On Thursday April 8th, CMIT North MS had the first students enter the building in over a year. The day went smoothly and all students were engaged in learning. We look forward to the reentry of 7th and 8th graders the week of 4/13.

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Parents/Guardians, To provide time for teachers to complete amnesty grading for 3rd quarter, please be aware that teachers will not hold office hours to meet with parents on April 14th, 2021. This is in compliance with PGCPS 3rd quarter amnesty, which allowed students to make up missed work at the end of the quarter. Thanks for your flexibility.

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Please save the date for our spring parent workshops. This year's spring workshops will be held on Saturday April 24th at 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. These workshops are designed to aid parents in understanding their middle schooler better. Parents will find useful information to help their student grow capacity socially, emotionally and academically. This event has always been a parent favorite and we look forward to presenting you with the tools you need to make your child more successful. Our keynote speaker is Peter Mathews, Secret Service Agent, Forensic Services Division, Liaison to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children who will be discussing how to keep your children safe in a digital world. Ms Natalie Gaudette, Professional School Counselor, will discuss Middle School to High School transitions. Ms. Jessica Linnenkamp, MS. Ed. will discuss summer opportunities to mitigate gaps caused by distance learning. Ns Amber Alguire, Professional Wealth Manager, will discuss Saving/investment options for your child's future college needs.

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Q: Is CMIT North MS a public school? 

A: Yes We are a public charter school who is staffed by PGCPS teachers and administration, and support staff who work along side of a limited CLF staff. We have access to PGCPS support but also benefit from additional guidance, management and financial support from Chesapeake Light House Foundation, whose educational concept this school is based on. 

Q: Do siblings get preference in applying to CMIT?

A: The process of gaining entry to any charter school in Prince George's County is through a lottery. However, siblings of already attending CMIT students are weighted differently during the lottery process. This different weighting gives preference to siblings. 

Q: What makes CMIT different then any other school in the district? 

A: Although we are a PGCPS public charter, we are given some autonomy over curriculum. This autonomy allows us to fast track students, who are academically ready, through selected high school courses in math, foreign language, science and technology. It is that fast tracking that opens up opportunity to more advanced  coursework on the college level while still in high school.  Additionally, we offer students supports and enrichments to every student, not available at most schools. Lastly, we are a uniform school which takes away the distraction, the competition and the social stratification that is brought on by non uniform dress in a school. 

Our test scores oustrip not only county averages but also state avaerages. This, along with other metrics has made us a 5 star school. 

Q: Do you offer everything the big middle and high school's offer? 

A: Unlike many school in Maryland, we do not have a  full spectrum offerings in sports.  Instead, our focus is on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics). Therefore, our sports offerings are more limited.  We offer, boys and girls soccer, basketball, girl's softball, boy's baseball and club lacrosse in the middle school. Additionally, boys and girls basketball, track/field and volleyball at the high school level. With that said we recently (2017) won the girls county basketball championship and made it to the playoffs in soccer. Our high school opened a multi-million dollar, state of the art gym complex, competitive with all schools of their size. The middle school has also added an indoor gym space.  Lastly, we do offer special educational services, but becuase we are a school of choice, the amount of service hours we can provide is limited to 7.5 hours a week, split between literacy and math. Services hours are delivered by special education teachers but are limited to literacy and math courses.