Is your student missing any items? The lost and found is full of glasses, jackets, lunchboxes, hats, gloves, etc. Please have your student look through the lost and found for any items they are missing.

Ronina Spence

Please come out and support the Runway Fashion Club this Wednesday, January 9th at 6pm for the middle school basketball half-time show.

Ronina Spence

Current 6th grade students should begin submitting proof of their Tdap and Meningococcal vaccines for next school year. These immunizations are required for 7th grade and students will not be able to start school without them. Please begin calling your physician offices and requesting either an updated copy of your 6th grader’s shot record, or make an appointment to have the vaccines administered. Immunization documentation and records can be emailed to nurse@cmitacademy.org or faxed to 301-560-3461. Thank you

Nurse Anthony

Dear Parent, Great news! Our school has partnered with Smile Programs…the mobile dentists to offer in-school dental care. Sign up your child today at www.myschooldentist.com. Even better, dental care is usually at no cost to you. All insurance is accepted including Medicaid and CHIP. For those without insurance, a low cost self-pay option is available. Convenient and comfortable Our in-school dental program saves you time and provides a safe and comfortable place for your child to receive gentle dental care from licensed local professionals. Dental care includes a complete dental exam, x-rays, cleaning, fluoride and sealants when necessary, and in some cases, restorative care such as fillings. Dental care for a healthy life Children who see a dentist regularly may have fewer health issues like: -Early tooth loss caused by dental decay -Gum disease -Heart disease -Impaired speech development Help keep your child healthy, in school and learning. Simply go to www.myschooldentist.com.

Nurse Anthony

STUDENT SUBMISSION DEADLINE is JANUARY 25, 2019! Submit POSTERS and HARD COPY of ESSAYS to: Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation c/o CLF PR Office 6151 Chevy Chase Dr. Laurel, MD 20707 Polished student essay files can be emailed to CLFPR@CLFMD.org We encourage all students K-12 to work with their TEACHERS, especially polishing drafts with your English teachers, asking History questions, Artistic insight, and all STEM departments to develop the most polished essays and/or posters celebrating this "student's choice" theme for Black History Month! Please complete entry by close of Business Day on Jan. 25th! Files can be sent to CLFPR@CLFMD.ORG. FINALISTS & WINNERS....TBA. ALL CLF K-12 STUDENTS that submit by the deadline are eligible for competition, including prizes and finalists and their parents will be invited to BHM Month Award Reception scheduled in FEB 2019.

Community Partnerships

Hello Parents, The 6th Grade students have been very productive this quarter. We are finishing up our technology inventions in the classroom and understanding how technological inventions and innovations have impacted society. We have moved into our study of text adjustment and text placement as we seek to use technology as a form of communication with varying audiences. Therefore as we study text placement and adjustment in the varying applications that we are using, we are focusing on three areas. Text adjustment, text style and font size. The words we use for the shaping and meaning of the overall design are as much important as the main idea. However, different font sizes and font styles convey different ideas. The students are paying attention to why different fonts are used and how the placement on the page is altered based on the formatting in the document. Parents you will hear your kids use words such as text box, text adjustment and word cloud. They have created self-portraits using text and have moved on to creating word clouds. The word clouds are more extensive and require the students to examine the font size extensively. As the students create they are challenged to consider which font style and size are appropriate for the overall shape. Thank you Parents for allowing me to expand your child's knowledge of technology and I hope to speak to you all soon! Please look at the students creations that are added in the newsletter. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to add every students because of space, however please ask your child to show their self portrait to you at home.

Mrs. Conde-Technology

We are nearing the end of Quarter 2, and things are moving quickly! Recently... --Just before Winter Break, we hosted "Winter Challenges" which were exhilarating and competitive. Thank you for your support with the supplies! I'm hoping we can do something similar...maybe to include taste-testing all those crazy flavors of chips, cookies, snacks (you know -- the Cheeseburger Lays and Peeps-flavored Oreos you've seen at Target!) before Spring Break! Be on the lookout for more about that as the next break approaches! --In the past (short) week, we accomplished a lot. We hosted a whole-class discussion about Dear Martin; took our fifth "HOT" vocabulary quiz; and reviewed "HOT" vocabulary via games/puzzles in preparation for the end of the quarter. Coming up... --There are 2 more opportunities to demonstrate mastery of the "HOT" vocabulary via Monday quizzes before the end of the quarter. --We will continue debating our AoWs. This week's AoW (due Friday, 01/11) can be located here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52eec360e4b0c81c80749630/t/5c1722f42b6a28e46b75ebd4/1545020149605/AoW+1819_17+Choose+Your+Struggles.pdf. ***Please be reminded -- students should annotate with at least 2-3 thoughtful/mature responses PER PAGE of AoW. They should come on Friday ready to discuss/debate the article. It's helpful to discuss it at home over the course of the week, so students have multiple perspectives from which to view the topic. --We will push through an abbreviated research project, concluding with a PSA done in pairs (student pairs can choose from a video, radio (voice-recorded) broadcast, set of posters, or online interactive experience to propagate their messages). For Quarter 3... Students will each need a copy of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." A side-by-side version is usually helpful but not necessary, as we'll read/act out the play in class. It's a play they'll definitely see again in high school/college, and they'll want a copy they can annotate. If you're not able to purchase a copy, PDFs can be found online and printed at home. Please let me know if you have any questions! Reminder: Extra credit is always available for students who attend outside-of-school events (Poe's birthday is January 19th -- I bet Baltimore is hosting something?!), visiting museums, etc... They just need to submit photographic evidence of their attendance in Google Classroom.

Danica Justsen, NBCT

WED JANUARY 9TH 2019 6:00 PM BASKETBALL: GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL GAME Vs. Nicholas Orem Middle School @ CMIT North Gym 7:00 PM BASKETBALL: BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL GAME Vs. Nicholas Orem Middle School @ CMIT North Gym *All home games will be held at the High School Gym. (14800 Sweitzer Ln Laurel, MD 20707)

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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.