Don't miss out on this year's 2020-2021 Yearbook - ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK NOW!!! Deadline to order your Yearbooks is Monday April 26, 2021 Click to Order: ybpay.lifetouch.com The access code is: 12970821 14 days left to order the best yearbook ever! Parents thank you for submitting your scholars photos. The photos are awesome and they will be captured in this years 2020-2021 Yearbook. This year's theme is "This Is Us". The yearbook photos included students enjoying holiday activities with their families, distance learning on zoom classes, preparing projects, playing sports, photos with their pets and so much more. In addition to the many photos already submitted, photos were taken the first day of Hybrid Learning. We wanted to capture the best memories for the 2020-2021 school year. Please help to support us and order your yearbook now!!! Chelsea Armstrong Evalani Pearson Oreoluwa Adebisi Jasmine Walker Ronina Spence - Coordinator

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Not sure when your child is too sick for school? The When To Keep Your Child Home From School form has been updated for COVID-19 symptoms and should help provide some clarity. If you have any further questions, please contact me at 240-547-4545 or crystal.anthony@pgcps.org.

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CMIT Nurse

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. Keynote Speaker - Special Agent Peter Vogl, US Secret Service and Special Laison to the Center for Missing and Exploited Children will be Discussing Internet/Social Media Safety and the dangers your child faces. (We please ask that your child not be present during this presentation as adult issues and content are discussed) Ms. Natalie Gaudette, Professional School Counselor will discuss "Middle School To High School Transitioning" To make the most of the transition and to assure a head start for your child. Ms. Amber Alguire, Financial Consultant, Will discuss strategies for saving or catching up on saving for the cost of college. To Access the parent workshop please register fo

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Thursday 4/8, the first phase of in person learning began and the PTO wanted to make sure our teachers had the sustenance they needed to get off to a great first day of in-person learning! Thank you to Wegman’s for their generous donation, and to our PTO members who make it possible for us to support our teachers and students in this way! During the last and over the next week, we will have special gift packs for our hybrid students as they return to the building as well. If you would like to help support this effort, we have set up a donation page- https://go.ptoffice.io/studentbags Thank you to those who have already donated! We will make sure your donation goes a long way!!

Thank You, MS CMIT PTO

Do you know someone who would be a great PTO officer? Do you think they may need a little nudging? Or, maybe they are modest and would never nominate themselves? Well nominate them for the PTO executive board today! Please complete this nomination form to nominate a person other than yourself- https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=MOrAEyq2mkS_OYtpDrD1mThutOa2Sk1NuFeOZr6WQrhUMEtQV1Y3MUVRME85RFdJMUdDUkQyTzcyRS4u If you have a passion for building your school community then please consider nominating yourself for an officer position on the Middle School PTO board. The PTO bylaws can be found here: http://nebula.wsimg.com/67508658effa7a3a34313796ec048265?AccessKeyId=CA4A07424D41C4A528BB&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 Please use this link if you would like to nominate yourself- https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=MOrAEyq2mkS_OYtpDrD1mThutOa2Sk1NuFeOZr6WQrhUMVhGSU9LQkVWRFhKTVo0SFpNS0haMTlNMi4u All positions are up for election. The bylaws contain the executive board positions and their responsibilities. Please read the bylaws prior to applying for a position on the PTO executive board. Requirements for being an officer of the PTO: 1. Must complete the interest form 2. Be a member in good standing at least 30 days prior to elections. 3. Submit a bio and headshot for elections.

Thank You, MS CMIT PTO

It's only $10 to become a voting member and support your PTO. Your membership is priceless and shows your commitment to the success of our CMIT Middle School PTO Community. Signing Up is EASY! You have two options to pay your membership dues: Option 1: 1. CLICK ON REGISTRATION LINK: https://tools.ptoffice.com/reg/NS_CNMS303 2. Enter your first and last name, create a USERNAME & PASSWORD. 3. If you are already in the database BUT NOT yet registered, you will need to select your HOUSEHOLD’s last name. If you are NOT in the database you will need to “CREATE NEW FAMILY UNIT.” 4. The next page is your HOUSEHOLD profile page. Under the “Membership Dues” box click on “Select.” 5. Check the box next to “Credit Card” and then select “PAY NOW.” 6. Once you have paid, you will receive a receipt and have FULL ACCES to the site. Option 2: Paying Dues Thru PayPal How To Pay Memberships Dues via PayPal: 1. Log into Pay Pal and enter @CMITNorthMSPTO. 2. Be sure to select Friends & Family and Pay the $10 annual membership fee. 3. Once you complete your membership transaction, please send receipt along with your first and last name, and student’s name and grade to: MStreasurer@cmitnorthpto.org  Remember: Membership dues and volunteer activities help support the school and fill in the gaps so that our scholars and teachers have the resources they need to be successful! In order to vote on PTO business, including elections, you must be a paid member at least 30 days prior. Your membership is valid from June 2020-June 2021. Thank you for being an ACTIVE member of the CMIT Middle School Community!

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Hello CMIT Families, Quarter 3 has now come to a close. All grades will be posted and can be viewed on the Family Portal Friday, April 23rd. The grade appeal window will open April 23rd and will close Friday, April 30th. If you choose to complete a grade appeal form you must attach evidence and send it to the teacher of record and Mrs. Linnenkamp. The grade appeal form and family portal guide can be found at www.cmitacademy.org Please contact Mrs. Linnenkamp (jessica.lash@pgcps.org) if you have any questions.

CMIT Administration

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.