Greetings Families, Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. This weekend is bitter-sweet. We not only celebrate our graduates, we also remember our fallen heroes. Join me in remembering all those who lost their lives while serving in the military. In celebration of another CMIT South MHS success! CMIT South MHS just experienced our 2nd ever graduation and our very first actual, in-person graduation! Thanks to all our Senior Class sponsor(s), family supports, staff and Seniors, we did it! It was truly a celebratory event. The ceremony was live streamed and is now on our website for all to view. If you have not seen the graduation, please visit cmitsouth.org and take a look!

Dr. Washington

Dear 8th grade parents 
 We are very excited to announce that we will be able to organize an 8th grade promotion this year. Under the guidance of PGCPS’s graduation procedures and protocols, we have decided to organize two separate events to be able to recognize and celebrate our 8th grade scholar’s achievements. We will have a Virtual Town Hall with all of our parents, scholars and staff and a “Pick-Up Certificate” event at our school on a separate day. Please find the details for both events below. Virtual Town Hall: Wednesday, June 9th @ 2:00pm Topic: 8th Grade Promotion - Virtual Town Hall Time: Jun 9, 2021 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://pgcps-org.zoom.us/j/84349654431?pwd=N0dBNGtBRzZieTk2dVJVbEVORWdzZz09 Meeting ID: 843 4965 4431 Passcode: 085138 ***We ask that the parents and scholars participate in the zoom session all together in order to minimize the zoom session capacity issues. Pick-Up Certificate: Thursday, June 10th & Friday, June 11th
 Parents and students will arrive the school in previously scheduled groups (through SignUp Genius) of 10 over a 2-day period. They will enter the school via a single lane method, where a volunteer will verify student name and time slot. Then the vehicle will be waved forward. The vehicle will approach the tables and stop where we have the middle school ramp. The student certificates and their promotional materials will be given to the student(s). The volunteer will ask if the student wishes to take photographs. In the event they do, the driver will be directed to park in one of 10 open parking spots to exit the vehicle for photos. Upon completion of photos, the party will exit the school property. Please sign up with using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A45AEA72FA2FF2-pickup

CMIT South

Dear parents; The Class of 2025 parents are working diligently to create options for the 8th Grade during the Pandemic. In order to make this happen, we ask that parents pay a nominal fee of $50 towards Class Dues no later than 8 June, 2021. This covers the cost of T-Shirts, Masks, Certificates and Holders, as well as packaging and mailing costs in the event we need to mail the items. The school administration will provide further details regarding pick up dates and times. Please use the following link to sign up your student(s). https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A49AFA82BA0FA7-class If you are the parent of multiple grade level students, please update the slot quantity and indicate the student names in the call box. Should you have any additional questions or wish to order additional shirts, please forward those questions to the Class of 2025 Committee at cmitsclassof2025@gmail.com. Thanks so much for your support of the promotion festivities for our rising Class of 2025 students.

Class of 2025 Parent Committee

Hello CMIT Students and Families! Our Yearbook Staff is hard at work putting together a virtual yearbook to document this unusual, but still tigerific and PAWsome year (this is for the high school only)! Please see a list of Google forms below that relate to active pages currently being drafted. We need as much student input as possible to ensure that our virtual yearbook is a fantastic representation of our student body and the experience of this school year. (You must be logged into your CMIT gmail account to complete the forms.) Thank you!! Google Document where form links are continually updated/added: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gklTywFlDzfnqbNhbUHm3j4kM4Yc8-sbspl4w-BQh7E/edit?usp=sharing What Have We Been Up To During Quarantine? (All high school students at CMIT South) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5IZoPm_MOAtqz4VnP0LPMLIKksDix7AsfwmJN3rzQAEgNXQ/viewform Student Life at Home (All high school students at CMIT South) https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSebZd7flAL4EaUQCMguquHnSP01PPkA88zPM3nLaHa6WZdQgA/viewform COVID-19 Tribute Page (All high school students and staff at CMIT South who have lost a loved one to COVID-19) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchTwBLC7uczj6PuQy17wR_jGV1WNdJSSZONDaNaGMonBflvA/viewform Senior Superlatives (ONLY Seniors) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXzj2thJc1kYPzYIm6DeZmPiJjgFp61qI0kiDiSNtmJF9O-Q/viewform School Year Must Haves and Can Live Withouts (All High School Students) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIRt59E1gJfkNelI5aOZLtqlic0UWoL9jsahLOOzD5JYurkw/viewform Feedback for Teachers During Virtual Learning (All High School Students) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDfHx8gz_NULJ90i35j9dQviCt749UJUuvJ7RiOa7CuR4B1Q/viewform Virtual School Must Haves & Must Nots (All High School Students) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc27-pyUgQow-PQ-xSe431czNX3F_6SR9xoKayKHugYxME7Lg/viewform Guess the Face - Mask vs. Unmask (All High School Students and Staff) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWTtNhOdCnQBEWDAmIK8qEhAJs4-4yoO15bQCu9IIGFkGGXw/viewform

Ms. Hackett and The Yearbook Staff

Thank you to the Class of 2021 for your constant support, acknowledgment and encouragement over these past three years. We all hope that you all continue to be great and forever a tenacious tiger!

CMIT-South Class of 2022

Hi all! Please see the post about knowing the candidates. A google form (ballot) for elections will be posted on Edmodo for students to vote for which candidates they would like to represent them. You must be logged into your CMIT-South account to vote. Please let us know if you have any questions! nwassam@cmitsouth.org

CMIT-South Executive SGA and Mr. Wassam

Hello CMIT Students and Families, As you may know, this year our Yearbook Staff is putting together a virtual yearbook to celebrate and document this school year. Unfortunately, we were not able to take traditional school portraits - so in order to fill our portrait pages, we need your help! You will take a picture at home (instructions are included) and send it to the Yearbook Staff using the Google form below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_Lwcy9Rpudf5RVq5CKIRYwURpR72ZfPska0RtU04KhoVgaQ/viewform Please upload a maximum of two photos for our yearbook staff to choose between for the virtual yearbook. Each picture should: -Be taken with the camera held horizontally. -Be well-lit so that we can clearly see the student's face. -Have a solid, neutral colored background (as much as possible). -Portrait should be taken from mid-chest up and student should fill up most of the frame. -No hand gestures may be visible. Attached is an image (which is also in the google form) to provide some examples of what the yearbook staff is looking for. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED MANY PORTRAITS SO WE ARE EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION. Thank you!

Ms. Hackett and The Yearbook Staff

Attention Tiger Scholars, The Science Olympiad Club is sponsoring a school-wide virtual STEM fair on June 10th. This online assembly will feature presentations from students in different STEM clubs and classes as well as highlights from our wonderful STEM teachers about their classes and all of the amazing STEM opportunities we have at CMIT South both for Middle School and High School. There will also be a special LIVE STEM-related competition during the assembly - more details to come. We will provide a list of which basic household items you will need to have on hand to in order to participate. Have you done something STEM-related this year that is cool or amazing or cool AND amazing? Would you like to show off your super awesome STEM skills at the assembly? Tell us all about it using this google form: https://bit.ly/STEMFair2021 Interviews will be held during lunch during the week of June 1-4th. Students will be contacted to notify them of the date/time of their interview. We can't wait to hear all about all of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math happening right here at CMIT South Middle and High Schools!

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Ms. Hackett and Ms. Gilliam Science Olympiad Coaches

Hello, CMIT South Family if you are interested in a possible AI/STEM like Summer Camp take a look at the posting below detailing a wonderful opportunity to take advantage of. "We're currently registering for our week-long intro course: Getting Started with AI. The signup deadline is June 14. We focus on building Artificial Intelligence from scratch at AI Camp – it’s pretty awesome stuff – and along the way we teach students coding, with a bit of tech career advice here and there from some of the best minds at Stanford and Google. Our students see large improvements in their critical thinking, science, and math knowledge. "AI Camp (www.ai-camp.org) is offering full scholarships for their AI Getting Started with AI, we already provided scholarships to more than 900 students. This lecture series is the same series that offered at Stanford University and will introduce AI and careers in tech to you. No coding experience is needed. You can register it here: Getting Started with AI. The signup deadline is June 14. AI Camp is founded by Stanford PhDs" Please feel free to contact if you have questions. You can either reply to this email (ana@ai-camp.org) or call me at (512)354-5593. Looking forward to hearing from you. Best,

Michael Pitter, School Counselor Chesapeake Math & IT Academy South 9822 Fallard CT. Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

Greetings Parents and Scholars, This message is for students in grades 9 - 11 and middle school students that are currently taking a credit bearing class. As you may know, you must earn a final average of at least a 60% in each high school course in order to earn credit. PGCPS is providing students that currently have an average of between a 50-59% the opportunity to take a Demonstration of Course Mastery Assessment. If you pass this assessment with a C (70%) or higher, you will earn an additional 10 percentage points to your final course average. Please see the attached letter for additional information on this opportunity.

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Danielle C. Epps High School Assistant Principal Phone: (240) 573-7250 Fax: (240)823-9326 Follow us on Twitter @CMIT_South

Greetings 8th - 12th Grade Tenacious Tigers, If you are looking for a summer job, volunteer opportunity, or internship, please plan to join us for our Inaugural Job/Internship fair on June 14, 2021. All interested students should review the attached flyer and complete this interest form no later than Tuesday June 1, 2021: https://forms.gle/F6GRQyn7JZ7wquP5A

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Danielle C. Epps High School Assistant Principal Phone: (240) 573-7250 Fax: (240)823-9326 Follow us on Twitter @CMIT_South

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS! Please see the flyer attached here. We want you to get to know the Executive Board Candidates before elections - so we are preparing some campaign materials for you. Elections will be held the first week of June - so be informed! Let me know if you have any questions!

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CMIT-South Executive SGA and Mr. Wassam

Families, The Technology Training Team (T3) in the PGCPS Division of Information Technology has compiled guidance to assist all staff as well as families in closing out School Year 2020-2021 with respect to use of technology. Powering Down 2021 provides information about summer procedures for student devices, in addition to guidance about securing and exporting data from digital tools. The home page of the document contains links to navigate to information for different users. We hope you find this information helpful as you plan for the end of the school year.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTmCbv3XWFSzYuxhfSUcBhH3UyCILWre_VufhSfuhWg4E39rdoSaWsTbyoXCdljDxaRIddoOYr3kg8S/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Sincerely, PGCPS Division of Information Technology

Dr. Washington

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.

How can I join the PTO?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Please click the link to join the PTO   

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOneU6JvvkFJjliiHuEJvCZCdWcf3X51lXFN_JWOhwue_Jsw/viewform?usp=sf_link