For the most part, arrival and dismissal procedures are going very well. A big thank you to all that are following procedures and contributing the safety of our students and community. Currently, dismissal is taking approximately 15 minutes from the time the dismissal bell rings at 2:55pm. There has been a growing number of vehicles parking along Frost Place to pick-up students. This area is a No Parking Zone. Vehicles should not be stopping, parking, or picking up students in this area. There has already been one vehicle vs vehicle accident and traffic backups due to those parked vehicles. Police will be monitoring the area. All students that are picked up by personal vehicle are to be picked up in the rear of the building where staff members are stopping and directing traffic for safety. In the interest of student safety this is not negotiable. Please support the larger CMIT community by following pick-up procedures.

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Andrew Brauer, Principal

Parents/Guardians We have an extra special Parent Workshop and Expo series this year taking place October 19th at 8:30 AM. We have speakers available to discuss topics that will make you more in touch with your student, what they need to be successful and what you need to know about them as tweens and teens. The following topics will be discussed Technology Social Media Dangers and How to Avoid Them Teens and the Law How to interpret High Stakes Test Results and How You Can Help Your Child Do Better. Accessing School Max, Black Board, Google Classroom and PRS in A Snap Additionally, we will have the following vendors for you to talk to i9 Sports - Sports Activities for your Child Appreciation Financial - College Planning Footage Society - Sneaker Apparel for school and sports. Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation - Culture Fair and More Dance Makers - Dance and Gymnastics Mathnasium - Tutoring Services CMIT Cheer Squad Drama Club CMIT Band and Orchestra EF Tours - This Years trip is Japan More Vendors to Come. We will open the doors at 8:30 am you will have an opportunity to get coffee and donut, talk to vendors and get your children under 12 situated with our child care service. A Family BBQ will follow. Please sign up by following the link below https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0444AEAC29A7F94-fall1

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Parents/Guardians The demand for our Summer 2020 trip to Japan has been tremendous. We still have only a few spots left (3) for the middle school. Our next information meeting will be Friday, October 4th, at 5pm in room 110 of CMIT Middle School. Don't miss this meeting if you and/or your child want to go. It is most likely the last recruitment meeting for the middle school. If you wish to look at the information prior to attending please use the EF tours website and input the tour number 2190326VM or call 800-665-5364. Trip is departing from Dulles Airport, June 28th, 2020. This trip is in no way connected to, sponsored by, nor sanctioned by PGCPS or CLF/CMIT.

James Screven, Assistant Principal

The BBA Basketball program will begin in October. Click on the link for details and registration. https://www.belluccibasketballacademy.com/so/dfMqXXFzx?cid=e50c4adc-13c3-4a63-9695-b7071c2984f4#/main

Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation

Picture Day is Coming October 16, 2019

Secretary

MEDICATIONS Any student requiring prescription and/or non-prescription medications during the school day, either daily or as needed, is required to have a signed medication order form in the health room. The medication should be brought to the health room in its original box with a prescription label that matches the Medication Order Form. Students are not allowed to carry medications during the school day, unless the physician has signed a document stating this and a copy of the document is on file in the health room. Medical forms can be found on the PGCPS website at https://www1.pgcps.org/health-forms/. ILLNESS/ABSENCE When should my child stay home from school? • Fever: a temperature of 100.4 degrees or higher. • Vomiting and/or diarrhea • Communicable diseases such as chickenpox, strep throat, untreated head lice, ringworm, pink eye, etc. Your child must be properly treated for 24 hours (or medically cleared by your healthcare provider) before returning to school. SICK/ INJURED STUDENT PICK-UP Please formulate a plan for pick-up, in the event that your child becomes sick or injured at school. Injuries and illness do occur during the school day and it is best to have a plan in place before you are put in an urgent situation. I understand that many of our students do not live locally, but the health of each student is my top priority. Students sent home during the school day cannot be released to Uber or Lyft drivers. An adult 18 or older must come into the building and sign the student out. If anyone other than the legal guardian is picking up the student, a written authorization must be emailed to receptionist@cmitacademy.org with: the name of the person picking the student up, the student’s name, relationship of the person to the student, and the phrase “I authorize”. This email must be received prior to the student being released to the adult and the adult must have a valid state ID.

CMIT Nurse

Self-image is the mental picture (belief and attitude) we have of ourselves. Self-image is formed as a result of our perceptions of what others think of us and our past experiences. We tend to act like the person we believe ourselves to be. Therefore, having a positive self-image is important because it can have a powerful influence on our behavior. Although most people have one generalized self-image, our self-images may be as numerous as our activities. We should evaluate our strengths and weaknesses for specific situations and not over-generalize. It is possible to develop a more positive self-image by setting and achieving personally meaningful goals. The students shall learn skills for assessing their strengths and weaknesses, setting goals, measuring their progress, and rewarding themselves for reaching goals. A very important factor. Once the goal date has been set and you reach the goal date, but said goal has not been reached; do not look upon that as a failure. Look upon it as not giving enough time to accomplish and/or achieve the goal. So keep trying until success has been accomplished.

Sincerely, Dr. Sullivan-Williams, Ph.D. (aka Dr. BB) Senior Certified Life Skills/Character Education Instructor

A quick blurb this week to let you know what we've been up to and what's coming up! Firstly, thank you for all the parents/guardians who have shared their MILLION WORDS with me! If you haven't...you still have time! Feel free to send it via email :) In the past week, we started our novel studies, have hosted many debates related to our novels, and explored Human Intelligence as the topic/overarching theme of our first unit! We have our first vocabulary quiz (on all 84 root words) on Monday, 9/30! We have our first class discussion of the novel on Thursday, 10/03. Upcoming discussion/reading due dates are posted in the classroom as well as on a calendar in Google Classroom. Students should be annotating their novels as they read so that when we come to class discussions, they can look back at their own thinking and share. Remember, our first unit is on Human Intelligence...so any examples (or non-examples) of this would be helpful to note! For Out of My Mind, it will be a discussion/activity based on Ch. 1-8. For Flowers for Algernon, it will be a discussion/activity based on Progress Reports #1-10. We will discuss Article of the Week #1.4 on Friday, 10/4. Students should annotate the article with at least 2 mature, thoughtful responses per page and prepare for discuss their ideas/perspective on the issue of violence in video games when they arrive to class on Friday. HERE is AoW #1.4: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52eec360e4b0c81c80749630/t/5d7e59c0478b13088d7c1b8d/1568561600571/AoW+1920_05+Video+Game+Violence.pdf Thank you for your continued support! Have a great long weekend!

Danica Justsen, NBCT

Thank you to everyone that took the time to join the PTO! To better support our schools, the PTO is seeking to operate with two separate Executive Operation Boards, one to support the High School and one to support the Middle School. This will allow more direct support from the PTO for the respective schools, but it also means we need parents to be involved. We will be sending out the Proposed Budget and By-laws for vote in the next week and we would like to finalize as many members as possible. Below is a guide to help facilitate the process of registering and purchasing your PTO membership using AtoZ Connect. --------------------MEETING IDEAS-------------------- If you have an idea where the PTO can host a meeting or gather parents in a specific community to join the PTO meeting online, let us know! Please provide the name of the location, point of contact and how to reserve space if required. Free space is preferred but a small nominal fee may be possible. Please share your ideas by contacting information@cmitnorthpto.org. --------------------HELP WANTED-------------------- Parent Volunteers are needed to serve in a variety of PTO support roles throughout the school year. 1. Monthly errand to schools on selected Wednesday before 2pm 2. Social Media communicator 3. Leads for standing committees: Auditing, Bylaws, Events, Financing, Membership, Nominating If you are interested in volunteering your time contact the PTO at information@cmitnorthpto.org Thank you, CMIT North PTO

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To Join the PTO please visit http://www.cmitnorthpto.org/join-online.html You may also review the proposed Bylaws by visiting our website at www.cmitnorthpto.org

CMIT Community - Please help us provide events and activities for all students at CMIT North Academy Middle School by supporting this important fundraiser through the ordering and selling from a variety of gift items and frozen foods. NOTE: Items are being sold by Middle School Students. High School Supporters interested in purchasing items that are not connected with a Middle School Student should email information@cmitnorthpto.org. SALE ENDS: Thursday, October 10, 2019 - Please turn in all money and order forms by this date! DELIVERY: Mid November. We will give you a one-week notice of exact date. *************** Deliveries MUST be picked up on the date provided. We have no place to store perishable items and cannot be responsible for orders not picked up on the delivery date. *************** MONEY COLLECTION: We accept cash, checks or money orders payable to CMIT North PTO. Please put student's name in the memo area on all checks. Please make sure money turned in matches amount due (count twice)! NOTE: There is a $25 returned check fee. IMPORTANT - INFORMATION -Please keep PINK copy of order form. You will not receive a copy back with your order -Return the WHITE and YELLOW copy with your order -Be sure SELLER Name (student) is on order form and order total matches money turned in -Please, NO DOOR TO DOOR SALES, just to relatives, friends, neighbors and co-workers

Thank you, CMIT North Fundraising Committee

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.