On Wednesday, March 2nd, all juniors will be taking the SAT and all sophomores will be taking PSAT 10 in school for FREE! The test will be from 8:05 am to 12:39 pm. There will NOT be any make up testing days. Make sure that you are present and on time in order to take advantage of this opportunity. Make sure to bring your own calculator since school will not provide calculators! For information on IDs and calculators: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/taking-the-test For practice: Khan Academy: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/practice/khan-academy Daily Practice App: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/practice/daily-practice-app Practice tests: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/practice/full-length-practice-tests

Mr. Bayram Testing Coordinator Program Coordinator STEM Coordinator Clubs/Academic Teams CMIT Academy North nbayram@cmitacademy.org

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. If you did not order a yearbook, but would like to purchase one, you can get them in Ms. O'Donnell's room. Or email her and she will get one to you. The cost is $55.

Tammy O'Donnell

CMIT Scholars showing their college spirit!

Tammy O'Donnell

The Prince George's Area Science Fair's Department of Curriculum and Instruction's Scientific Review Committee (SRC) has approved the following student STEM Fair Projects to compete at the 74th Annual Prince George's Area Science Fair on March 19, 2022. Phoebe Brown, Grade 11 in Biochemistry - The project's title: Using Hot Dogs to Discover the Benefits of Mummification Jasmyne Wilson, Grade 10 in Biomedical and Health Sciences - The project's title: Inhibiting Catalase-A Comparative Model to Deactivate Pharmaceuticals.  Kaleb Castleman, Grade 11 on Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design - The project's title: Comparing Smartphone Charging Methods Leila Ogba, Grade 10 in Material Science - The project's title: Earthquake Simulator Oludijo Agbaniyaka, Grade 9 in Plant Sciences - The project's title is sprout growth. Allen Gaskins, Grade 11 in Robotics and Intelligent Machines.The project's title: Follow the Leader Both parents and students received an email congratulating them on their "approved" scholar(s) and instructing and informing them of the powerpoint and video presentation rubrics. Interdistrict coaching will start on February 29, 2022, with Ms. Gonzalez, Ms. Cline, and Dr. Clarke. CMIT North High School has a reputation for being one of the best STEM schools in the country, engaging students in real engineering and design challenges and connecting them to career opportunities.  Morgan Pringle, who placed third in the PGCPS District in Environmental Engineering last year, competing with more than 400 projects, The Clean Air Partners, the Association of Women Geoscientists (AWG), and the MIT Club of Washington also bestowed Meritorious Awards on her. Morgan represented CMIT on the health risks of poor air quality for Clean Air Partners as part of the AWG's humanitarian issues and as a voice to effect positive change in the world.  Jasmyne Wilson placed first in cellular and molecular biology. With very few points away from the Intel ISEF (national) competition, her project was highly recommended to challenge this year's competition.  Finally, Cameron Salisbury was given a special invitation for an NIH position, the Eunice Kenedy Shiver Summer Internship program. G-SOAR students will spend the summer of 2022 working at the NIH side-by-side with some of the world's leading scientists in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research.

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

A successful SAT MOCK test was held last Saturday, February 26, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria. This test is very "crucial" before the actual test on March 02, 2022. Our goal is to help our scholars score higher than the PSAT to positively achieve the best opportunities for college and scholarship applications. The Full-Length SAT practice tests help students overcome test anxiety and become more familiar with the testing's content and timing. SAT Mock test results are available for parents and administrations to review.

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

The VOCABULARY.COM TEACHER CHALLENGE IS UNDERWAY!! The total points is divided by the total number of students playing--so we get the average score per student. Here are the standings for third quarter so far: 1. Mr. Bevard: 62,076 2. Ms. O'Donnell: 31,038 3. Ms. Matson: 18,601 4. Mr. Bradshaw: 16,690 5. Ms. Houston: 5,913 6. Ms. Beamon: 573 Mr. Bradshaw's classes are the reigning champions from 1st Quarter so the pressure is on! Let's go!!!

Tammy O'Donnell

Well another quarter completed means a new vocabulary.com CHAMPION! Ms. O'Donnell's SECOND PERIOD 9TH GRADE HONORS class had the highest score of all her classes: 4,967,658! They win a pizza party. The student with the highest points for second quarter is OLUWADAMILOLA OGUNSUYI! He won a $25 gift card to Amazon. Third quarter is underway and so far, the champs are in the lead with 1,017,815. Let's get playing!!

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Ms. O'Donnell's 10th graders have been reading A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens and studying character development and language. Dickens is not an easy read, but these students are starting to appreciate the imagery and elegance of DIckens. As a way to illustrate how the language influences the characterization in the story, the students created an Instagram Account with posts for each of the characters. They worked in groups and had to collaborate on making the posts specific to events or characters in the story. They also had to work with other groups to coincide their posts, especially if the characters had a connection. Below are some of the examples. The students did an outstanding job!!

Tammy O'Donnell

In honor of Black History Month, Photography Club members want to present young, powerful, black entrepreneurs that make up some of the student body at CMIT. Club members interviewed these business owners to share their projects with all of you. We encourage you to check out their interview material and learn more about their businesses! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U_NHPsd-W39SNyaAsKmROlBOBZSw3X7O8QEf7wCOyA0/edit

Brittany Gonzalez - Science Teacher & Photography Club Sponsor

Team Illusion is coming up on two major competitions. Both events are at Old Banneker High School in DC, the first on the 13th and the second on the 19th. Old Banneker High School is located near the National Cathedral. Competiton this year is one day only, thanks to the Pandemic, with the team making themselves available for interviews with the judges on the day that weekend they are not competing in person. The first weekend we will be judged on Saturday, the 12th, before we compete in person. The second weekend we will compete on Saturday and be judged on Sunday. Old Banneker High School 800 Euclid St NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

first robotics

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. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! THE LAST DAY TO PURCHASE A 2021-2022 YEARBOOK IS MARCH 14TH!!

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CMIT Families! YEARBOOK CLUB IS SELLING ADS FOR THE YEARBOOK! That's right you could purchase an ad in this year's yearbook starting from $10 - $50. Parents, businesses, groups can purchase an ad. Below is a link and instructions on how you can make a purchase ! THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE YEARBOOK! Please help support the yearbook club. ANYONE CAN PURCHASE AN AD! CLASSES, STUDENTS, FRIENDS, FAMILY, BUSINESSES....support CMIT!!! Link https://plicbooks.com/go/XKEMC6 1.) Click the link above 2.) In the Ad Space section, select your ad size, then add it to cart, and check out 3.)Fill out the information, then click continue 4.) Once that is complete you should receive an email with instructions on how to continue 5.) Log into the ad designer, and create your ad, once done submit it, For more instructions https://bit.ly/3ypUtb4 6.) Once all steps have been completed your ad will be directly sent the schools advisory and added to the yearbook Deadline for ad purchases is March 14 so buy your ad before the time is gone!!

Tammy O'Donnell

Art 1 is working on Black History Quote Posters. Their task was to visually represent a significant quote from an African American in history. Art 2 finished their pastel macro drawings (which can be seen here) and started work on their Alma Thomas paintings. They studied the work of prominent African American painter Alma Thomas (first African American to have her work displayed in the white house) and are creating their own watercolor designs in Thomas's signature style. Art 3 is continuing their printing unit. They just finished up their practice carving linoleum blocks and will be printing their final designs based on Elizabeth Catlett's work next week.

Leora Gottlieb

PTSO finally has an account and is ready to collect members! Thank you for being so patient!! Membership fees are usually $10/family, but since we got started a bit late we are only charging $5/family. This money will go directly to assisting our students! Supporting them and helping them to achieve their goals. We have already had a request from the baseball team to help them raise money for new baseball hats. They cannot compete without them. Let's start our NEW PTSO by helping these student athletes. Please join the PTSO for $5 and/or make a donation to the baseball team. To sweeten the effort, the class that has the most new members joined by MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH will receive a prize (TBD). Here is the PAYPAL link to join. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=QR8DCQFAUD3CQ If you have any questions, please let me know!

Tammy O'Donnell

PTSO Is selling Reusable Water bottles! Great for students to use with the filtered water fountains. Great for the environment. No more plastic bottles!! They are $5 and can be purchased in Ms. O'Donnell's room or you can email Ms. O'Donnell for pickup. Thank you for supporting the PTSO!!

Tammy O'Donnell

Due to a scheduling conflict, our next PTSO Meeting will be on THURSDAY, MARCH 10TH at 6:30pm. On the agenda will be an update to the PGCEA (Educator's Association) Negotiations with PGCPS, Board of Education vacancies, Maryland Mask Mandate lifted, CEO proposed budget and other important items. I am hoping to have our Board of Education Member, David Murray attend along with a guest from the Maryland State Educators Association to talk about the Blueprint for Maryland's Future that will provide Prince George's County with millions of dollars in funding for programs, salaries and resources. I will send out a reminder as we get closer. Here is the link to join on March 10th: https://pgcps-org.zoom.us/j/85416068230 Hope to see you there!!

Tammy O'Donnell

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