scholar's PRS points prior to making any payment.

Permission slips were distributed to eligible students on Wednesday 6/1.

www.myschoolbucks.com was available until 6/5 for those wishing to pay with credit card.

Cash and Checks made out to CMIT Academy can be brought with a signed permission slip to Mr. Brauer during the student's lunch period.

The cost for the trip is $75 to cover transportation, admission, and lunch.

All other details are in the permission slip.

Please contact Mr. Brauer at Abrauer@cmitacademy.org with any questions.

Andrew Brauer

Dear 8th Grade Parents,
We are almost at the finish line! In less than two weeks, we will celebrate our 8th grade students and their achievements, as they prepare to transition to the next phase of their lives!

The Planning Committee also wishes to thank all of the parents, family members, and friends, who have supported our efforts to celebrate our youth through this Promotion Ceremony! Your efforts, through venue visits, as well as decorations and program designing, have demonstrated tremendous support of our endeavors.

As we approach the Promotion ceremony date, we have a few reminders, and important information, that we would like to share, in order to make our program a huge success.
Please see below:

Date: June 16, 2016
Time: 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Location: University of Maryland, Stamp Student Union. Colony Ballroom.
Attire: Students should dress in Black and White, in their Sunday’s best.

1. Please ensure that you have read the email sent out regarding arrival time and parking.

2. On June 16, 2016, All 8th grade students who are participating in the Ceremony, are asked to arrive at the UMD by 5:45 p.m., to enter the room and line up prior to parents entering the event.

3. Students will begin the Processional at 6:15 p.m. The program will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.

4. Following the Promotion Ceremony, there will be time allotted for students to take pictures . We will be expected to exit the building no later than 8:30 p.m.



Should you have additional questions, please feel free to contact Mr. Johnson yjohnson@cmitacademy.org.

Thank you again, for making CMIT Academy Great by Choice!!

The 2016 CMIT Academy 8th Grade Promotion Celebration
Planning Committee

The end of the year is almost here!!! Students will be taking final exams in all of their core classes (RELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, Spanish and Computer) during the week of June 6th-10th.

Please review the attached schedules for your students' specific finals dates. Questions about content, exam formats, and study materials may be addressed to individual teachers.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_ZP7u722WvfcUgybVg1YzFXVkU&usp=sharing

The 7th Grade Team

Students, during the summer take time to practice your Spanish. Review the numbers (that help you when doing money transactions, addresses, phone numbers etc.) It is important to review conjugations too. As the 4th quarter is winning down we are going to continue practicing with the verb gustar (positive and negative as well as singular and plural).
Remember that are NOT done jet, classes are ending on June 20th. We still need to study and come prepare for class with pencil, pen, notebook, books, etc.

Gracias,
Mrs. Cabrera-Avila
CMIT North Department Chair for World Languages.

Barbara Cabrera

Final Exams are this coming week!!!!

Exam dates are as follows:

Tuesday June 7th: USNA, Penn, Northwestern, & Harvard
Wednesday June 8th: Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Duke, & CalTech

Review materials can be accessed on Edmodo or through the following links:

7th Grade: https://drive.google.com/a/cmitacademy.org/file/d/0BweWSbkexm8IaVlROFZPSFpTdEU/view?usp=sharing

8th Grade: https://drive.google.com/a/cmitacademy.org/file/d/0BweWSbkexm8INXBxSnRQWWkzYlk/view?usp=sharing

Please note that quarter grades will be published on June 16th. Students will still be responsible for completing and submitting assignments between their final exams and the grade publishing date.

Please contact Ms. Cracovaner at acracovaner@cmitacademy.org with any questions, comments, or concerns.

Ms. Cracovaner
Middle School Social Studies Teacher & Department Chair

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