Dear Parents, All emails concerning your child’s absences (doctor’s appointments, illness, death in the family/funeral, etc.), should be sent to our school’s Attendance Secretary, Ms. LaNessa Reese, at lanessa.reese@pgcps.org. Ms. Reese will forward your email to your child’s teachers. It should not be cc’d to any other staff members or administrator, unless you have a concern. A separate email should be submitted for each child, as they are filed individually. Please include your child’s first and last name, grade and university/college. It should also include the date(s) and times of absence(s). If your child is only absent for part of the day, be specific as to which period or periods were missed so the appropriate teachers are notified and so your child’s attendance can be accurately updated in SchoolMax. It should most important of all, include the reason for the absence. The reason for the absence will determine if the absence is excused or unexcused. An excused absence will allow your child to be able to make up any missed assignments. An unexcused absence will not allow your child to make up missed assignments. Please see the PGCPS Administrative Procedure 5113 Student Attendance, Absence & Truancy on the county website, pgcps.org, if you have any questions regarding excused/unexcused absences. Thank you for your cooperation.

School Attendance Secretary, Ms. LaNessa Reese

Parents/Guardians If you purchased a yearbook last year for your 6th or 7th grader. Distribution of yearbook will happen next Wednesday 10/21/2020. This is for parents who already purchased and paid for a yearbook only. The following schedule will be used for distribution. Wednesday 10/21 9:00 - 10:30 am 6th graders for school year 2019-2020 (current 7th graders) 10:30 - 12:00 pm 7th graders for school year 2019-2020 (Current 8th graders) 1:00 - 2:30 pm 8th Graders for school year 2019-2020 (Current 9th graders) If you cannot pick up during these times, please reach out to Mr. Screven at james.screven@pgcps.org to arrange an alternate Monday of Wednesday. Thank you. Mr. James Screven Assistant Principal

James Screven, Assistant Principal

PGCPS will host free immunization clinics in high school Wellness Centers to assist families with meeting immunization requirements. Families must register online for an appointment. These services are offered in collaboration with the Prince George’s County Health Department and the Maryland Partnership for Prevention. IMMUNIZATION CLINIC DATES October 5, 7, 14, 17 , 19, 21, 26 and 28 November 2, 4, 9, 14, 16, 18 and 21 LOCATIONS, SITE DATES AND TIMES Bladensburg High School Clinics on all dates PLUS 11/30, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fairmont Heights High School Clinics on weekdays only, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Northwestern High School Clinics on all dates except 11/14, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oxon Hill High School Clinics on all dates except 10/17 and 10/21, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ONLINE REGISTRATION Appointments are required. Online registration link: www.vaccineconsent.com/clinic/search MORE INFORMATION Visit www.pgcps.org/immunizations/Card/Upcoming-Clinics for details!

CMIT Nurse

Dear Parents; 8th Grades Students learn HTML (web page).Students identified what web design is and articulated the difference between web design and development and identified how websites have changed education, arts, and commerce. They have reflected on why they are taking this course and develop their own learning objectives for the course. Students identified the purpose and applications of HTML and created their first simple web page. 7th Grades Students learn scratch programming. Scratch is a visual programming language that allows students to create their own interactive stories, games, and animations. As students design Scratch projects, they learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively. Students have learned ●Stage ●Sprite ●Sprite Area ●Blocks ●Backdrop

Mr. INCI/Technology Teacher 7th and 8th Grades

Hello Scholars & Parents, Important Dates: Test: 8th Grade October 28 7th Grade October 28 All test will be posted to google classroom on October 28th, If for some reason another test gets scheduled for that date I will post the test the night before after 6. Reminders: If you are 15 or more minutes late to my zoom that will be a zero and marked as an unlawful absence. If something is going on send email immediately. Keep up the great work Scholars!!!!

Mrs. Curry

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.