On behalf of the 420 honoree who earned the Honor award for their academic achievement for the first quarter, CMIT South MS/HS will like to thank all family members and well wishers who joined in making the First Quarter Honor Roll event a success. We are very proud of the hard work of our students everyday and their well deserved honor. We look forward to see everyone for the second quarter and even more students.

Lara Asafa, Principal

CMIT South MS/HS will be administering the PSAT 8/9 to all 8th and 9th grade students - December 5th for 8th grade and December 11th for 9th grade. Please encourage your student to visit the link below for practice and sample tests. The PSAT 8/9 tests the same skills and knowledge as the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, and PSAT 10—in a way that makes sense for eighth and ninth graders. It measures what they’re already learning, shows them whether they’re on track for college, and lets them know where they need the most improvement. That means students have time to tackle these areas long before they take the SAT. Students over 13 can share their scores with Khan Academy® to create a personalized practice experience. It’s the best way to prepare for other tests in the SAT Suite of Assessments, and it’s free. Please do not schedule any appointments to coincide with this dates and make sure your scholar is in attendance and punctual.

CMIT South MS/HS Testing

CMIT South MS/HS is very proud of the boys and girls middle school Basketball teams for their respective season openers. Both team started with an bang. Please come to support the students as they engage their peers around the school district. We look to seeing you. Go Tigers!!!

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CMIT South MS/HS is excited to hold three open house sessions for parents of prospective students who are interested in applying to the lottery for CMIT South Middle and High Schools. If you have students of secondary school age, please plan to attend one of this sessions. Sessions will hold as follows: Wednesday November 28, 2018 @ 6:00pm (Rescheduled) Saturday December 08, 2018 @ 12:00noon Thursday January 17, 2019 @ 6:00pm We encourage all prospective families to join us for this event. We will be discussing our instructional program and offerings. Hope to see you there.

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Monday, December 3, 2018, is the last day to donate to the Pack A Purse Campaign sponsored by the Umoja Girl Mentoring Club. All donations can be left in the boxes provided in the main office or the RELA classrooms on both the Middle School and High School sides. Please have your child bring in any of the donation items listed on the attached flyer. Purses are needed as well. Contact Mrs. Dabney tdabney@cmitsouth.org for more information. Thank you

Mrs. Dabney UMOJA Sponsor Resource Teacher 9th Grade

Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) public charter schools is now accepting online Charter School applications for the 2019-2020 school year starting November 01, 2018. This year, lottery applications will be available for CMIT South MS/HS Grades 6 through 12. All Prince George’s County families can apply to a public charter school, as there are no attendance boundaries assigned to charter schools. Interested families must complete the online application for each child they wish to enroll. Prospective public charter school families must ensure that the students has a PGCPS student ID to apply. If your student does not have a PGCPS ID, please visit your neighborhood school to get one. You will need this information when completing the application. For more information, visit https://www.pgcps.org/charters/ To apply, visit http://lottery.pgcps.org/

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We invite you to attend our CMIT South General PTO Meeting on Thursday, December 13, 2018 2018 from 6:00PM – 8:00PM We will have lite refreshments, an UGLY Sweater contest and much more for all to celebrate the holidays. More details to come.

CMIT South PTO

Hello CMIT South Family, Please think about supporting CMIT South PTO. When you are shopping this holiday season, please remember to use AmazonSmile for your next purchase. This is another way to support the PTO effort to raise money for student programs at CMIT South. We receive a percentage of the total sale. Feel free to spread the word! Go to smile.amazon.com and look for CMIT South PTO. ======================================================== Here are some frequently asked question about AmazonSmile: How do I shop at AmazonSmile? To shop at AmazonSmile simply go to smile.amazon.com from the web browser on your computer or mobile device. You may also want to add a bookmark to smile.amazon.com to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at AmazonSmile. How much of my purchase does Amazon donate? The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile purchases. The purchase price is the amount paid for the item minus any rebates and excluding shipping & handling, gift-wrapping fees, taxes, or service charges. How do I select a charitable organization to support when shopping on AmazonSmile? On your first visit to AmazonSmile smile.amazon.com, you need to select a charitable organization to receive donations from eligible purchases before you begin shopping. AmazonSmile will remember your selection, and then every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will result in a donation. Thank you for your support,

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The CMIT South PTO Board is excited to work with the CMIT South Community to do great things in this new school year. We will need your support to make the activities and programs successful. Please join us and sign-up to be a CMIT South PTO member today. It is $15 per family. Teachers and businesses can join for $15 too! We will be accepting membership payments for the 2018-2019 school year throughout the month of December , 2018. CASH, CHECKS, and CREDIT will be accepted. Please feel free to sign-up via www.pt-avenue.com , CMIT South PTO membership tool and pay with Paypal. Simply click on 'Login' icon and then enter the organization code 'CMITSPTO' and then click on the 'Register' icon. Once complete you will be asked to make your payment through the "Online Store'. Your membership dues is a contribution that will support activities and programs offered to our CMIT South Community. We look forward to you becoming a part of a great school community.

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Hello CMIT-South Community, This message is being sent on behalf of the Class of 2022 SGA officers. There are 3 "events" we want to put on everyone's radar. 1. The Class of 2022 is having a t-shirt contest. Please see the announcement below! - 9th grade SGA will be having a T-shirt design competition. If you would like to have your design on the T-shirt send your artwork to Mr.Wassam either via email or bring it to room #334 on the high school side by January 11th. 2. Class of 2022 is sponsoring the "SGA Cart" [COMING SOON] - This cart is coming shortly and will serve as a standing fundraising opportunity for SGA. - The cart will have school supplies, snacks, and other materials available for purchase. - 2022 SGA officers will move from homeroom to homeroom on Monday's, Wednesday's and Friday's (and possibly after school) - Donations are always welcome! 3. Class of 2022 SGA Raffle Fundraiser [COMING SOON] Announcement below. - The 9th grade SGA will be selling raffle tickets in which you could win various prizes such as a bath and body works basket and a sports basket. For more details see the posted flyers or see Mr.Wassam. - FAMILIES - If you or someone you know would like to donate items to be added to a raffle prize, please contact Mr. Wassam at nwassam@cmitsouth.org Thank you for all your support!

Mr. Wassam and 2022 SGA Class Officers

The planning has begun for the 8th grade scholars' end of the year celebration and promotion ceremony. The next meeting will take place on Thursday, December 6th at 7:00 pm via conference call. A call-in number will be provided to those who register as a CLASS of 2023 participant by using the link below by Wednesday, December 5th. An agenda will be provided as well. Click Here ====> https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090948AFAE2EA3FA7-cmit3 For those who have already registered and are a part of a sub- committee, please meet prior to December 6th so we can make a few decisions at this meeting. Thank you, CLASS of 2023

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Who: Open to all students Where: National Aquarium/Maryland Science Center Baltimore, MD When: December 20, 2018 Cost: $30:00 Who: Open to all students Where: The Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie MD When: February 12, 2018 Cost: $20:00

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CMIT South MS/HS families, here is the first two weeks of the December lunch menu. Only the circled items on the menu will be provided as lunch options. Thank you, CMIT South MS/HS Front Office

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Today we had a get session led by Ms. Shelve Nobles of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Training Specialist. Shelva is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority the Prince George's Alumnae Chapter. Today's topic: Level Up-Stay Ready So you don't have to get ready" Points to live by in order to always be ready are: Be Better, Work Hard, Stack paper/Secure the bag, Learn new skills, and Enjoy life. The girls were engaged and a great authentic discussion was had. We also had assistance from our adopted grandmother Ms. Perkins. (Thank Ms. Perkins) The girls wore their new Umoja Girls Rock Tee shirts today and of course we had to have a photo shoot. Umoja Girls REALLY Rock!

Mrs. Dabney UMOJA Sponsor Resource Teacher 9th Grade

Do you need a way to get additional support for the upcoming PSAT exam on December 5th ? Did you miss the 3.0 mark this past quarter? Come to the Saturday Academy at CMIT South Middle and High School and work on Math and Reading. There are teachers available to review specific topics and questions with you on various areas in both subjects. There is no cost to you for attending. Sessions available from 9:00AM - 11:00AM and 11:00AM - 1:00PM Hope you can make it this Saturday! Thanks,

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The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES), in collaboration with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), will be conducting a FREE 9-week Saturday Science Academy starting, February 2, 2019, for underserved minority youth in the Washington DC metropolitan area at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus located in Bethesda, Maryland. The program will train minority students (grades 6-7-8) on the basics of life sciences and provide a hands-on laboratory training experience to stimulate students’ interest in the sciences. The primary goals of the program are to: • Aid selected students in acquiring basic laboratory techniques; • Learn data acquisition and organization skills; • Understand methods of data analysis and interpretation; and • Develop writing skills to generate research conclusions The program will promote the learning of scientific methods; which aims to reinforce the education goals set by Washington, DC, MD, and VA public schools. It is hoped that the program will lead to participants' increased interest in the sciences and biomedical research. Attached is the application form with more details about the program. Students must complete a brief application which is due December 21, 2018. For more info, visit www.faes.org/ssa or email biotech@faes.org.

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Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

PGCPS Students will be released two-hours early on Friday, December 7, 2018. Please make arrangement to have students picked up. All students will be dismissed by 12:54pm. Please have students picked up by 1:10pm. On two hour dismissal days, students enrolled in after school Enrichment will be dismissed two-hour early as well. Last pick up will be by 4:00pm. Please plan accordingly.

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Greetings CMIT South Family, In an effort to keep up to date on attendance and assignments we are requesting your assistance. When a student is absent from school or has an early departure/late entry, a note or email must be provided in order to excuse the absence. Make up work is required by teachers when students have an excused absence. Please include the date(s) of your student's absence, their full name, and reason for their absence. You may refer to Administrative Procedure (AP) 5113. A copy has been attached to this blurb. If a student is absent for three consecutive days due to illness, they will need a doctor's note for the third day and beyond to be excused. Student shadow days at other schools may be excused as long as they are not consecutive. Handwritten notes must be brought to the front desk. We will make a copy for the student. This note should be taken to all of the student's teachers that they missed during their absence. If a note is sent via email it should include the same information. The email should be sent to all of the student's teachers that they will miss and secretary@cmitsouth.org should be cc'd. A list of all of the teachers' emails has been included on the back of the first quarter progress and report cards. We thank you for your support and assistance. Have a great weekend!

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Ms. Fowlkes

We are entering the 2018-2019 basketball season at CMIT South Middle and High School. We need help with concessions and ticket sales for the season. Please sign-up if you are able to support the team and volunteer your time : CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAMES: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090948AFAE2EA3FA7-cmit5 CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER FOR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAMES: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090948AFAE2EA3FA7-cmit6 The dates and times are subject to change.

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Greetings CMIT South Family, CMIT South's Middle and High School 2nd Annual Young Men’s Workshop is right around the corner. We will be looking for male students, volunteers, and guest speakers to attend. More information to follow in the upcoming months. Please sign-up today if you are interested in helping ==> https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090948AFAE2EA3FA7-cmit7 Location: CMIT South Date: March 2019 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Donations: Please consider donating gently used ties and food donations such as snacks, water, juice, soda, salad, etc. Your support is greatly appreciated. Thank you

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What is the Uniform Policy?
The uniform policy can be found on our website, under Students tab. http://cmitsouth.org/uniform-policy/

How do we order uniform items?

Families wishing to purchase uniform in store may visit:

All American Wear, Inc.

5001-B Forbes Boulevard

Lanham, MD 20706

301-459-5000

Do I have to purchase uniforms from this vendor?

No, however, uniforms purchased from other vendors must have 100% identical color tone and the CMIT South logo. The current uniform vendor provides donation to the CMIT South PTO based on sales. Each uniform purchase from Minuteman Press is contribution to the school. 

What is CMIT South's Daily Schedule?
8:20am - 8:40am:
- Student arrival (drop off is at the side entrance)
- Doors close at 8:40am (after 8:40am parents need to sign late students in at the Front Office)

8:20am - 8:45am:
- Homeroom (Breakfast is available during this time until 8:45am)

8:45am - 2:49pm for 6th & High School grades and 8:45am - 2:54pm for 7th & 8th grades: 
- Academic instruction

2:49/2:54pm - 3:10 pm: 
Student pick-up outside (Students who are not picked up by 3:10pm will be waiting outside for their ride. There is no adult supervision for these students during this time).

Clubs and enrichment activities will begin immediately following dismissal. All club/enrichment participants must report directly to the cafeteria. Students who continuously fail to report directly to their designated locations will lose the privilege to participate in any after school activities. 

How do I pay for my child's lunch?
Breakfast and lunch are served every day. You can add money to your child's account by visiting this link. You can also pay by cash or money order in the cafeteria. 

Can my child bring their own lunch to school?
Students can bring a lunch from home. Lunches can be stored in the student's locker. Lunch taken to lunch room should be consumed in lunch room. Student cannot return to locker after lunch. All lunch bags should be left in lockers if student do not wish to place in bins after lunch. Lunch bags are not allowed in class.

What do they serve for school lunch?
A monthly menu is provided by Food and Nutrition Services. Click here for lunch and breakfast menu.

What is the academic calendar?
CMIT follows the Prince George's County Public School calendar found here. To receive notifications of PGCPS school cancellations by providing information here.

Where can I find information about CMIT events and updates?
Every Friday CMIT South publishes its weekly newsletter. It is HIGHLY recommended that you subscribe to the newsletter. It is a vital means of communication between CMIT South and stakeholders. Please click here to subscribe to CMIT South Newsletter. Please visit www.cmitsouth.org for more information.