I hope everyone had a restful holiday break spent with friends and family. As we begin the new year CMIT spent time in classrooms review Student Rights and Responsibilities to include the Student Code of Conduct. Additionally, teachers took the opportunity to review their individual classroom rules and expectations. As our partners, we ask parents to review the Student Rights and Responsibilities (linked below) at home with their scholars and support is in our efforts to produce the best environment possible for education. I'm looking forward to the new year and a successful second half of the school year.

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Andrew Brauer, Principal

CMIT Math Club members have received their first award in the 2019-2020 school year. There were over 26,000 students from 559 schools in the USA, and our math club students won a team achievement plaque (nationwide top %10), six medals, and five ribbons. GOOOOOO GOLDEN TIGERS!!!!!!

Esra Kocaslan-Inci

On Saturday January 25, 2020 students from CMIT Middle and CMIT Elementary Kuk Sool Martial Arts Club will be participating in the Annual Kuk Sool Won Winter Intramural Tournament. The The tournament will take place at CMIT Elementary School, which is hosting the tournament for the third straight year! Event Details Place: CMIT-Elementary School 6151 Chevy Chase Drive Laurel, MD 20707 Date: January 25, 2020 Time: 8:00am - 4:00pm Spectator Fee: $5.00 All CMIT Club members are eligible to participate in this event. For details, contact club instructor Darren Fulmore (3rd Dahn) at laurel_ksw@comcst.net or 301-509-2030. Note: There is room for a few new students to join the club. If interested, contact club instructor for details. PSBN Darren Fulmore Instructor/Owner Kuk Sool Won of Laurel Maryland, MD 301-509-2030

Kuk Sool Won

The middle school casual day for December will be on January 10th. Keep on the lookout for an email letting you know whether your student is eligible by Tuesday, January 7th.

CMIT Administration

Dear CMIT Parents, Community, and Fellow Pioneers of Science: The science department would like to cordially invite you to be a STEAM FAIR JUDGE and support the upcoming Chesapeake Math and IT (CMIT) Academy North Middle School STEAM Fair on Saturday, January 25, 2020. STEAM Fair judging consists of viewing the students’ posters, conducting an impromptu interview with the students about their projects, and scoring based on the CMIT STEAM Fair given rubric. 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 is a wonderful opportunity to meet and converse with some of our students about their research projects. If you are interested in assisting CMIT North MS as a volunteer judge, please contact me by e-mail: enhyirani@cmitacademy.org​ by January 13th, 2020. We look forward to hearing from you, and the students appreciate your participation. If you know anyone else who would be interested in assisting us with this respect, please extend this invitation on our behalf. Kindly use the link below to sign up. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zdQo0Rgot4TFj7ROrCkDPFcjYRXl7ML8zYDumUO9wew/edit

Mrs. Nhyirani (STEAM Fair Coordinator)

Essay Requirements (Grades 6-12 ONLY): At least 250 words, but shall not exceed 500 words • Typed and double-spaced • Original work only • Be sure to properly cite your sources. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/ • Due on Friday, January 24th Scoring Rubric Comprehension (20 points) How well does the essay reflect a thorough comprehension of the essay topic? Does the essay provide supported reasons for the student’s topic selection? Organization (20 points) Does the argument/discussion follow a logical and easily understood progression? Does any outside evidence contained in the essay support the essay’s main points? Conclusions (20 points) Do the conclusions follow logically from the main body of the essay and reflect what the student has learned from research? How compelling are the conclusions? Creativity (20 points) Use of diverse resources, language &/or style, unique angle? Writing (20 points) Correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure. Poster Requirements (Elementary ONLY): • Poster MUST be 18x14 inches • Illustrates & supports a significant African American • Illustrates the contribution clearly and with artistic energy • Is it Colorful? Creative? Innovative? Legible? Different? Finished? • Poster should have a caption of at least three sentences, but no more than 10 to include who, what, and how the person contributed to shaping history. • Poster should mention at least one NEW thing the student learned during this contest? (E.g. arts in STEAM, African American role models, about oneself, society, African American history &/or culture, etc.) CLF will have 3 winners from each division who will receive a $50 gift card. Student winners and their parents will be invited to an awards reception hosted by CLF. One honorary mention from each school/division will be asked to read their essay or present their poster submission. Refreshments will be served and community leaders, special guests, fellow students, teachers, school officials, and board members will be in attendance.

CLF Community Partnerships

Attention Parents/Guardians!!!!! In an effort to educate parents and athletes about athletic scholarships and the college recruiting process, Mr. Dunn, CMIT Athletic Director, has contracted Dynamite Sports to conduct an an hour-long seminar entitled “Guiding the College-Bound Athlete” on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 5:30 p.m., in the CMIT High School Cafeteria. He is asking for all prospective college-bound athletes and their parents to attend this informative and entertaining event. And although it is NOT mandatory he is asking every athlete that is considering playing college sports to attend along with their parents. He is also encouraging middle school families to attend. This seminar will help parents to become more knowledgeable and REALISTIC about athletic scholarships and the recruiting process. Thank you in advance for your help and support in making this a well-attended event. Regards,

Yurhance Johnson

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.