Last weekend, three Tigers, Phillip Nissen, Matthew Godshall and Ian Kaba, traveled to Baltimore to compete in the 2nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Spring Scholastic Chess Championships. Phillip Nissen and Matthew Godshall placed 1st in their respective sections, and as a team, Ian Kaba and Matthew Godshall tied for 1st place. Congratulations!

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Congrats!!! The CMIT Chess Team traveled to Columbus, Ohio April 26-29th to compete in the U.S. Chess Federation's National High School Championship. Congrats to the team (Christopher Salley, Matthew Godshall, Ian Kaba, Damon Edwards II, and Phillip Nissen) on their 19th Place overall team win in the Blitz competition. Way to go Tigers! Many thanks to Mr. Gunes and the administration for sponsoring the team. Also special kudos to Mrs. Candace Salley for spearheading the establishment of the CMIT Chess Team AND acting as our "Chess Mom" since its inception in 2011. Your efforts and dedication are greatly appreciated and will be missed as Christopher transitions to college.

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The 4th Annual Eye of the Tiger in-house Chess Tournament was held on May 16th after school. Twelve middle schoolers, seven high schoolers and one parent competed. Trophies were awarded to: Middle School Section 1st place – Kyra Brown 2nd place – Sulayman Khan 3rd place – Anthony Stills 4th place – Clarence Rucker, III 5th place – Melinda Kern 6th place – Shawn Conley High School Section 1st place – Ian Kaba 2nd place – Matthew Godshall 3rd place – Phillip Nissen 4th place – James Dickens 5th place – Damon Edwards, II 6th place – Jalan Cosby Adult Section 1st place - John Kern Special recognition goes to our two graduating seniors – James Dickens and Christopher Salley and to Mr. Gunes for making this tournament possible.

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CMIT Family! Please save the date to participate in the “Chrysler Drive” on June 2, 2018 from 9:00am to 1:00pm to help raise funds for our school. Chrysler’s Cars 4 Classrooms will donate $10 for each test drive taken up to $2,000. We can also earn an additional $1,000 for our school by sharing photos on a public Facebook account using a customized hashtag and tagging @Chrysler. We need 100 public posts to earn the additional $1,000! Please help our school by just taking a test drive. Please note: You must be 18 or older to test drive or ride. Also, students can earn six Student Service Learning Hours. Sign up today at https://goo.gl/4z1o19 Please review the attached flyer and share it with your family and friends, or contact the CMIT Academy North PTO for more information at information@cmitnorthpto.org. Thank you for your support!

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CMIT Family, After years of tremendous work, the Class of 2018 graduates this Wednesday, May 30th! All high school staff will be in attendance at graduation. As a result, the high school (and only the high school) will be closed. There is no school for CMIT high school students Wednesday! Respectfully,

Tammy Colandrea
HS Assistant Principal

On the first of May, The peer leader held Senior Signing Day! The event started with breakfast for all the seniors in school. Then there was an assembly of the whole student body in the gym where each senior's college choice and their major was shown in a presentation. There was also department awards handed out to seniors who displaced exemplary skills in subjects such as math and the English department. It was a successful event. Congrats to all of the students in the Class of 2018 and best wishes as they move on to their future endeavors. See the attached file for college acceptance data for class of 2018.

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Peer Leaders College Summit

Last week was our Fahrenheit 451-fest and brought us some awesome opportunities to delve into our creative sides! Student groups represented scenes from Fahrenheit 451 in a variety of ways -- sock puppets, original raps, skits, and PowToons being some of the favorites! A few other things from last week... *We took our last F451 quotes quiz (a student favorite, haha!), and students' scores show improved close reading skills and a deep understanding of the complexities of the novel. Our final DISCUSSION (of Chapter 3/the book as a whole) will be on TUESDAY, 5/29. *We held a F451-based "Spelling Bee!" (There are a lot of tough new words we encountered in this novel!) The winners from each class were: -- Hailey Smith -- Anthony Stills -- Dave Jose -- Nevaeh Coleman *We participated in some very detailed rounds of F451-themed TRIVIA! Students were required to review and recall some pretty minute details from the novel -- much more minute and specific than in their quizzes and discussions. It was an active competition, and winners UP NEXT... We are approaching the end of the year -- almost unbelievable. In the upcoming weeks, we'll be reviewing for our final exam (Part 1 = SAT vocabulary and Latin/Greek root words; Part 2 = Fahrenheit 451 as seen through the eyes of Common Core State Standards); we'll analyze some poetry; and we will be viewing and evaluating portions of Fahrenheit 451 (the film) from Ray Bradbury's perspective. Does the film represent the themes of the novel clearly? Does the plot align closely with the book, or does it go off on too many tangents? And, of course, we'll celebrate all the wonderful (challenging) things our scholars have accomplished over the past ten months. On June 4th, students will present their FINAL PROJECTS. As "the book people" in Fahrenheit 451 memorize significant texts to maintain them for future societies, students are currently working on memorizing (200-word portions) of some of their favorite texts. They'll recite these texts (without any notes, but with enthusiasm and fluency) for their peers. Please offer to be an audience for your scholar and provide feedback as appropriate (he/she should have a printed copy of the text, so you can follow along and mark where words are juxtaposed/missed/stumbled upon, etc).

Danica Justsen, NBCT

PTO Members, We are pleased to announce that we have a full Slate of Candidates for the 2018-2019 vacant Executive Board positions. While we did not have a full slate in time to run an election during our May meeting, we will announce a Special General Meeting in June to complete the election process. During this meeting any additional members interested in running for a position may be nominated from the floor. Slate of Candidates: President - Wanda Finch Vice President - Dorothy Simmons Treasurer - Tarnishe Samuel Recording Secretary - Sarah Garrick (1) Middle School Parent Representative - Allena Johnson In addition, please visit www.cmitnorthpto.org and click on the red Bylaw Changes box to review the proposed Changes to our Bylaws. We will also vote on these changes at our Special General Meeting in June. If you have questions about the Bylaws Changes or the Slate of Candidates please email infromation@cmitnorthpto.org

Thank you,
CMIT North PTO

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