On Friday, October 7th, the Equity team at CMIT held a Hispanic Heritage Month assembly. The theme of the assembly was "Latinx Unidos!". Hosted by Ms. Castillo and the Hispanic Heritage Student Committee. The assembly was full of information and fun! The assembly included guest speakers from the fraternity LA UNIDAD LATINA, LAMBDA UPSILON LAMBDA FRATERNITY, INC. The guest speakers educated the students about Hispanic and Latino culture while letting the students have a great time! The other portions of the assembly included a presentation on Hispanic folklore and the traditional musical types in Hispanic culture. Students danced, cheered, and learned about the rich traditions of Hispanic culture at the same time. The CMIT Equity team sends a special "THANK YOU" to Ms. Castillo and the Hispanic Heritage Student Committee for developing and leading this wonderful assembly. The students on the Hispanic Heritage Committee are: Sebastion Giron Jiminez Rhett Soliz-Rohena Sheila Escobar Chris Iglesias Gabriella Jones Saory Giron Elisa Ramos Joaquin Almonte Ambar Adames-Castillo Karina Torres All participants did a wonderful job and the CMIT community thanks them for all their efforts!

The CMIT Equity Team

Parent(s)/Guardian(s) Please use the link below to access our sign up sheet for all teachers at CMIT North MS. Please identify the teachers of your student whom you most wish to meet with. Be mindful that we cannot accommodate all requests and sign ups are limited given the number of time slots each teacher has for meeting with parents individually. Once signed up for a time slot, the teacher will reach out to provide a link for you to access their zoom or google meet. Once again please be mindful that some teachers may already have their appointment calendar full, and we therefore respectfully ask that you reach out to those teachers for individual meetings, Those meetings can be set for later that week, or another more convenient time for you, with those teachers. Thank you and look forward to seeing you. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NvreyzGeH1b2DIQUnyq8eF7MMeKJ0-kzq1PpIb4-r4Q/edit?usp=sharing CMIT Administration

James Screven. Assistant Principal and Editor.

FREE Online PSAT 8/9 Math Prep Course available for 8th grade students! Prince George’s County Public Schools is excited to announce that they have teamed up with Carnegie Learning to provide students with additional instruction support available online. All at no cost to families! During the special six-week program, students will participate in six 1-hour sessions on Saturdays beginning October 15th through November 19th. With the support of a Carnegie Learning tutor, students will receive additional instruction to help them prepare for the PSAT 8/9 Course. Please click on link below for more information. file:///C:/Users/yjohnson/Downloads/2022-23%20PGCPS%20PSAT%208_9%20Small%20Group%20Tutoring.docx.pdf

Ms. Fagan, Testing Coordinator

Eight grade students both from Life Science and Biogeochemical System class performed a microscope lab this week using the virtual and actual light microscope. Students learned the parts and function, and proper use and handling of microscopes using both the virtual and actual light microscope. They prepared a wet mount slide of onion cells, and were able to see samples of animal and plant cells. They also calculated the total magnification of the specimens viewed under scanner, low and high power objectives.

Mrs. Crespo-Montano Science Teacher/TRAC Advisor

ATTENDANCE MATTERS! Students who attend school regularly have been shown to achieve at higher levels than students who do not have regular attendance. Parents- if your student must be absent from school for any portion of the day, you must submit an email to receptionist@cmitacademy.org. The subject line of the email should be your student's name and grade. In the email, please include the date of your student's absence along with the reason for their absence. You may attach any medical notes associated with the absence to the email. Parents or guardians who call or email to notify the school of an absence will still be required to submit the absence request via email. Thank you, Ms. Lisa Torres Secretary I, Attendance

James Screven. Assistant Principal and Editor.

Please be aware that uniform checks have begun, starting October 5th. If you have recieved an email regarding a uniform issue it was due to the uniform check completed this week. Please be aware that if a student comes to school with a missing or incorrect uniform item, the student will have an opportunity to call the parent guardian to provide the correct uniform item. However, if it is not possible for the parent to bring the item up to the school then the student would have to be separated from the student body and placed into the Alternative Learning Center until the correct item is provided. We have found that the shoes have been the greatest challenge for students. According to CLF/CMIT Policy k-8, shoes must be all black with black soles, all black laces and black logo. Please see the example in the picture. A link to Amazon Shopping, for the search "all black sneakers" is provided below should you need to order. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=all+black+sneakers&crid=358M8Q290YERB&sprefix=all+black+sneakers%2Caps%2C80&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 * Please disregard shoes from amazon search that are not all black.

James Screven. Assistant Principal and Editor.

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.