Although attendance was lighter than expected, everyone attending expressed how much they appreciated our holding the event and how much they got out of the experience. Concluding the event was a PTO sponsored barbecue enjoyed by all.

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Dear Parents, Parent Teacher Conference day for CMIT middle school is November 11th. Please use the following link to sign up for slots to meet with your student's teachers. https://signup.com/go/zcRxZFz Please be aware that all teachers have 36 meeting slots and each teacher has at least 90 students. This means that is it impossible for each teacher to meet with all parents of their students. Teachers are available to set up phone conferences and in person conferences during their planning times. If you are unable to obtain a slot with a teacher, please contact that teacher directly to set up something. Thank you for your continued support!

CMIT Administration

Unity Day is a holiday that is celebrated at different times and for different purposes throughout the world. In the United States, it is an observational holiday that is celebrated on October 21st and has been observed since 2011 to raise awareness about bullying. This year PGCPS has designated Unity Day for Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019. This year we are asking all teachers and students at CMIT North to participate by wearing orange. This can be in the form of a t-shirt, ribbons (in hair or on clothing), shoes, or a CMIT orange uniform shirt. Students may dress down as long as they have something orange on!

CMIT Administration

An infographic is a collection of imagery, charts, and minimal text that gives an easy-to-understand overview of a topic. It use striking, engaging visuals to communicate information quickly and clearly. Eight grade students from Mrs. Crespo's class designed an Infographic of a lesson they learned from the past few weeks. The following lessons include; cell theory, plant vs animal cell, prokaryotic vs eukaryotic cell, levels of organization, lab safety, or variables.

Mrs. Crespo-Montano (Science Teacher)

Students have been reading multiple selections about people in history and in modern times who have faced adversity. Soon, students will have the opportunity to write a memoir of their own in which they will relate a time in which they faced a challenging adversity. This week, we will read the last reading selection before students get into brainstorming, organizing, and composing their own personal memoir. Students will implement storytelling techniques used by the multiple authors they have read. Students should begin to reflect on their lives and the myriad adversity they may have faced. The ideas should be about personal narratives that can be shared with young people.

Mr. Conde RELA 7 Teacher

Happy Fall! I am so proud of my 6th grade classes. They have been doing intense work annotating and interpreting Shakespearean sonnets. This is challenging work and they have persevered through it with great care. We will be starting the Balcony Scene from Romeo and Juliet next week. Please encourage your scholars to remain focused and dedicated to the work at hand.

Amy Sumor

Happy Fall families and friends, I am excited to report that George Mason is having great success navigating through Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. We started the unit by performing Tableaux Vivants of scenes (Living Photographs) from the play. I have attached a photo for your enjoyment. For Act 3 we will be performing a Reader's Theater where students will be assigned parts and read them dramatically. This is my favorite unit to teach. I hope scholars come away from this study with appreciation if not passion for Shakespeare.

Amy Sumor

This up and coming week the students shall be empowered in how to make decisions and solve problems on their own. MAJOR OBJECTIVES: * Demonstrate how decisions are influenced by group pressures * Discuss reasons why people are influenced by group members * Identify everyday decisions * Describe how important decisions are made * Identify a process for making decisions VOCABULARY: * Decision * Influence * Pressure * Persuasive tactics SUMMARY: * We are involved in making decisions everyday. Some decisions are made without much thought while others require more time and conscious effort. * Pressure from the group of people we associate with often influence our decisions. * We often let ourselves be influenced by group members largely because we want to be accepted by the group and not be considered as outcasts or as oddballs. * Examples of common tactics used to persuade someone to do something are flattery, presentation of facts, appeal to authority, promise of some future reward or punishment, persistence, and use of guilt. * When you are being persuaded to do something, you should make sure it is consistent with what you want. * In this lesson the students shall learn how to use a 3-step method for making decisions. Sincerely, Dr. Sullivan-Williams (aka Dr. BB) Senior Certified Life-Skills/Character Education Instructor

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

Attention PTO Members: The PTO is still accepting nominations for the following vacant positions: -Executive Director -MS President -MS Vice President -MS Treasurer -MS Corresponding Secretary -MS Recording Secretary -HS Corresponding Secretary If you are a PTO Member interested in servicing in one of the Executive Board positions, please email information@cmitnorthpto.org. These positions must be filled in order to appropriately operate in support of both Middle and High School.

Thank you, CMIT North PTO

The PTO invites you to join us for the October PTO Meeting! Note: The PTO is seeking to finalize our slate of candidates to fill our vacant PTO Executive Board Positions. Date: Thursday, October 24, 2019 Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm Location: CMIT Middle School Cafeteria, 6100 Frost Place, Laurel, MD 20707 Call in Option Below: 1. Dial In to the Conference (United States): (515) 606-5356 Access Code: 531867 International Dial-in Numbers: https://www.freeconferencecall.com/wall/cmitnorthpto#international 2. Join Online Meeting: Online meeting ID: cmitnorthpto Online meeting link: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/cmitnorthpto Online Instructions: At the scheduled date and time of the meeting, dial in to the conference line. When prompted, enter the access code followed by hash (#). To join the online meeting, click the online meeting link and follow the prompts. To Join the PTO please visit http://www.cmitnorthpto.org/join-online.html For questions please contact the following: General - information@cmitnorthpto.org Membership - membership@cmitnorthpto.org Fundraising - fundraising@cmitnorthpto.org

Thank you, CMIT North PTO

Parents, Guardians, and Students: Please mark your calendars! Thursday, October 24, 2019 from 5-9 pm we will have our next Spirit Night at Chick-fil-A in Laurel at the Contee Road/Rt.1 location. Be sure to mention “CMIT” so the PTO can receive 20% of your purchase. We hope to see you there! Thank you for your support! CMIT North PTO Fundraising Committee

Thank you, CMIT North PTO

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.