Please be aware that this is not an official announcement of reopening. It is instead a recognition that we are preparing for the eventual reopening of the school, which will be officially announced through the CEO's office of PGCPS when that time comes. In gearing up for reopening please be aware of the following. Students must be prepared to bring their own PPE to school. This means face masks. If a student forget to bring their face mask, a face mask will be provided with an email home restating the expectation. If multiple occurrences happen the administration will determine next steps to protect the welfare of other students and staff. Students must bring a computing device (Chromebook, laptop) to school to interact during online learning sessions. Students coming to school for hybrid learning must bring headphones to plug into their Chromebook or device. Although the school will provide hand sanitizing stations in every classroom and key areas around the school, we do ask that students consider hand sanitizer for personal use. Parents are strongly encouraged to provide personal hand sanitizer for their child(ren). Many different types can be purchased at a local dollar store and be attached to the student's backpack. We respectfully ask that parents to be aware of, and prepare for, these hybrid learning requirements. The better prepared we are for hybrid learning, as a school community, the safer the environment we create for our students. staff and family. If you are experiencing a financial hardship which makes the purchase of these items difficult, please reach out to me james.screven@pgcps.org and we will make arrangements privately. Thanks, Jim Screven Assistant Principal

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Last week we released this survey. However we discovered some parents had trouble accessing the survey. It has been fixed since. Therefore, to adequately prepare for a future hybrid model, please help us by filling out the survey connected to this link. This surveys helps us, help our community. To be clear, a hybrid model of instruction would mean students would attend live instruction at school two days a week on Monday, Thursday or Tuesday, Friday. Participation in a hybrid model is voluntary and not required. Parents opting not to have their child participate in hybrid learning will still have distance learning provided to their student. Please complete the link below at your earliest convenience. https://forms.gle/1cnU72NXkLqu9MKr7

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Calling all CMIT poets/artists/musicians for the Black History month poetry slam! Students who are interested in participating in the showcase can sign up on the interest form using the Google link below. The interest form closes on February 19th. Students please use your PGCPS email to sign up on the form. This year's theme is Black Lives Matter. The date of the poetry is coming soon! Stay tuned! LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD! https://forms.gle/4U8VqcuwNcHhpsKJ8

Ms. Wake

Hello Scholars and Parents, We started off the week on a low, but finished off strong. So many students improved on their grades by the second class meeting. My hope is that all will turn it around soon. To gain a better understanding as to what is expected in each class meeting, please refer to January stream post in every google classroom. All grades are uploaded to Schoolmax, most of the time by Friday. Explanation of grade is either posted in schoolmax or google classroom. With that being said, as I told the students, they are responsible to know and understand why they received a certain grade when progress or report cards come around. This upcoming week will be better then the last!!!! Reminders : Independent Assignment is due by Wednesday 10 by 12pm. First test - February 17

Mrs. Curry

Are you considered a "SME" (Subject-matter expert) in your field or work? Do you have a passion for something that you think would benefit the parents of our CMIT Middle School Community? Do you like (or semi-like is good too) speaking VIRTUALLY in-front of an audience? If you answered, YES to any of the questions below, would you consider being a speaker at the Fall's Parent Workshop? The PTO is partnering with CMIT MS Administration on this year's VIRTUAL Parent Workshops., schedule TBD. This will be about a 3-4 hour workshop event for parents to get information and resources specific to Middle School Students. We are looking for parents, friends, family or community members that would like to share information that could be helpful to our CMIT MS Parents. Not sure if you fit the bill? Here are some topic areas to help you decide: 1. Child Development 2. Child Safety 3. Financial Planning 4. Educational Resources 5. Public Health & Safety 6. Diet and Nutrition 7. Mental Health 8. Physical Activity 9. Internet Safety 10. Parent Support (Mental Health) 11. Legal or Policing Issues Those topics are not written in stone and therefore you may know of a topic that you could present on that impacts our students and/or families. This list is only a frame of possible topics, many of which we have successfully covered in the past. If you are interested in presenting, please email the PTO , Middle School Vice-President at MSVicePresident@cmitnorthpto.org or the assistant principal james.screven@pgcps.org. Thank You, MS CMIT PTO

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.