Our cheer squad did an outstanding job of representing CMIT North Middle school at this year's PGCPS Cheer Competition, held at Oxon Hill high School. The cheer squad and Coach Bond deserve our gratitude for working so hard during this past year. You may have seen them cheering at a basketball game, school event or a competition, but know that these young men and women are true scholar athletes. They truly show us what school spirit is all about. This year our cheer team took third place and stood out of the crowd among a field of tough competitors.

James Screven, Assistant Principal

CMIT Family, I am proud to announce that CMIT Middle school did an excellent job today at the Johns Hopkins Science Invitational Tournament, taking home many awards . Our CMIT Science Olympiad students worked so hard for this competition, and we've received; 1st Place - Food science 1st Place - Ping Pong Parachute 2nd Place - Elastic Launch Glider 2nd Place - Experimental Design Ms. Esra Inci, Science Teacher - CMIT North MS

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Dear CMIT Family, I am proud to announce that CMIT Middle school did an excellent job at John Hopkins Science Invitational Tournament. Our CMIT Science Olympiad students worked so hard for this competition, and we've received; 1st Place - Food science 1st Place - Ping Pong Parachute 2nd Place - Elastic Launch Glider 2nd Place - Experimental Design Now, we are going to RICHARD MONTGOMERY REGIONAL on February 29th. We will keep you updated with new success stories. I want to THANK our dedicated coaches who made this event a blast. Ms. Crespo Mr. Montano Ms. Nhyirani Dr. Clarke Mr. Clarke Mr. Bayram

Esra Kocaslan-Inci

Middle school teams once again competed and won in second annual TRAC Bridge Invitational held at CMIT North High School last February 6, 2020. Maranna Nwozo (team captain),Yashasri Gouda, and Jescie Tinio of Savvy Scholars won second place and Innovative Design; and Carolyn Silva (team captain), Francarlo Sosa-Barrios, Leila Ogba, and Emnet Theodros of Bridge Legacies won third place. Chesapeake Science Point High School won first place in the said competition. Three other teams participated in the said competition comprise of Aimal Abid (team captain), Jehan Idsassi, and Jasmyne Wilson of Pont de Voie; Alexander Akinmutimi (team captain), Myles McKell, and Boris Sai-Palm of Q.E.D.'s; and Oluwabusoye Okunuga (team captain), Oreoluwa Adeyemo, and Emmanuel Ikeh of Bridge Building Adversaries. TRAC Bridge Challenge is designed to allow students the opportunity to develop a Truss Bridge that will be tested for strength-to-weight ratio. Participating students both from middle school and high school conducted the performance bridge test.

Mrs. Crespo-Montano (Science Teacher & TRAC Bridge Advisor)

Hello, 8th Grade Families! On Friday, January 31st, several staff and students from the high school visited the middle school to talk to 8th grade students about their transition into the 9th grade. Although the time was short, it was a pleasure for us to start getting to know them. We met with them for approximately one hour to discuss high school expectations and opportunities including the Information Technology Early College (ITEC) program, Advanced Placement coursework, clubs, and athletics. During the presentation, students received information about how to apply for both the ITEC program and AP courses and received some important deadline information. For your reference, you can find the presentation we shared with students, including staff contact information, at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/rbkbrex Attached you will find a letter from Mrs. Andrew and Ms. Gaudette explaining scheduling, ITEC applications, and AP applications. ITEC applications and AP applications are also attached for your convience. We are excited to begin this journey with you and your students. Respectfully, Ms. Colandrea - tcolandrea@cmitacademy.org Mrs. Andrew - candrew@cmitacademy.org Ms. Gaudette - ngaudette@cmitacademy.org

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Casandra Andrew

We will be having an interest meeting on February 12th @ 7pm at CMIT middle school room 108 for the July 2021 trip to Israel ,to visit the cities of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Jericho, and Bethlehem. This trip is to experience the historical sites and cultural sites of a modern and ancient country that is representative of the Middle East. You will have the opportunity to see the important sites of the birthplace of 3 of the world's religions, walk the streets that historical figures have walked, explore ancient Jewish, Roman and Muslim architecture and eat authentic middle eastern food. Although this trip is open to families, all children under the age of 17 must be accompanied by an adult traveler. This trip is not a field trip and is not sponsored by PGCPS or CMIT. You must attend the meeting to get information for this trip.

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Student Government Associtation Presents the 2020 Cupid Dance, to be held February 21st @ 7:45 PM in the CMIt North Middle School Cafeteria. This event is open only to CMIT Middle School students. Particpation in the dance requires that the student not have a disciplinary suspension for the third quarter. Participation by PGCPS students not directly a part of the CMIT community would be at the approval of the principal only. Ticket prices are $10 prior to dance or $15 at the door.

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Come out to CMIT Academy Middle School on February 29, 2020 from 10-2pm to apply for new passport or to renew your old one. This event is for the entire family! The United States Postal Service is offering full service onsite for this event. Please sign-up using this link https://forms.gle/seME5h9EbBavzGeWA To find out more information about passport requirements and fees, please visit https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports.html

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Hello Parents/Guardians, CMIT North Middle School will be having its 2nd Quarter Honor Roll ceremony on the following dates: 6th Grade - Tuesday, February 18th at 9 am in the school cafeteria 7th Grade - Tuesday, February 18th at 1:30 pm in the school cafeteria 8th Grade - Wednesday, February 19th at 9 am in the school cafeteria Letters went home Wednesday, February 5th. We are asking all honorees to wear their white oxford shirts on the day of their ceremony. Sincerely,

Yurhance Johnson

Parents and Students Please be aware that starting this Monday 2/10/2020, students not wearing the proper CMIT gym uniform will not be allowed to participate in gym. This will result in the student receiving a grade of zero for that day. The gym uniform consists of a blue CMIT T-shirt, CMIT branded sweatpants with CMIT logo, blue or white gym socks and sneakers of the students choosing. Thank you.

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, 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.