2020's theme will focus on the backbone of our community... STEAM EDUCATORS Let's celebrate the role/impact of African American educator(s) who use two or more elements of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts/Athletics, and Math (STEAM) to enlighten and empower others! Please send all essay submissions to CLFPR@CLFMD.ORG

CLF Community Partnerships

Dear CMIT Parents, Community and Fellow Pioneers of Science: The science department team would like to cordially invite you as a STEAM FAIR JUDGE to support for the upcoming Chesapeake Math and IT Academy MS-North STEAM Fair on Saturday, January 25, 2020. STEAM Fair judging consists of viewing the students’ poster, conducting an impromptu interview with the student about their project and scoring based on the CMIT STEAM Fair given rubrics. STEAM Fair judging will be held at CMIT-High School (14800 Sweitzer Ln, Laurel, MD 20707) from 8:30AM to 1:00PM on January 25, 2020. This would be a wonderful opportunity to meet and converse with some of our wonderful math and science students about their research projects.. If you are interested in assisting CMIT MS North, as volunteer judge, please contact me, Mrs. Nhyirani (STEAM Fair Coordinator) by e-mail enhyirani@cmitacademy.org. We look forward to your acceptance to our STEAM Fair Judge invitation. If you have any person(s) that would be interested in assisting us with this respect, please extend this invitation on our behalf. See Below for the STEAM Fair JUDGES sign-up form. Thank you! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zdQo0Rgot4TFj7ROrCkDPFcjYRXl7ML8zYDumUO9wew/edit

Mrs. Emmanuella Nhyirani (STEAM Fair Coordinator)

Dear Parents, Photo albums record our most precious memories—and can last for generations. It can take a lot of creativity to make a great family album. One of the keys to designing the album is to use photos and text in a variety of sizes and positions. You and your child may want to work together on a family album. While working, you might want to move your photos around on the page. Don’t position every photo in the same way. In mathematics, this is called a translation of the image—and it’s a simple way to add interest to your pages. Also, I have attached an overview of chapter 2 with the vocabulary flash cards from chapter 2. Your child was already given the flash cards in class. Please have your child go over the vocabulary words daily.     Respectfully, Mr. Ephraim

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Mr. Ephraim

The December 19th PTO meeting is cancelled due to conflict with the CLF Board meeting. The PTO meetings will resume in January 2020. Notices will be sent announcing the meeting dates and time for separate MS and HS PTO board meetings. Happy Holidays!

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.