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

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 301-817-0535

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PGCPS Department of Transportation

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

CMIT South MS/HS is proud of all the Scholars who earned 3.0 GPA or above for SY20 Second Quarter. This is a tribute to their hard work and dedications to scholarly pursuit. In addition, Scholars of the Month for the months of December and January as well as winners of the recently held STEM/Maker Faire will be recognized. While these students may not have made Honor roll, their exemplary conduct and scholarly pursuit is commendable. Keep up the great work everyone. Invites will be sent out to honorees via email. Monday, February 10 9:00am--6th grade 10:00am--7th grade Tuesday, February 11 9:00am-- 8th grade 10:00am--High School We hope to see you there.

CMIT South MS/HS

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

CMIT-S MS/HS PTO

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

Hello CMIT-South Families! I hope you all enjoy the long weekend! The SGA is hosting a talent show for all CMIT-South Middle and High School students. Before we begin with any auditions or practices, we are hosting an informational meeting after school on January 22nd! This meeting will be short but will share expectations, rules and regulations, and when practices will be held. The meeting will only last 30-60 minutes so parents should plant to pick up students prior to 4PM. We will meet in room 334 (Mr. Wassam's room near the middle school entrance [covered door]). Please be on time as we will start at 3:05PM. If you have any questions please contact SGA or Mr. Wassam at sga_hs@cmitsouth.org or nwassam@cmitsouth.org

Mr. Wassam

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. Pre-sales will end on 9 February, 2020. To order the $5.00 Heart Chocolate, Plush Heart & Balloon, go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a49afa82ba0fa7-cmit To order the $8.00 Teddy Bear, Lollipops & Balloon, go to https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A49AFA82BA0FA7-cmit1 We thank you for your support!

CMIT-S MS/HS Classes of 2023 & 2025

Hello CMIT families, we are contuning to collect for our winter box top contest. Please turn in your box tops to the box top box by the front office. Also please download the app and scan your receipt for our school to receive credit. This contest ends Feb.24,2020. Any questions please contact the PTO via email at PTO@CMITSOUTH.ORG. Thank you

CMIT-S MS/HS PTO

Dear Parents/ Guardians, Our Black History Program is underway and this year’s theme is “ Black Films Matter” at the CMIT Academy Awards. We will explore the works of many African-Americans in different genres on screen and behind the scenes. Students have created scripts in their history classes that are being compiled to create our show this year. Due to the rise in cost, in order to make this a success, this year the history department needs your help. For example, by the time we pay for the decorations and food each year we have spent approximately 95% of the collected ticket sales. With food being our biggest overhead cost, we would like your help in decreasing our cost through donations. We have created an Amazon wish list and would like to request that you contribute to our success. Of course, the beverages do not have to come from Amazon. However, we would like them to all be the mini drinks to ensure that we are not wasteful if possible. Everything else on the list we’d like to stay as requested. In addition, we are asking for an assortment of desserts. We recommend cupcakes, pre-sliced cakes, or cookies that are ready to distribute. These items should be sent to school the week of the performance. All items can be shipped directly to the school c/o Georgia Jones 9822 Fallard Ct, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 or you can drop it off in the front office. Our program date is February 20, 2020, in the auditorium at 6:00 PM with refreshments at the end. Our snow date will be February 27, 2020. Ticket prices will be $5.00 in advance and $8.00 at the door. We truly appreciate your support and can’t wait to see you at the Black History program! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1MMKZ9OSS230K?ref_=wl_share Sincerely,

Georgia Jones, Testing Coordinator

Hi families! I just wanted to take time to praise my AP students because they have recently been working very hard. Following student led lessons, they completed a short test and have all managed to do their best! We have also had some serious discussions about human impacts on the Earth and our decisions about how we can keep ourselves alive and not damage the planet. Upcoming we have some AP practice questions, lesson checks, but also will cover the following topics: - Urbanization - Energy production - Energy use We will critically analyze these topics and compare them to one another and new solutions that are better for the environment long term. Have a great weekend!

Mr. Wassam

Hello CMIT-South! I tend to take over the newsletter every now and again. I hope you all enjoy the content :) Just a few reminders for Biology with Mr. Wassam 1. The quarter ends very soon! Please try your hardest to improve or maintain your grades! 2. We will be having a test on Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration - so study up! 2a. Use old assignments, youtube, khan academy, ck12.org, or anything else we covered in class. The PowerPoints are on Edmodo - as well as all of your graded work with feedback. Check your email for google docs/forms scores and feedback. 3. Check Edmodo daily - a VAST majority of the work is posted on Edmodo. Our next few topics will be: - The cell cycle - Mitosis/Meiosis - DNA/RNA - Genetics Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions! See you all soon :)

Mr. Wassam

Hats off the the SGA students who have worked to create and publish a website for SGA at CMIT-South. While we know it is a work in progress, please check it out! It is run and managed by students at CMIT-South! https://sites.google.com/cmitsouth.org/cmits-sga/home?authuser=2

Mr. Wassam

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

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 were given the directions and expectations for this new combined assignment after they returned 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

GREETINGS STUDENTS & PARENTS OF 85 DUKE & 86 HOWARD: ‌ RELA REMINDER: This is a friendly reminder that the Quarter 3 Book, Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac is DUE: MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020. Having the book in class by the due date will be the first homework assignment for Quarter 3. ‌ The first reading log for Quarter 3 will be DUE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020. ‌ NOTE: NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNLESS THERE IS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. THANK YOU.

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The Middle School SGA is collecting non-sticky/non-chewy candy, chips, bottled drinks, soda, and other food donations! The SGA is planning to sell these food items as concessions at the February 11th basketball games in order to raise funds for our spring middle school dance. Food items can be donated and brought to Ms. Eitsert's room (143), or Ms. Sawyer's room (132). All donations are greatly appreciated!

Michaela Eitsert

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

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.

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-- 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

The All American Wear retail store will be closed all next week 1/20/20 thru 1/26/20 for our Winter vacation. They will reopen the retail store on Monday afternoon 1/27/20 at 1:00 PM and will resume our weekly “off season” schedule. All American Wear, Inc. School Uniforms and More 5001-B Forbes Boulevard Lanham, MD 20706 (301) 459-5000

Patrick Jewel

Terp Scholars enroll in one three-credit course that is at the cutting-edge of theory, thought, and technology. Courses feature field trips or guest speakers designed to broaden understanding of the field through career discovery. Outside of class, students should expect to spend several hours a day on course-related assignments. Classes meet every day, Monday-Friday, with meeting times varying according to the specific course. Both credit and grade earned post to the UMD transcript and become part of the student record. The course may not be taken pass-fail or audit. Courses are offered in a broad range of academic disciplines from UMD’s Colleges and Schools. Students should expect to purchase books, class packets, or classroom supplies. Each course description features a link to the sample syllabus that lists specific requirements for that course. On the application, you’ll be asked to make a second choice in the event the first selection has filled. Course selection is processed on a first-come, first serve basis when the complete application packet has been received. https://oes.umd.edu/middle-high-school-students/terp-young-scholars

Courtesy of UMD

On Behalf of the History Department, We'd like to say how grateful we are to our parents who have already contributed to the Black History Program and for those who will help closer to the date. The packages have been arriving. If we don't say it enough we think you are amazing!

Georgia Jones, Testing Coordinator

Greeting to All, Saturday Academy will not take place on January 18, 2020, but we will reconvene on Saturday, January 25, 2020.

Georgia Jones, Testing Coordinator

The All American Wear retail store will be closed all next week 1/20/20 thru 1/26/20 for our Winter vacation. They will reopen the retail store on Monday afternoon 1/27/20 at 1:00 PM and will resume our weekly “off season” schedule. All American Wear, Inc. School Uniforms and More 5001-B Forbes Boulevard Lanham, MD 20706 (301) 459-5000

Patrick Jewel

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.