Greetings, CMIT family, I hope this email finds you well. I would like to announce the math contest results that were revealed recently. One of them was a national-wide contest, Math League, and the other one was an international-wide contest, Caribou Contest. Our students were studying hard and represented our school. I would like to congratulate the Mathmagicians students, Hannah Simmons, Christina Thomas, Favour Nwogu, Suhani Patel, Jayden Russell, and Nigel Seymour, Izuchukwu Nwadike, Kanyinsola Ijaduola, Renee Ogoh, and Leah Brooks for working hard as well as participating in the contests. Math League school-wide - April 2021 winners: First Place: Nigel Seymour Second Place: Favour Nwogu and Hannah Simmons 9/10 Grades Caribou Contest - April 2021 winners: Nigel Seymour: Schoolwide: 1st place, Statewide: 1st place, Nationwide: 8th place, Internationalwide: 335th place, Christina Thomas: Schoolwide: 2nd place, Statewide: 2nd place, Nationwide: 14th place, Internationalwide: 439th place, Suhani Patel: Schoolwide: 3rd place, Statewide: 3rd place, Nationwide: 19th place, Leah Brooks: Schoolwide: 4th place, Statewide: 4th place, Nationwide: 20th place, 9/10 Grades Caribou Contest - 2020 - 2021 (January-February-April) winners: Suhani Patel: Schoolwide: 1st place, Statewide: 1st place, Nationwide: 23rd place, Internationalwide: 25%, Nigel Seymour: Schoolwide: 2nd place, Statewide: 2nd place, Nationwide: 28th place, Internationalwide: 26%, Favour Nwogu: Schoolwide: 3rd place, Statewide: 3rd place, Nationwide: 29th place, Internationalwide: 29% Christina Thomas: Schoolwide: 4th place, Statewide: 4th place, Nationwide: 35th place, Kanyinsola Ijaduola: Schoolwide: 5th place, Statewide: 5th place, Nationwide: 41st place, Please join me, and congrats to our students!!! Go CMIT! Go Mathmagicians! ________________________________________________________ Upcoming contests: Caribou Contest: May 5/6th, 2021 Math League - High School: May 20th, 2021 ***Math League - High School Contest is open to all high school students. Please let me know if you are interested via email. You can join the next section of the Mathmagicians Club to be ready. The club is on Tuesdays at 4 pm. Have a great week...

Esra Keskin, MBA Math Teacher Math Contests & Competitions Coach ekeskin@cmitacademy.org

Yearbook club has been hard at work putting together a yearbook like no other! We are trying to capture the crazy year we have had and need your help. Take funny candids of yourself in front of your computer during distance learning. Show a new skill you learned during the pandemic--maybe cooking with your siblings or a new dance move! Take a picture and send it in for the yearbook. Maybe you are in the class of 2021 and want to say thanks to your teachers, parents, friends and supporters with a sign or picture.....sent it in to the yearbook! Maybe you are playing a sport and have some fun action shots of your team during practice....take a photo and send it in to the yearbook! Please submit candid pictures of CMIT life during distance learning. We want to see YOU in the pages of CMIT's historic year! Help us capture these moments so you can look back and remember how you never gave up! Candids of you playing basketball outside, working in class, chatting with friends through apps....all of this will help us create a yearbook that defines this time. If you want to submit a drawing, a poem, or even a joke, please send your submissions and photos to yearbook@cmitacademy.org. If you have any questions, please let Ms. O'Donnell know at todonnell@cmitacademy.org All photos must be submitted by Friday, April 30th.

Tammy O'Donnell

The yearbook portal is open and ready for business. Parents, clubs, businesses, students, teachers, ANYONE can purchase ads for their students (all grade levels) as well as the yearbook itself. The yearbook is $55 this year and ads range in price from $5 to $25. When you submit your order for your ad, it will come to the Yearbook Advisor and then an invitation will be sent to you to design and create your own ad. The AdBuilder is a simple tool and allows you the opportunity to put photos, texts and graphics into the ad. If you have any questions, let Ms. O’Donnell know. DEADLINE TO PURCHASE YEARBOOKS AND/OR YEARBOOK ADS IS FRIDAY, APRIL 30Th. https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/SelectJob Use school code: 12278721 Thank you for supporting the yearbook club!

Tammy O'Donnell

Now that the 3rd Quarter Grades were finalized and submitted. How much learning did you lose or gain? For you to play on how much would be your projected average, you may use the formula link below: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H3YWDe7k1lu01eUKu1QDVUNete2CFA7hxADGwXVNw24/edit?usp=sharing First, put in your grades on the first, second, and third quarters, respectively. Then indicate the percentage on how much average you would like to gain in the course. The fourth quarter grade will appear, which will be the grade you need to work on during this fourth quarter. Remember that CMIT has the Academic Suppor and Tutoring Service; please recognize your opportunity to be benefited to get the grade you need to work on or even to increase your grades.

Dr. CLARKE Science Teacher Academic Support & Tutoring Services Coordinator HS Science Fair Coordinator Green School Club Advisor

On Thursday, during our second period (which may run a little over the third period), of April 22, 2021, the Green School will be hosting a live presentation over our CMIT Youtube channel to highlight environmental issues across the planet and demonstrate support for environmental protection. CMIT second-period teachers will tune in to the CMIT youtube channel to broadcast the program in their respective classrooms, and students will log in to support the hybrid learning setting. All students will have a chance to blog or interact during the event to let everyone know about protecting and restoring our planet. During the live presentation which Morgan Pringle and Moncrief Peyton will host, three speakers from the following will highlight the show: 1. Retired Brigadier General Deborah Y. Howell, who held various United States military command and staff positions, including Project Officer from the National Guard Bureau, ARP-M, Arlington, Virginia, and Adjutant General of the United States Virgin Islands. Retired Brig. Gen. Howell advocates for a values-driven, sustainable culture that stays current with ever-changing but critical local, regional, national, and international environmental policies. 2. Eric Moberg, Strategic Program Manager of the Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO), which is a public utility that supplies electric power to the city of Washington, D.C., and surrounding communities in Maryland. His skills include but not limited to Renewable Energy, Efficiency, and Environmental Sustainability. 3. Dawn Hawkins-Nixon, P.E., CPM, Associate Director from Sustainability Division of the Maryland Department of Education. Director Hawkins will conduct live-streaming STEM hands-on practices to demonstrate and engage the CMIT community on Agriculture. The Green school will also announce the STEM Environmental Logo creator winners and show the CMIT Video Green School campaign. Lastly, as part of the celebrations, Science students will show short environmental drive films during the morning announcement for the whole week.

Dr. CLARKE Science Teacher Academic Support & Tutoring Services Coordinator HS Science Fair Coordinator Green School Club Advisor

The CMIT Green School will be hosting an Inter-Grade Level Kahoot Game on Environmental Sustainability to celebrate Earth Day. The fun and interactive game will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at 12 PM. The winner will receive an Environmental Sustainability Gift. Students who will participate will also receive a science assignment exemption. Zainab Al-Kidd provides Informational pamphlets about the topic prior to the Kahoot event.

Dr. CLARKE Science Teacher Academic Support & Tutoring Services Coordinator HS Science Fair Coordinator Green School Club Advisor

The Green School Team is now finalizing their project on Virtual awareness to be presented at the Maryland Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education (MAEOE) Youth Summit in May 2021. MAEOE recognizes our CMIT Green Schools' accomplishments and commends our dedication to the continuity of learning through distance learning to improving our environment. The annual MAEOE Youth Summit is where teachers and students discover programs and resources for their schools, and it is a day of celebration for new and recertifying Green Schools and Green Centers. There is a great opportunity for our Green School members for public speaking exposure on their advocacy to defend the natural world, promote peace in confronting environmental abuse, apply for Green environmental scholarships, champion environmentally responsible solutions, and advocate for all people's rights and well-being. The Green School Members: Amanda Queen Ansharan Akbar Ashley Tchokote BryantAlexander Oliphant Deena Elzaree Laila Elzaree Micah Davis Miguel Queen Morgan Pringle Moyosoreoluwa Adeyemo Peyton Moncrieffe Sarah Suleman Suhani Patel Zainab Kidd

Gemma Clarke, Ph. D. Science Teacher, Liaison on Tutoring & Academic Support Services Green School Team Organizer HS Science Fair Coordinator

This fourth quarter we will focus on the following objectives: 1. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, the occurrence of natural hazards, and climate changes have influenced human activity. 2. Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future Projects, Classworks, and articles for Claim-Evidence-Reasoning assignments will be focused on Renewable energy that plays a central role in the post-COVID-19 economic recovery, including the global picture.

Dr. CLARKE Science Teacher Academic Support & Tutoring Services Coordinator HS Science Fair Coordinator Green School Club Advisor

CMIT-N HS students came to school to test their bridges last week while they were preparing for the CLF`s Bridge contest that would be held on April 24th. We will have the final TRAC Bridge meeting on Friday, Apr 23rd, from 4 PM to 5 PM. Should you have any questions, please contact me at nbayram@cmitacademy.org Mr.Bayram STEM Coordinator

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After getting enough of the song " Love me Tender," where students familiarized themselves with the tab Bm and Bbm... we will now proceed to tabs Em and Dm. We would make the strumming pattern of D-D-D-D. (D=Downward strum.) Another pattern would be a D-D-D-D pattern on the up-beat or the part of the beat between two downbeats. If you would like to join us, please meet every Monday, 3:30-4:30 pm, or email gclarke@cmitacademy.org. New ukulele members are on the pattern of C tabs.

Dr. CLARKE Science Teacher Academic Support & Tutoring Services Coordinator HS Science Fair Coordinator Green School Club Advisor

CMIT Academy is pleased to announce the continuation of our Summer Workshop for incoming 9th graders and this year we are including 10th graders. We intend for this experience to help your student navigate the transition to high school successfully. In addition to instruction in the fundamentals of Math and English, students will also receive guidance on organization, note-taking and study skills, and collegial professionalism in the classroom. An information session will be held for all interested families on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21ST FROM 6PM-7PM. An email with all the details to join the information session will be sent out early this week. We look forward to seeing you then!

Tammy O'Donnell

Thank you to those who supported the Class of 2022's previous attempt at a spirit-wear sale. As we did not meet the minimum requirements for number of items sold, we did not have those items produced and customers were issued a refund. This time you WILL get your CMIT gear! The good news is that there are now many more options available. Also, if you are interested in selling gear to your classmates, friends, and family, there are student incentive prizes for selling a certain number of items. The sale is only open for a short period of time, so get your spirit-wear while you can and show your Tiger pride! https://fancloth.shop/RZLCW

-Mr. Hommel, English Dept. Chair shommel@cmitacademy.org

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