The window for grade appeals is open and will close Tuesday February 23rd. If you would like to submit a parent grade appeal, you must fill out the attached paperwork, attach evidence, and send it to the teacher of record and Mrs. Linnenkamp (jessica.lash@pgcps.org) by February 23rd. If all correct paperwork is not attached, the appeal can not be accepted. If you have further questions or need clarification about grade appeals, please email Mrs. Linnenkamp.

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CMIT Administration

Middle School Families, The 3rd quarter is underway. Checking your students' grades via SchoolMax and monitoring their google classroom for work submission is an important part of staying up to date with student progress. Directions on how to do both of these can be found below. Please see the following important dates for the 3rd quarter. March 5th - Progress Report Grades Entered in SchoolMax March 11th - All Progress Report Grades Available for Parents to View April 9th - End of 3rd Quarter April 19th - Report Card Grades Available for Parents to View

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CMIT Administration

Happy Valent tine's Day to all of our CMIT Family. We recognize the difficulties that distance learning brings and therefore wanted to say thank you to our CMIT parents, students and staff for all their hard work during this difficult year year. We wish everyone in our school community love, family togetherness and health in this upcoming year. If you know someone who is alone, please reach out to them and let them know you are there. Despite the awful isolation this quarantine brings, we can still show family, friends and loved ones that we are still there for each other.

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Hello Families, Please be aware that there is no school Monday, February 15th and that Tuesday, February 16th will be a 2 hour delay for students. Please make sure students follow the schedule below. Period 1 10:00 - 10:30 Period 2 10:40 - 11:10 Period 3 11:20 - 11:50 Period 4 12:00 - 12:30 Period 5 12:40 - 1:10 Period 6 1:20 - 1:50 Period 7 2:00 - 2:30

CMIT Administration

VOTING RIGHTS: THE STRUGGLE TO BE COUNTED 1619-2014 In celebration of African American History Month. Students, you are cordially invited to join Mr. Phil Portlock in the screening of the film Voting Rights on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @ 1:00pm. We would greatly appreciate your presence at this event, as it would not only give you great insight about voting rights but you will be able to follow the journey of making the film. The event will begin with a brief introduction, followed by the screening of the film. After, there will be a Q & A session. Hope to see you there!!! Phil Portlock is a photographer, writer, film producer, social justice activist and native Washingtonian. He has produced a 36-minute film entitled, “VOTING RIGHTS: THE STRUGGLE TO BE COUNTED 1619-2014.” Through words, pictures and music, Phil traces the struggle by African Americans to gain the right to vote. Frederick Douglass, the great speaker and newspaper publisher said, “slavery is not abolished until the Black man has the right to vote, this is the meaning of equality.” The right to vote determines who gets the right to make laws and policies that effect our lives such as good jobs, good schools, affordable housing and healthcare. REMEMBER, A VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A VOICELESS PEOPLE. STAND UP AND BE COUNTED! ZOOM Information: Meeting ID#: 5093772291 Passcode: 9rugYe

Ms. Spence/Principal Secretary

Hello Scholars and Parents, I hope all is well. I have a few reminders. Next Wednesday February 17 Both 6th and 7th graders will be taking their first chapter test. Refer to Google Classroom and School Max for grade updates and progress. Student must be present in zoom in order to obtain proper class notes for classwork grading. Forecast: 6th: Chapter 2 Building Character 7th: Chapter 4 Violence Prevention Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never knew.... Cicely Tyson

Mrs. Curry

Eight grade Life Science students are learning genes and proteins. Students are instructed to research and create an informative ad for a sports magazine educating the reader about Marfan syndrome. Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder of connective tissue caused by mutations in the gene for fibrillin‐1 in chromosome 15. MFS affects the heart, eyes, blood vessels and skeleton. People with MFS are usually tall and thin with disproportionately long arms, legs, fingers and toes. There is no cure for MFS, treatment and management are focused on preventing the complications that will occur. The collage pictures above show some of the sample work of the students from Alabama State, Norfolk, Drexel, and Trinity. Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2563177/ https://www.marfan.org/about/marfan

Mrs. Crespo-Montano (Science Teacher)

Warmest congratulations to the following students who got an "A" this second quarter. Hope you will continue to study hard and pursue your dreams.  Dream big, and aim high!

Mrs. Crespo-Montano (Science Teacher)

Despite the current situation of COVID-19 outbreak, learning never stops with the use of technology and online learning platforms.  Eight grade biology students viewed plant and animal cells using BioNetwork’s Virtual Microscope, the first fully interactive 3D scope.   Students are able to see plant and animal cells with 100x, 400x, and 1000x magnification.  They also investigated the structure and function of cellular organelles using the "Interactive Cell Model."

Mrs. Crespo-Montano (Science Teacher)

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.