Greetings,  CMIT Academy North School Mathmagicians club students have been attending national and international wide Math Olympiads. We have been accepting any students who are willing to attend these competitions.  Benjamin Champion, Marvin Nwachukwu, Izuchukwu Nwadike, Favour Nwogu, Suhani Patel, Jayden Russell, Nigel Seymour and Christina Thomas took AMC 11/12 Competition. 👏 Samuel Adenola, Leah Brooks, Bryanna Henry, and Kanyinsola Ijaduola took AMC 9/10 Competition. 👏 Please allow me to announce American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) winners! Please congratulate our winners! AMC 11/12 Winners 🏆 : 1st Place: Christina Thomas 2nd Place: Favour Nwogu 3rd Place: Suhani Patel AMC 9/10 Winners 🏆 : 1st Place: Leah Brooks 2nd Place: Samuel Adenola 3rd Place: Bryanna Henry Good job Mathmagicians! Keep going!!!

Esra Keskin, MBA Math Teacher Math Olympiad's Coach ekeskin@cmitacademy.org

If you had your picture taken in December, you should receive an email with your senior proof and package order information very shortly, if you have not already. I have been keeping in touch with the photographer regarding the second round of pictures--the personality/casual/athletic poses. Here is his response as of last week: Hello, I am still working scheduling this. Unfortunately a lot of people in the office and field are in quarantine or recovering at home. This is why it’s taking longer. Thank you for your understanding and patience. As soon as it is scheduled, I will let you know. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Tammy O'Donnell

LAST YEAR'S Yearbook has finally arrived. Emails will be sent to those who purchased yearbooks with details on when to pick them up. If you did not purchase a yearbook last year, we do have extras. They are $55 and can be purchased from Ms. O'Donnell. Again, I am grateful for everyone's patience. Be on the lookout for an email this week.

Tammy O'Donnell

As we build new systems to safely educate students and support families, the foundation for success remains the same: relationships. This is what makes CMIT unique. We go above and beyond to check in with our families and keep the learning framework intact despite the periodic variations of virtual and face-to-face instructions. We reviewed our students' grades, standardized test scores, how their afterschool activities aligned with their prospective careers, and how they navigate their way to college over the weekend with our administrators, counselors, coordinators, and teachers, & discuss it with our parents and students through the homevisit program. We are more than grateful to the parents for their warm welcome and never-ending appreciation for this homevisit program.

Dr. Clarke Science Teacher Tutoring & Academic Services Saturday Academy, Liaison STEM Fair Coordinator Green School, Advisor

Overwhelming teamwork and perseverance have been demonstrated by the Forensic Mock Trial Team that fought over Frederick Douglass High School on Wednesday, January 26, 2022. Judge Dennis from Cirtcuil 7 couldn't have been more proud of our very own student, Gabrielle Hernadez, who was awarded as the best plaintiff attorney in the competition. While Phoebe Brown was the best witness, our students were praised for their public speaking, critical thinking, and art of forming a persuasive, cohesive argument. The team stayed and fought till almost 9:00 o'clock in the evening to give our school prestige. You might think you already know how to give a good speech or that you're pretty good at debating with your friends, but Mock Trial is on a whole other level. Assume you're delivering a direct examination and the other team's attorney raises an argument you've never considered. You must deconstruct the argument, apply federal rules of evidence to it, come up with two counter-arguments, and then condense everything into a three-sentence answer. You only have roughly 10 seconds to complete the task. When you see these students, please address your congratulations to them as they work around the clock to bring prominence to CMIT. Emnete Theodros and Lea Brooks, Grade 10 (Counsel/Lawyer 1) Gabriell Hernandez-Grade 10 & Naysa Wayne Grade 11(Co-Counsel/Lawyer 2) Rachel Salazar-Aparicio, Grade 10 (Witness 1). Genesis Edwards-Grade 10 (Witness 2) Carlos Lopez-Ramirez, Grade 10, Nketchi Ekekwe, Student Coaches, VeaFrancine Corder, Grade 9, Bailiff Phoebe Brown-Defendant/Plaintiff Kelly Shawm-Grade 11, Reliever Lawyer Huda Chaudry-Grade 9, Nahome Nonila, Grade 9 Reliever Lawyer.

Dr. Clarke Science Teacher Tutoring & Academic Services Saturday Academy, Liaison STEM Fair Coordinator Green School, Advisor

Sometimes we feel it's awkward or cumbersome to think we are being tutored. However, after the quarter grades and issues like difficulty submitting work on Canvas, too much time being in virtual learning, and other things, students should consider getting help. CMIT Tutoring & Academic Services gives free assistance to improve grades, support academic challenges, and basic homework help. We have high-caliber tutors to help anyone struggling with a difficult subject. In addition, our tutors have approaches centered on students' strengths to help them feel less stressed about the subject. Finally, our tutor can customize the program to tailor it to your needs to pass your course, including honors and AP courses. They can help develop basic study habits and strategies that can be used in the student's essential skills. Parents may request a tutoring schedule. However, students must attend classes regularly with a specific schedule (each session or tutoring time is 1 hour).  We will release in a couple of weeks the data on how many of the more than 100 students who availed of our tutoring made progress through the quarter. For more details please email, gclarke@cmitacademy.org.

Dr. Clarke Science Teacher Tutoring & Academic Services Saturday Academy, Liaison STEM Fair Coordinator Green School, Advisor

John Hopkins University, School of Medicine, and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Informatics, Dr. Christopher Chute, will be visiting CMIT Saturday Academy from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon on February 12, 2022, to provide our students with hands-on knowledge on the importance of health informatics. If you want to pave your path in a field that combines healthcare and technology, health informatics is an ideal choice. Not only do health informatics occupations enable you to use your technical abilities to better the lives of others, but they also provide competitive income and job stability due to the industry's growing demand for competent personnel. Dr. Chute will help students explore the potential and significance of health informatics in representing COVID-19 medical data to forecast trends at the population level and discover predictors, treatments, and mitigations. I am also pleased to inform you that Dr. Chute runs on several large national class grants funded by the National Institute of Health in the United States. * All attendees are required to have their publicity release form * For further information, email gclarke@cmit academy or ggraham@cmitacademy.org.

Dr. Clarke Professor & Secondary Science Teacher Tutoring & Academic Services Coordinator CMIT's Liaison with Saturday Academy STEM Fair Coordinator Green School Advisor

A few updates and specifics regarding the STEM Fair:  This year’s STEM Fair will be asynchronous. Students will submit video presentations, and the top candidates will be questioned by a judging panel the following week. Below is a list of what to expect on Saturday, February 5, 2022. 1. All judges will attend a Zoom meeting on Saturday, February 5th at 9 a.m. for instructions on how to access the judging portal. This is when you will be provided a link to the judging portal with login instructions.  2. Once logged in, you will be prompted to check student folders that include their PowerPoint/Slides and video presentations. 3. Judges will have until 2 pm that Saturday to judge approximately 15-20 projects, but this number is subject to change as more teachers sign up to be judges.  4. The judge will evaluate the students according to the STEM rubric we will share with you. Since this is asynchronous judging, please note any questions you might have for the students that the judging panel can ask on your behalf the following week.  5. The highest-ranked projects will be presented by the students on Tuesday for a Q&A session in the media center. All teacher judges are welcome to join STEM Team as part of the judging panel. The top 6 students will advance to compete in the district competition. If you have talent in judging STEM Fair and plan to help the STEM Fair as a community judge, please fill out the link below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSBVZYUEpLS0dVNwQqdx6WaqfhVgOmU8qrCYGGePTMflPUOw/viewform?usp=pp_url Thank you for your support! Ms. Gonzalez, Dr. Clarke, and Ms.Cline

Dr. Clarke Science Teacher Tutoring & Academic Services Saturday Academy, Liaison STEM Fair Coordinator Green School, Advisor

Next week is a change of Semester therefore students who currently have Health will be switching to Physical Education for the 2nd semester. All PE classes are required to wear the PE uniform. This consists of the CMIT Purple PE t-shirt, CMIT PE sweatpants or shorts, and sneakers. The PE uniform is sold at the uniform store. Please make sure that your student has the correct uniform and as they will need to be in proper uniform everyday. It is my suggestion that you purchase more than 1 uniform as students have PE 5 days a week.

Mr. Snyder

Learn with Leaders is inviting applications for The Autonomous Mini - RACECAR (Robotics) Program - designed as an introductory course in robotics for students with some programming experience. In this course, students will be working with a virtual RACECAR in a custom-built simulation (designed by MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute). The program is spread over 6 Saturdays (Labs). Each Lab consists of a lecture, an exploration component, and a series of hands-on challenges. These labs grow in complexity, beginning with basic tasks such as driving in shapes and building to important concepts in robotics including SLAM, sensor fusion, and path planning. At the end of this course, students will apply everything they have learned to complete the final grand challenge which combines elements from each lab. Program Faculty: - Dr. Masoumeh Mansouri is a lecturer of the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham - Fatma Faruq is a Research Assistant in the Verification and Autonomy Group at the University of Manchester. Curriculum Partner: - MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute is a rigorous, world-class STEM program for rising high school seniors. The goal of MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute is to improve engineering education worldwide by providing unparalleled technical content and support. Further Opportunities: - Participants get to work on physical Race Cars in Level 2 of the program (to be launched at a later date) - Top two teams of the Level 2 program can participate in the 2022 MIT BWSI Racecar Challenge in the MIT Campus. (Will depend on the pandemic situation / lock-downs at that point of time) Only a small cohort of high school students from across the world will be selected for the program. Program start date: 19th February 2022 Program Duration: 6 Weeks (Every Saturday) Application Deadline: 5th February 2022 Eligibility: Grades 9th-12th Must be familiar with the basics of Python Students do not need to have any prior experience with robotics Program Fee: USD 400 To know more: https://learnwithleaders.com/miniracecar To Apply for the program: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-_0da5yStHB_d8SvMtXoXwWQdze5NkKhxP8S4qELU0dHRtg/viewform Technology Department

All, Tiger Gaming will be meeting this Tuesday 1/2 at 3:00 PM in Room 222. Nintendo players should be in attendance. League of Legends players should meet with each other virtually to confirm who your Top 5 players will be and make sure everyone is registered on the Play Vs. website. We will be discussing what we think the best way to select our top 3 players for competing in Play Vs. Reminder, if you are interested in competing against other teams in the Play Vs. spring season please make sure to register on the Play Vs. website from the email sent to you by Mr. Dorris. See you all Tuesday. Best,

Mr. Dorris (Anime and Gaming Enthusiast)

All, Monday 1/31 9th and 12th graders will meet for Anime Club at 3:00 PM in Room 222. Important upcoming dates and reminders: * 1/31 - I will be asking 9th and 12th graders to confirm any interest in running for their class representatives * 2/1 - Begin thinking about options for a Black History Month project or activity for Anime Club * 2/7 - 10th and 11th graders meet, election speeches and voting will take place for 10th/11th grade reps * 2/14 - 9th and 12th graders meet, election speeches and voting will take place for 9th/12th grade reps Otherwise I look forward to seeing you all again and watching some more anime! Best,

Mr. Dorris (Anime and Gaming Enthusiast)

The Yearbook Club has been working hard to collect pictures of events, write blurbs and designing what will be a yearbook like no other! Yearbooks are on-sale beginning this week. The link to order yearbooks is: https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/search/YB114796 The cost is $40. A flyer with details is also attached. Yearbook ads will also go on-sale soon. Information on pricing and size will be announced in the coming weeks. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. O'Donnell. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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Tammy O'Donnell

The officers of SGA will attend a Leadership Retreat at CMIT North HS on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH from 9am-3pm. Our guest speaker will be our District 1 Board of Education Member, Mr. David Murray. Students will have the opportunity to participate in leadership skill building, communication skill building and...have some fun. Mr. Mirza and Ms. O'Donnell are looking forward to working with these students and watch them continue to grow as leaders.

Tammy O'Donnell

Thank you to all the students who submitted their responses for the January 18th Math Challenge Me Question. More Questions to come! Here are the Student Individual winners for January 18th Math Challenge Me Question. Congratulations to - Miguel Queen (12th grade)- (Mr. Bruchey's student) Carlos Lopez Ramirez (10th grade) - (Ms. Keskin's student) As for the Class Teacher Points as of January 18 Challenge: (Math Class Winner(s) will be determined on February 3, 2022) Mr. Bruchey - Per 3 - 20 points; Per 5 - 20 points Mrs. Eclevia - Per 4 - 10 points Ms. Keskin - Per 4 - 10 points; Per 8 - 10 points Ms. Subasi - Per 8 - 10 points; Per 2 - 10 points; Per 1 - 10 points The next Math Challenge Me Question will be emailed to all students on the 31st of January. Students, check your email that day and follow the instructions on how to submit your response. Be aware of the due date of the submission as well. Happy Solving and Looking forward for more Participants!

Mrs. Mace Eclevia Chair, Mathematics Department CMIT-North Academy

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