Essay Requirements (Grades 6-12 ONLY): At least 250 words, but shall not exceed 500 words • Typed and double-spaced • Original work only • Be sure to properly cite your sources. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/ • Due on Friday, January 24th Scoring Rubric Comprehension (20 points) How well does the essay reflect a thorough comprehension of the essay topic? Does the essay provide supported reasons for the student’s topic selection? Organization (20 points) Does the argument/discussion follow a logical and easily understood progression? Does any outside evidence contained in the essay support the essay’s main points? Conclusions (20 points) Do the conclusions follow logically from the main body of the essay and reflect what the student has learned from research? How compelling are the conclusions? Creativity (20 points) Use of diverse resources, language &/or style, unique angle? Writing (20 points) Correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure. Poster Requirements (Elementary ONLY): • Poster MUST be 18x14 inches • Illustrates & supports a significant African American • Illustrates the contribution clearly and with artistic energy • Is it Colorful? Creative? Innovative? Legible? Different? Finished? • Poster should have a caption of at least three sentences, but no more than 10 to include who, what, and how the person contributed to shaping history. • Poster should mention at least one NEW thing the student learned during this contest? (E.g. arts in STEAM, African American role models, about oneself, society, African American history &/or culture, etc.) CLF will have 3 winners from each division who will receive a $50 gift card. Student winners and their parents will be invited to an awards reception hosted by CLF. One honorary mention from each school/division will be asked to read their essay or present their poster submission. Refreshments will be served and community leaders, special guests, fellow students, teachers, school officials, and board members will be in attendance.

CLF Community Partnerships

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. The last session is tomorrow: Saturday January 11, 2020 @ 11:00am 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.

CMIT South MS/HS

The 2020-2021 Lottery applications for Public Charter Schools opened today, November 1 and closes on January 30, 2020. Application information for Charter Schools is available online through the Charter School Office and lottery website - https://www1.pgcps.org/lottery/index.aspx?id=127716. Charter School Lottery applications can only be submitted online. Parents interested in applying to CMIT South MS/HS should visit our website - www.cmitsouth.org to learn more about the school. You may also visit us on Twitter - @CMIT_South or https://twitter.com/CMIT_South. 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. For more information on PGCPS Charter Lottery, click below. http://www1.pgcps.org/charters/

Lara Adewoye, Principal Follow us on Twitter @CMIT_South

The Prince George’s County Government’s Youth@Work/Summer Youth Enrichment Program (SYEP) is a six-week, entry-level introduction to work in the County government, non-profit agencies, and the private sector for the youth of Prince George’s County. This countywide initiative offers youth enriching and constructive summer work experiences in various assignments throughout the County. Youth must be a resident of Prince George’s County and between the ages of 14 - 22 years old by July 1, 2020. The 2020 Youth@Work/SYEP will run from June 29 to August 7. You can now apply online now until February 28, 2020 at https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/598/YouthWork-SYEP. Please call 301-883-6200 or email SYEP@CO.PG.MD.US with any questions.

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Prince George's SYEP

Our CMIT South HS swim team swam their way to victory on Saturday. The boys team won their meets against both Potomac High School and Suitland High School, and swum some of their best times this season. The girls team was also victorious against Potomac High School! Congratulations to all the swimmers!

Elizabeth Bailey

Dear Secondary School Parent/Guardian, This letter is written as a reminder that students currently enrolled in Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) are permitted to ride “The Bus,” operated by the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T) at NO Charge. Students must show a valid current school ID issued for the 2019-20 school year. This practice is not a new practice; however, the PGCPS Administration wanted to ensure that all students were aware that this opportunity exists. We would further like to remind students that this opportunity is a privilege and not a right, therefore, it can be revoked by the DPW&T for any infraction and/or behavior deemed not appropriate for a citizen/student riding “The Bus.” Recognizing PGCPS current shortage of bus drivers, we truly appreciate our continued partnership with DPW&T for providing a no cost transportation alternative to PGCPS students. We would again like to thank our partners at DPW&T for providing this service and urge our students to utilize “The Bus” to support their educational endeavors. Thank you for your valuable input. CMIT South MS/HS is working to begin issuing student ID to our scholars in high school. Middle school students may request student IDs once we have finished with high school. This will allow those in need to take advantage of this opportunity. Should you have any questions, or require additional information, please feel free to contact Dr. Rudolph R. Saunders Jr., Director of the Department of Transportation, at 301-499-1341.

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PGCPS Department of Transportation

On behalf of the CMIT South PTO, We wish you a Happy New Year!! We are looking forward to our continued partnerships with the CMIT South Family!!! 2020 will be AMAZING!!

CMIT South PTO

CMIT South has joined with United Mission for Relief and Development to host an MLK Day of Service donation drive to help the homeless. From January 2, 2020-January 20, 2020 we will be collecting donations of new gloves, hand warmers, new socks, new underwear, gently used/new coats, cases of bottled water canned goods and individually wrapped baked goods. All donations can be dropped off in the vestibule at the front office of CMIT South during normal school hours. This is also a great opportunity for students to earn service hours by going out shopping and/or collecting donations and dropping them at the school. Students will receive hours based on the amount of time spent collecting the items. ALL STUDENTS must bring items being donated to the front office for verification and to receive a signed SSL form. Students wishing to get service hours should not drop off in the drop off bins around the school. ONLY donations verified at the front office will be eligible for service hours. Our goal is to create 700 kits for the homeless. That means we need a lot of support from our CMIT Family to help us collect donations. While you do your last-minute holiday shopping, please consider picking up an extra item, two or three and help CMIT South in our effort to help the homeless this winter! Class of 2020

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Ms. Graves

Who: Open to all Middle School students Where: Smithsonian American Art Museum When: January 13, 2020 Cost: $12:00

CMIT South MS/HS

The Class of 2024 is hosting a Winter Wonderland Dance for ALL Middle School Scholars! This event will take place on Friday, January 31st, from 6 PM to 9 PM! The cost for the dance will be $10 in advance and $15 at the door. We look forward to seeing you there!

CMIT- South CO2024

It’s a Valentine’s Fundraiser. You can send your scholar a Valentine! The classes of 2023 and 2025 will again offer Valentine’s Day Teddy Bear and Candy-grams. This year we are offering them for pre-sale online. Presales will end on 9 February, 2020. To order the $5.00 Heart Chocolate, Plush Heart & Balloon, go to www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a49afa82ba0fa7-cmit To order the $8.00 Teddy Bear, Lollipops & Balloon, go to www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a49afa82ba0fa7-cmit1 We thank you for your support!

CMIT-South CO2024

Hello, There has been a change in the Maker's Faire timeline. The science department has collaborated and decided that the January 6th assignment ("Test/Evaluate" Reaction Paper) will be combined with the January 28th assignment ("Redesign" Research Paper). Students will be informed of the directions and expectations for this new combined assignment upon return from break. While there will no longer be an assignment due on January 6th, that does not mean students should stop working on their project. Students should continue building their projects and should start testing the effectiveness of their project over the course of winter break. Students should also record themselves while testing their projects. They will need these recordings at a later time. Here is the NEW Maker's Faire schedule: "Plan" Research 1 - October 7 "Design" Reaction Paper - November 12 "Build" Research Links - Dec. 16 *** "Test & Redesign" Reaction Paper - Jan. 28 *** "Share" Final Paper - Feb. 24 "Share" Multimedia/Tri-fold boards - March 16 Maker's Faire - Tentative dates - March 23-April 1 (Will depend on standardized testing schedule)

Miss Brown

The next Maker's Faire assignment is here and it is due January 28 @ 7:30am. Click on the link below to access the directions. Directions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gjLgylYYtSFYuBtAzJddfyCrtNTw7GNYSBK4aP6Kfgc/edit?usp=sharing

Miss Brown

-- Navigate to clfportal.org -- Click on Point Reward System -- Enter Username and Password -- Your username is the email you registered with CMIT South MS/HS -- If you do not know your username or password, click on “Retrieve Password”. -- Enter your email used for CMIT South MS/HS communications. -- Your password will be sent to this email. See pictures for help

CMIT SOUTH MS/HS

Greetings, I hope everyone is great. Here I will share the expectations for work with USA Santillana Spanish Online Book (Schoology). Expectation for complete the activities in the Book by week ‌ Week 1- ---Smart Book Desafío 1 and Desafío 2-Homework ---Fans Online Assessment Desafío 1 and Desafío 2-Mandatory classwork ---Practice Workbook Desafío 1 and Desafío 2-Mandatory classwork ---Online Assessment Desafío 1-Quiz-Mandatory Desafío 2-Quiz-Mandatory ‌ Week 2- ---Smart Book Desafío 3 and Desafío 4-Homework ---Fans Online Assessment Desafío 3 and Desafío 4-Mandatory classwork ---Practice Workbook Desafío 3 and Desafío 4-Mandatory classwork ---Online Assessment Desafío 3-Quiz-Mandatory Desafío 4-Quiz-Mandatory ‌ Week 3- ---Smart Book Todo junto and Repaso-Homework ---Fans Online Assessment Todo junto, Repaso Vocabulario and Repaso Gramática-Mandatory classwork ---Practice Workbook Todo junto, Repaso Vocabulario and Repaso Gramática-Mandatory classwork ---Can-Do-Statement PARAGRAPH ABOUT WHAT HAVE BEEN LEARNED IN THE UNIT. ‌ Week 4- ---Can-Do-Statement ORAL PRESENTATION. ---Review what have been learned Paper classwork ---Online Assessment Unit Test ‌ After Unit Test we will start over on Week 1 with the next Unit. Note: -Students must take notes on a personal google document named Spanish Classwork and Assignments 2019-2020. -Spanish course is 90% in Spanish . -Agenda and lesson activities are posted daily with specific details about classwork, homework and assessment. -Students must complete lesson activities not included in the USA Santillana Spanish Book, and developed in the classroom. For more information, questions or doubts don't hesitate to contact me at farroyo@cmitsouth.org

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Dr. Arroyo

Next track meet will be this Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020 Please come and support our CMIT South Track Team. Location: PG Sport and Learning Center 8001 Sheriff Road Landover, MD 20785

CMIT-South PTO

Please come out and get important updates!! Thursday, January 16th 6:15pm - 7:30pm CMIT South Cafeteria

CMIT-South CO2021

The PGCPS Board of Education has designated Monday January 27, 2020 as a three-hour early dismissal day. Students will be released three-hours early on this day. Please make arrangement to have students picked up. All students will be dismissed by 12:00noon. There will be no clubs or after school activities on this day. On three-hour early dismissal days, students enrolled in after school Enrichment will be dismissed three hours early as well. Last pick up will be by 3:00pm. Please plan accordingly.

CMIT South MS/HS

CMIT South MS/HS now has trained staff members to help reset Schoolmax passwords for students only. Please direct students who have password questions to send an email from their @cmitsouth.org email to schoolmaxhelp@cmitsouth.org. Please note that parents still need to contact Ms. Wallace to reset their Schoolmax password. She can be reached via email - lwallace@cmitsouth.org.

CMIT South MS/HS Follow us on Twitter @CMIT_South

Greetings, I hope everyone have had a great week. Here I share some pictures about our clinics and drills. Next week we will start working on defense strategies and offline position. Soon we will have Middle School Soccer tryout so keep on contact with Coach Arroyo if you want to be part of the team. Thank you. Note: The soccer club is an organization whose purpose is to develop individual and team soccer excellence in order to compete at the highest level each individual and team is capable. Club's, organized with the right intentions, can provide your participant with more than you or they know about; soccer training, reputation, resources, preparation for high school/college soccer, coaching education, parent education and much more. CMIT-South soccer club serves a greater purpose over that of an individual team or even the individual player. We want to empower our participants with the knowledge about soccer skills, tactics, strategies and its rules. Indoor Soccer Club will be for Middle School and High School. We will gather Wednesday and Friday from 7:40 to 8:15. Participant must report to room 307 with Coach Arroyo before go to the soccer field. For more information contact me at farroyo@cmitsouth.org

Coach Arroyo

Happy New Year Parents and Scholars! We hope you all are off to a great start!! We are up and running with the last box top contest for this school year. The scholars (one MS and one HS) who turn in the most box tops will receive a gift card. The contest has begun and ends Feb. 24, 2020. Let's get clipping for our school!

CMIT-S MS/HS PTO

Dear Parents, Guardians or Family members: CMIT South Basketball Teams need your help with selling basketball game tickets and concessions. Please sign up using the link below: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805054FAAAA2FAAF94-basketball Thank you.

CMIT-South PTO

At JHU APL, we are pleased to announce that the applications for the summer 2020 ASPIRE high school internships are now open! The ASPIRE high school internship is held on-campus at JHU APL and gives rising 11th and 12th graders an opportunity to do hands-on work solving real-world problems paired with mentors who are technical experts. To learn more about this exciting opportunity (which is completely free!), as well as our full eligibility requirements, please visit: https://secwww.jhuapl.edu/stem/aspire/. Applications will be open until February 15th and each student may only apply once. Questions about the application or internship may be directed to ASPIRE@jhuapl.edu. Have more questions? Feel free to attend one of our upcoming information sessions, which will cover both the upcoming summer session and the 2020-2021 academic year session. Each program will run approximately one hour in length, depending on the number of questions. Sessions will be held: · 5:30-6:30pm on Thursday, January 16th in the Parson’s Auditorium in Building 1 at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. We are located at 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723 · 5:30-6:30pm on Monday, January 20th in the Parson’s Auditorium in Building 1 at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. We are located at 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723 No registration is required.

JHU APL ASPIRE

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 purchased 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 South MS/HS 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 MS/HS 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.