All students in Ms Justsen's RELA classes will have the opportunity to publish though our weekly newsletter. This new spotlight will be called "Featured Writer" and will feature the writing talents of one our own students. If your child has Ms Justsen for RELA please encourage your child to participate in this program.

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Congratulations to the 7th and 8th grade STUDENTS OF THE WEEK in Honors Reading/English Language Arts! Please keep your (digital) raffle tickets for the Quarter 1 Raffle! Thank you for all your hard work!

Danica Justsen, NBCT

CMIT Middle School scholars have identified difference between scientists and engineers this week. Next week, our scholars will start to learn about Scientific Method and CER (Claim, Evidence,and Reasoning). Also, STEAM Fair information will be announced soon. Just stay tuned with us.

Esra Kocaslan-Inci Science Department Chair

We are saddened that our current Treasurer, Adriane Clark, is stepping down from her post as Treasurer. She was an absolute gem to work with and has so much knowledge! Although, we are going to miss her...We are convinced that there's another GEM like Adriane in our CMIT Middle School Community. If that person is YOU, please complete the Form below by Thursday, September 17th. We cannot wait to meet our next TERRIFIC TREASURER!!!! Please click on the link below and complete the form by Thursday, September 17th! https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=MOrAEyq2mkS_OYtpDrD1mTLELuzQnttCvlkOIgAqEiFURUpVWkJaUEJKSkwwTjVCOTM5RVBIVlVHSC4u

Thank You, MS CMIT PTO

Okay, CMIT Middle School Community, we have a lot of work ahead of us. I KNOW, that WE CAN GET IT DONE! We have initiatives that we need to meet and a community we need to support. The first step in doing this is becoming a member of the PTO! Your annual membership helps us to: -Support 8th Grade Promotion -Support Teachers -Support our Students -Support our Parents -Support OUR School and Community If you attended the FIRST PTO Meeting of the Year this past Thursday (if not, it was recorded and you can watch and listen to it - see PTO Meeting Headline) you know we will be switching from A to Z Connect to PTOffice very, very soon. Until then, you can still sign up for membership. Below are the instructions on how to sign up NOW! That is today, actually, while you are reading this blurb (smile). Seriously, we know how much your student means to you and we want to be able to support OUR CMIT Community! So follow the instructions below - Annual Membership is just $10 per household (not per child). Every child in the household is covered by the $10 fee. If you have questions or problems, please contact Adriane Clark, Treasurer, at MSTreasurer@cmitnorthpto.org How To Pay Memberships Dues: *Payments are accepted via Pay PayPal.* https://www.paypal.com/us/home 1. Log into Pay Pal and click on "Send/Request" at the top of the menu. Type in..@CMITNorthMSPTO. 2. Pay the $10 annual membership fee. 3. Once you complete your membership transaction, please send receipt, your first and last name, and student’s name and grade to: MStreasurer@cmitnorthpto.org  It really is as simple as 1, 2, 3! Now let's get this DONE CMIT!!!

Thank You, MS CMIT PTO

The middle school PTO had its first meeting of the school year. Please click on the link below to view the presentation and find out what goals your PTO has for this school year. https://cmitnorthpto-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mscorrespondingsecretary_cmitnorthpto_org/EbWHj2c9FbtBvilZ6EjfT7oB_U776766YaA3VG0e8pmcvw?e=B7JcVn

Thank You, MS CMIT PTO

Just a reminder, in addition to supporting the school and having a vote for PTO initiatives, your membership will allow you access to the minutes and recordings of all PTO meetings. Non-members will only have access to the first meeting of the school year. Please make sure to join today so you do not miss out on the wonderful resources and information provided by your PTO!

Thank You, MS CMIT PTO

Parents and Guardians, In an attempt to prepare for an eventual school opening, we have been preparing the school. This process includes cleaning out old lockers from last school year. Student items left have been removed from lockers, bagged and tagged with the student's name who owned the locker SY20. If you would like to retrieve the items that your child left behind, please contact Ms Reese to schedule a time on either Mondays or Wednsdays, until the end of the month. Ms. Reece can be reached via email at, receptionist@cmitacademy.org or by calling 301-350-6051 on Mondays or Wedensdays between the hours of 7:30am-3:30pm. When you call, please provide your student's name and grade. Ms. Reece will schedule your pick up time with the appropriate student support member who has been placed in charge of student's belongings. Please note, that if items are not picked up by Monday, October 5th, gently used general clothing items will be donated to Good Will. Uniform items, shirts, coats, etc. left uncollected, will be redistributed to needy CMIT families once we eventually reopen. Thanks for your help in keeping our community clean and ready.

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.