Families It is time to register for this Fall's event of the year, our own Fall 2022 Workshops and Fair brought to by the CMIT PTO in collaboration with CMIT Administration and local businesses. Our amazing PTO has been a driving force for this and all other events this year. The link to register is below. Doors Open to the Public at 8:30 am, Coffee and Donuts Provided. 8:40- 9:00 am, Opening Ceremonies and Welcome message 9:00 - 10:00 am, Keynote Speaker, Agent Padre, US Secret Service, DHS. 10:00 - 10:30 - Gallery walk of Vendors. 10:35 - 11:20 - Session A. 11:25 - 12:10 - Session B. 12:15 - 12:40 - Vendor Time/Snack Time. 12:45 - 1:25 - Session C. 1:30 - 2:30 - Community Barbecue. 6 Plus Speakers - Agent Padre (US Secret Service), who will discuss internet dangers. - Mr. Ashish Vadalia, CLF STEAM Coordinator - Will be presenting and demonstrating Virtual Reality. Check out the newest tech your students will be using this year. - Additionally, we have a speaker from the company Bark who will discuss how you can use their international acclaimed software application, and new Bark phone, to secure your child's phone, texts, social media and internet usage . - Supervisory Agent, CW4 Michael Stankovich, US Army Criminal Invesitigations Division, will discuss the internet, child predator dangers, grooming techniques and what you need to be aware of to know the signs of abuse and/or exploitation. - Ms. Nicole Jones, Interdynamics counselor and CMIT Mental Health clinician will discuss the middle school mind, mental health and the effects of the pandemic. - Ms. Justine Fagan and Ms. Dana Wake will be discussing the Importance of high stakes testing for placement and how to interpret test scores. - CMIT Admin will discuss Bullying, Intimidation and Harrassment in middle school, How to identify what it is, what it isnt and the part you can play in ending the cycle of cyberbullying among this age group. Dozens of vendors to help your family find family friendly services from local PG County Businesses. (party rental, tutoring services, Community Barbecue, sponsored by PTO promptly at 1:30pm Please fill out the link below to register for this years big event https://forms.gle/7rzfTJ7Eiz2bt7PJ8

James Screven. Assistant Principal and Editor.

This year all 7th-grade students will be participating in the Junior Achievement (JA) Finance Park. PGCPS is excited to announce that after two years of a simulated finance park experience, students are being invited back into the park in person! The Finance Park is located at 960 Nalley Road Landover, MD 20785. This field trip will give students the experience of learning financial literacy through an innovative and engaging experience. The 7th graders of CMIT North Middle School are scheduled to attend this field trip on Thursday, December 5th, and Friday, December 6th. As a part of this experience, we are looking for parent/community volunteers and parent chaperones. Parent/community volunteers are not chaperones. Parent volunteers will be trained to guide students through the JA Finance Park experience on the day of the event. Training is given by the JA Finance Park staff on the day of the event before students arrive. Parent chaperones are needed to supervise students and assist with monitoring the safety of the students during the field trip. If you are interested in being a parent volunteer, please click on the link below and create an account. https://jagw.volunteerhub.com/vv2/lp/jafppgc?eventGroupId=af5c8111dfce4e54b6ae371a735fddcd If you are interested in being a chaperone, please see the information below and sign up using the Google Form. https://tinyurl.com/JAchaperones

Ms. Wake

Students that are interested in becoming a member of the National Junior Honor Society within our school are welcome to fill out the form below. Please note that there are requirements to join and applying does NOT imply you are accepted or will be accepted. Interviews will commence soon after quarter grades have officially posted. Students should look for an invite in their email. Please have students use their PGCPS email to fill out the form. Non PGCPS accounts are not permitted to fill out the form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf631FmDhbcAJf8vFDZuAiH4BsJTbx0uWtKYlrRGcAv9PSrnQ/viewform?usp=sf_link To gain a better understanding of our group, please visit the national website and read a bit more https://www.njhs.us/ Should you have additional questions, please reach out to jasmine.smiley@pgcps.org

Jasmine Upshaw NJHS Advisor

On behalf of the National Junior Honor Society, CMIT will Walk for the Cure! WHEN: Monday, October 31 @ 2:00PM Our Breast Cancer walk will take place right here at CMIT in our parking lot from 2:00-2:30PM. ONLY those students who donated and received a receipt and wristband may participate and wear PINK on Monday. ALL OTHER STUDENTS MUST WEAR UNIFORMS. If you did not have a chance to donate last week but would still like to, we will take final donations on Monday morning. Please report to Mrs. Upshaw's room (119) before the first period bell rings. AGAIN: Students who donated.....Wear PINK on Monday, October 31 AND the wristband that you received.

Jasmine Upshaw National Junior Honor Society Advisor

Parent Guardians The end of the quarter is November 4th. Please remind your scholar(s) to complete work, check that assignments have been submitted in schoolmax and ask teachers what they can do to raise their grade. Please note that many teachers do not accept late assignments and therefore, encouraging students to have assignments completed and submitted when they are due will help prepare them for high school and college rigors.

James Screven. Assistant Principal and Editor.

The Lost and Found is almost getting full. We have a collection of notebooks, composition books, water bottles, purses, pouches, sweaters, jackets and more. If you are missing any items, please be sure to stop by the Lost and found, located in the cafeteria, to see if they have been placed there.

Nekesa Matlock, 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.