Dear Parents and Students, Please be aware of the Tardy Policy for the middle school students. 5 Tardies will result in the parent or guardian being contacted 10 Tardies will result in Saturday Detention 15 Tardies will result in a loss of privileges for the quarter. This includes dances, casual days, field trips, and other quarterly activities 20 Tardies will result in In School Suspension The tally of tardies will reset each quarter. Please contact Mrs. Linnenkamp with any questions at jlash@cmitacademy.org

Middle School Administration

Please be aware of the updates to the uniform policy as is regards to bags. Students are not allowed to carry or wear backpacks, purses, or fanny packs during the school day. Students may carry around a small clutch or pencil pouch to carry their permitted necessary personal items. The small clutch or pencil pouch should not be any larger than 5 inches in height and 7 inches in width. Contact Mrs. Linnenkamp with any questions or concerns.

Middle School Administration

It is our pleasure to welcome the following scholars to the Science Olympiad team year 2018-2019. Gouda Yashasri Grade 7 Cannon Nevaeh Grade 8 Seymour Nigel Grade 8 Mejia Leah Grade 8 Milled Maya Grade 8 Thomas Christina Grade 8 Patel Suhani Grade 8 Ibironke Temitope Grade 8 Nwozo Maranna Grade 7 Nguasong Favour Grade 7 Dosu Eniola Grade 8 Tarquinii Alexsia Grade 8 Funebe Velma Grade 7 Nooniwal Alena Grade 8 Chaudhry Huda Grade 6 All parents are invited to attend the SCIENCE OLYMPIAD PARENT -STUDENT ORIENTATION NIGHT on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at CMIT Academy North MS-room 145 at 6PM sharp for a parent orientation night. We will discuss procedures, parent roles and information about the events. Included in the discussion will be the upcoming Regional , State and National competitions. The front door will open at 5:45 pm We will be looking forward for your attendance. Dr Clarke - CMIT (N) Middle School Academic Coach Mr Bayram - CMIT (N) High School Academic Coach Ms Crespo -CMIT (N) Middle School Category Coach

Gemma Y Bognot CLARKE, Ph.D Grade 8 Science Teacher MS Science Olympiad Coach Science Department Chair

Parents, There is still time to have your student seen by the mobile dentist. The dental visit has been rescheduled for February 20th, 2019. Permission slips are located in the Main Office and in the Health Room. Contact Nurse Anthony with any questions at 240-547-4545. Thank you,

Nurse Anthony

On Thursday, November 8, the 6th grade had a 2nd quarter refresher on expectations for conduct and behavior at school. We started off with giving ourselves a pat on the back for making it through 1st quarter! We then spent some time going over some reminders which are detailed below. We want our 6th graders to have a great rest of the school year so please go over what we discussed with them in this assembly in order to provide reinforcement at home. 1. When speaking to ANY faculty or staff member remember to address them respectfully even if you are unsure of who they are. 2. There is plenty of adult support in the middle school if you need help. See your teachers, student support specialists or Mrs. Linnenkamp for assistance. 3. Students should be wearing ALL black shoes (excluding casual days and P.E. days). 4. Students may only wear a CMIT jacket around the school building. Students are not permitted to wear hoodies during the school day. 5. Students are not allowed to wear bags, purses, or backpacks during the school day. 6. Phones must be in your locker during the school day and headphones must be out of sight unless a teacher directs the students to use them. 7. Students need to walk down the hallways. Running can result in serious injury. Students who are continually caught running in the hallway will receive lunch detention. 8. Students need to keep their hands to themselves in ALL circumstances. 9. Students must be on time to class. The tardy policy has been explained to the 6th graders and is detailed in the newsletter.

Middle School Administration

Please be advised that the November PTO meeting has been cancelled. The next meeting will be December 13, 2018. For questions please contact the following: General - information@cmitnorthpto.org Membership - membership@cmitnorthpto.org Fundraising - fundraising@cmitnorthpto.org Class of 2019 (Graduation Packages) - Classof2019@cmitnorthpto.org

CMIT North PTO

Please be advised that the Fancloth Fundraiser has been extended to November 15th at 10:00pm. Only online orders can be accepted at this time. Purchase anytime online at http://shop.fancloth.com/20707/422020 before Novebver 15th at 10:00pm.

CMIT North PTO

Q: Is CMIT North MS a public school? 

A: Yes We are a public charter school who is staffed by PGCPS teachers and administration, along with CLF staff. We 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 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.

Q: Do you offer everything the big middle and high schools 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, boy's softball, boy's baseball,  boys and girls track/field at the high school. With that said we recently (2017) won the girls county basketball championship and made it to the playoffs in soccer. Our High school recently opened a multi-million dollar, state of the art gym complex. 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. Services hours are delivered by special education teachers but are limited to literacy and math courses.