The weather is finally beginning to warm up and this often means shedding layers of clothes worn all winter. As a reminder students are to wear the orange or blue CMIT polo and long solid khaki or dark blue pants. Girls may wear Skirts or skorts however, they must be khaki or dark blue and no shorter than knee length. Students can wear a stretchy headband that is a solid orange, black, white or blue only. An exception would be head gear that is worn for religious purposes. Nothing that is multicolored, ties or would be classified as a bandanna. Belts must be all black. Additionally, all black shoes are required for the exception of gym days. Additionally, on gym days students can wear the CMIT approved t shirt and approved CMIT dark blue shorts. No fanny packs, mini backpacks, or school backpacks are allowed to be worn around campus during class hours. A clutch purse or pencil pouch is allowed. If you have any uniform questions consult the CMIT Student Handbook.

James Screven, Assistant Principal

If you were able to attend our March Parent Workshops we are seeking feedback from you so that we may improve future workshops to better serve our community. We ask that you not fill out a survey if you did not attend, as it will confound the results. Thanks so much. Please use the link below to access the survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6RXD7LH

James Screven, Assistant Principal

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

CMIT Nurse

The Administration at CMIT North Middle School pride ourselves on our attempts to find out what is important to parents and deliver information or programming to address those concerns. Below is a link that will allow us to gather inormation from our most precious commodity, our parents. The survey will only take a few minutes and will give us the chance to hear your opinion, reflect on our practices and shift them where necessary. Please take the time to follow the link below and fill out the survey. Thanks. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6FQZSJ

James Screven, Assistant Principal

The science teachers were busy preparing for the Earth Day Fest, which is scheduled on Friday, April 26, 2019. The Friday, just right after the spring break. This year’s theme is “Protect our Species”. We believe that all living things have an intrinsic value, and each plays a unique role in the complex web of life. During the celebration, we will have speakers from the Alice Ferguson Foundation who will educate us about Exploring Biodegradable Properties of Trash and Dorian W Janney, Senior NASA Earth Science Education and Communications Specialist who will describe how and why the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission measures global rainfall. There will be exhibits and demonstrations to teach our students the importance of science on earth. Other events are Science Olympiad tournaments like elastic launch Glider and Bottle rocket and etc. We will also have science magic, which is actually the display of a scientific principle or concept but looks like magic. Some of the tricks are stunts from our science lessons, while others are tricks that have secrets based on scientific principles. We are hoping to have many fun-filled activities on this whole day event. We encourage parents and guardians to celebrate with us. Please click the link to sign up as a volunteer to help supervise students during one or more of these events https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FNI6t_31jxAxAj4kaWW6_kgawV1WxhPjpe2i-q9-kDc/edit#responses

Gemma Y Bognot CLARKE, Ph.D Grade 8 Science Teacher School STEM Fair Coordinator Science Olympiad MS Coordinator Science Department Chair

The CMIT Academy North Talent Show will be held on May 3rd at 6pm. This exciting event will be held in the high school gymnasium. Information regarding tickets will be provided after the break.

Ronina Spence

Hello Parents/Guardians, CMIT North will be having its 3rd Quarter Honor Roll Assembly on the following dates: -- 6th Grade: Wednesday, April 24th at 9:10 am -- 7th Grade: Wednesday, April 24th at 1:30 pm -- 8th Grade: Thursday, April 25th at 9:10 am Parent's please remember to remind your scholar on this day to wear there white CMIT North oxford shirts. Invite letters went home with your scholar Friday, April 12th. Thank you for your important role in this process. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Guidance Department at the following: yjohnson@cmitacademy.org.

Yurhance Johnson

Held on the first Saturday in May, this will be the 3rd Annual MakerFEST, CLF's yearly STEAM Festival celebrating our community's inner genius! CLF schools are now eight programs and six institutions across the State of Maryland serving over 3,200 students K-12! MakerFEST invites these students to participate with staff, parents and our wider CLF STEM community partners to feel encouraged to exhibit and enjoy all the day's inventions, artwork, personal projects, experiments, robots, wild creations, noble attempts, fine solutions to typical problems, and makers making so much more! CLF will also have volunteer opportunities available for anyone who wants to help build the best MakerFEST ever! To register for an exhibition space visit https://www.clfadvancedstudies.org/makerfest For volunteer opportunities visit https://goo.gl/forms/y1qs5zfo8OPOuRo92 This year, the first Saturday in May happens to coincide with May 4th, often celebrated by fans of the widely popular Star Wars franchise. We fundamentally feel obligated since astronomy, space exploration fit all too well into the MakerFEST concept, so Community Partnerships is also encouraging all exhibitors to share their project progress with @CLF_CLF on twitter or @ChesapeakeLighthouseFoundation on Facebook with the hashtag #MayTheFourthBuildWithYou. Until next update, May The Fourth Be With You!

CLF Community Partnerships

SESSION GOAL: Upon returning from Spring Break, the entire 6th graders shall have their knowledge increased as well as made aware of how the media influences their perceptions about violence and to teach them how to check media presentations against reality. MAJOR OBJECTIVES: *Define media * Identify that the media influences behavior * Identify that homicides and other forms of violent behavior are not as common as people think * Identify that the media distort our ideas about violence * Identify that the media create attractive images as models for violent behavior * Identify the reason for media violence * Discuss violent imagery in games and music * Discuss the harmful effects of media violence * Discuss ways to resist media influence VOCABULARY: * Media * Role model INTRODUCTION: Television, movies, newspapers, music, music videos, video games, and computer software are powerful forces in our lives. They present images of attractive people acting in exciting, glamorous, and often violent ways. By learning to check these images against reality, they will be less likely to use them as models for their own behavior. POINTS to MAKE: * Seeing characters in movies, TV show, and other media smoke and drink can influence us to these behaviors are attractive and appropriate. * Homicides and other forms of violent behavior are not as common as many people think. * Popular characters are usually shown as powerful, respectful, and attractive to others, * The media influences us by creating attractive characters to identify with. They serve as our role models, the kind of people most of us would like to be. * Media characters show us ways to respond and interact. * I shall ask students what do they learn when they see their role models act violently..... * Violent role models teach that 'might' makes right that violence is the best way to get what you want, and that violence solves problems quickly and effectively. * Violence is popular * Movie and TV producers profit from showing violence. * Some video and computer games and some popular music present violent images which distort reality. * Many studies show that children who watch a great deal of media violence are more aggressive and violent, even when they grow up, than children who watch less. SUMMARY: *Violence is common, but not as common as many people think. * The media try to influence our ideas about the attractiveness and appropriateness of smoking, drinking, and violence. * Media role models can influence the way we behave. * Portraying violence is profitable for the media, but can have harmful consequences for viewers. * Reality checks can increase our resistances to media influence. Sincerely, Dr. Sullivan-Williams (aka Dr. BB) Senior Certified Life-Skills/Character Education Instructor

Sincerely, Dr. Sullivan-Williams, PH.D. (a.k.a. Dr.. BB) Senior Certified Life Skills/Character Education Instructor

Hello scientists (and Spring Breakers)! Here are a few things to remember over break for science in ALL grades: 1. Friday April 26th, the first Friday after break, will be a school-wide Earth Day event! All classes will re-scheduled and the students will be participating in Earth Day activities with their teachers for the entirety of the day. There will be no subject in-class curriculum or progress reports for that day. 2. All bottle caps that are being collected are due by Tuesday April 22nd, the day we get back from break! Remember to gather them over break, clean them, count them, and give them to your science teacher the day that you return. 3. ENJOY BREAK! Here are a few things to remember over break for Ms. Butler's 6th grade students: 1. There will be a Unit 6 cumulative test with 25 multiple choice questions on Earth's Materials and Surfaces. You should use the study guides on Google classroom and the foldables in your notebook to study for the assessment. 2. Please check through the Google Classroom under "classwork" for "Interactive notebook" under "Unit 6 foldables" to make sure that your students notebook has all of the notes filled out and glued in as their study guide. 3. We will be starting Unit 7 in 2 weeks - get excited to learn about the ecosystems of our ever changing, beautiful world! 4. ENJOY BREAK!

Ms. Butler, Earth and Space Science 6

Hello Parents of the 6th grade technology students, In Technology class we are working on our Technology for Dummies Books. The series for Dummies Books is an extensive series of instructional/reference books which are intended to present non-intimidating guides for readers new to the various topics covered. The series has been a worldwide success with editions in numerous languages. The students are making the books so that they can leave a little piece of technology help behind for those that are technology deficient. Parents thank you for all of your tissue boxes and hand sanitizer. As the students are in the classroom and touching the computers, germs are easily passed. I appreciate all of your help. Have a Happy Spring Break!

Mrs. Conde

Welcome to Spring Break! We left for break on a tasty note, trying over 20 different "limited edition" flavors of snack foods! Yum (or yuck, in some cases)! Students read/analyzed food and drink reviews to gain an understanding of various styles and formats for review-writing, taste-tested all the flavorful snacks, and then wrote their own reviews of the foods they "enjoyed." Please ask your scholar to see the review and offer any feedback you feel would be useful -- we'll be posting them on the internet the week following Spring Break. Also following Spring Break, we'll be discussing Fahrenheit 451: Chapter 2. We took the Chapter 1 Quiz and had our whole-class Discussion in the past week. Grades for this (and feedback) are in SchoolMax. Students should annotate Fahrenheit 451 Chapter 2 over Spring Break (and those who want to get ahead and finish the book with Chapter 3). We are on our last set of vocabulary for the year -- please encourage your scholar to review the words for the entire year, with a special focus on our last set! Happy Spring Break!

Danica Justsen, NBCT

The 6th grade students are making their very own advertisement of what has been studied beginning with Smoking: Myths & Realities, Alcohol: Myths & Realities, Marijuana: Myths & Realities using the various techniques employed by advertisers, along with the various colors used and why. All advertisements must be colored and self explanatory .All advertisements are due after Spring Break on the day of Character Education, per individual. Sincerely, Dr. Sullivan-Williams (aka Dr. BB) Senior Certified Life-Skills/Character Education Instructor

Sincerely, Dr. Sullivan-Williams, PH.D. (a.k.a. Dr.. BB) Senior Certified Life Skills/Character Education Instructor

A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to our very bountiful clothing drive in March! We received more than 14 boxes/bags of clothing for both adults and children. All items were donated to the Grassroots Day Resource Center (Jessup) and St. Ann’s Center for Children, Youth, and Families (Hyattsville). With your help, we were able to make a positive impact in our community. A special shout-out to Ms. Angie Boampong, Coach Abdi, and the basketball team for their support and for helping transport the items.

MS Athletic Department

That is right folks even a free press gets a break. Since we are on spring break, next Sunday 4/21 we will not have our weekly newsletter. Wanted to warn you all so you don't run to your computer Sunday morning only to find an empty in box. We will resume our newsletter 4/28 with important news and information.

James Screven, 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, 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.