CMIT North Middle School Newsletter

In partnership with students, parents and the community, CMIT will attain educational excellence by providing a rigorous and technology-integrated education for middle and high school students with an emphasis on mathematics, science, and information technologies.

CMIT North Middle School Families, the American Heart Association’s American Heart Challenge (AHC), kicked off on Thursday, March 2nd.

Please register today, under our school, at heart.org/AHC.

By participating in the American Heart Challenge students can raise awareness and funds for congenital heart defects, nutrition security, CPR training, mental well-being, and more as we work to end heart disease and stroke. Along the way students will meet some of the kids they’re helping while learning about mind and body health.

Once you've registered, start Finn’s Mission and complete the challenges. As a family you can help to create a community of lifesavers by learning the lifesaving steps of Hands-Only CPR. It’s quick, easy, and fun! Learn more about Finn and his special challenge at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvxciz10EtA.

If you would like for your student to participate, please print and fill out the permission and homework form attached below and return to Mr. Johnson, Guidance Counselor. Each student that returns both forms will receive 1 Student Service-Learning Hour to go toward their high school diploma.

Thank you for keeping hearts everywhere beating strong!

Yurhance Johnson, Guidance Counselor CMIT North Charter School

Currently Maryland Public Charter Schools are excluded from facility funding in the amount of $2000 per student. This is an inequity that the Maryland legislature has an opportunity to correct. The passing of SB0646 would enable charter schools to apply for these funds allowing us to put more money in the classroom to directly benefit students and teachers.

Please read on to learn more about the bill and how you can support it.

SB0646 School Construction - Public Charter School Facility Fund - Establishment sponsored by Senator McCray is a bill that allows public charter schools to apply for up to $2000 per pupil annually for eligible facilities-related expenses. This funding does not impact the Blueprint formula or take funding away from any other public school students. This money comes from the State's General Fund. SB0646 will allow more Blueprint dollars to be spent in the classroom on learning instead of on the school's facility. Additionally, the bill ensures spending accountability and transparency.

Charter school students are public school students and deserve equal access to safe and adequate school buildings. As the largest charter school operator in Maryland, CLF believes that SB0646 is a crucial step in addressing the current inequities faced by charter school students, families, and staff in Maryland. With your support, we can work towards ensuring that all students, regardless of the type of public school they attend, have access to quality facilities that foster academic success. Our bill hearing will be held on TUESDAY, MARCH 7th, 2023 AT 1:00PM IN SENATE BUDGET & TAX

and will be streamed online. You you can watch it at the MGA website. If you would like to join us in advocating for this bill here are some things you can do.

1. FORM LETTER FOR BUDGET & TAX - Some of you asked what your school communities can do to help leading up to the hearing. I put together a short form letter that can be easily personalized and emailed off to the members of Budget & Tax. I included the names, emails, and info on each Senator on B&T at the top of the document and the letter is at the bottom. Feel free to download it and make it your own. You can share this with anyone you think would want to be involved!
2. INTEREST IN TESTIMONY - Please complete this quick form if you or someone in your space is interested in providing testimony. This form is just for MAPCS and does NOT register you for testimony. We are looking for anyone interested in giving written OR oral testimony for March 7th. Keep in mind that if our bill makes it out of the Senate, it will be heard in Appropriations and we will need people for that hearing, as well. We would love at least five students, teachers, experts, and advocates to speak in support of SB0646.
3. REGISTER FOR TESTIMONY - To be eligible to submit written or oral testimony for any legislation, you must create an MyMGA account. We cannot register you for testimony and this must be done by the participant. The linked document walks you through the process of submitting written testimony and also signing up to give oral testimony. We would love as much written testimony as possible! You would indicate "Favorable" as your position on SB0646. The portal for submitting testimony and registering will be open MONDAY, MARCH 6th from 8:00am-3:00pm only.
4. HANDOUT ON SB0646 - Please feel free to use this to craft testimony, share with your family members and communities.

For the past few weeks students have been working to decorate classroom doors in the spirit of Black History Month.

Congratulations to Ms. Crespo, Ms. Heiges, and their student teams. Each team will celebrate with a pizza party.

Parent's/Guardians,

If you are having concerns about your child. The staff at District Heights Family and Youth Services Bureau (DHYSB) would like to help by providing a space where you can discuss concerns and resources to help you. Please click on the file below for more information: Parent Space

Mr. Johnson, Professional School Counselor

3rd Quarter Progress Reports were released in Schoolmax on Friday. Please review your scholar's progress.

3rd Quarter ends March 30th.

The National Junior Honor Society chapter of Chesapeake Math & IT Academy North Middle School is a duly chartered and affiliated chapter of this prestigious national organization. Membership is open to those students who meet the required standards in five areas of evaluation: scholarship, service, leadership, character, and citizenship.

Students are selected for membership by a majority vote of a five-member principal-appointed faculty council, which bestows this honor upon qualified students on behalf of the faculty of our school each October and March.

Students in grades seven and eight are eligible for membership each October. Sixth-grade students are eligible in March. A student must have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or better on a 4.0 scale and the minimum required Student Service Learning (SSL) hours based on their grade level.

6th Grade – 3 Hours

7th Grade – 8 Hours

8th Grade – 16 Hours

Those students who meet this criterion are invited to complete a Candidate Form that provides the faculty council with information regarding the candidate’s leadership and service.

The faculty council uses two forms of input to evaluate a candidate's character. First, school disciplinary records are reviewed. Second, members of the faculty are solicited for input regarding their professional reflections on a candidate’s service activities, character, and leadership.

Any solicited faculty input and all Candidate Forms are carefully reviewed by the faculty council to determine membership. A majority vote of the council is necessary for selection. Candidates are notified regarding selection or non-selection according to a predetermined schedule.

Following notification, a formal induction ceremony is held at the school to recognize all the newly selected members. Once inducted, new members are required to maintain the same level of performance (or better) in all four criteria that led to their selection.

FREE Online Math Tutoring is available for all students in grades 3-12.

Prince George’s County Public Schools has teamed up with Carnegie Learning to provide students with virtual, 1-on-1, on-demand or drop-in tutoring. All at no cost to families! Highly-qualified math tutors are available to support students with coursework using MATHiaR, Carnegie Learning’s adaptive software, or other available resources. Tutors will identify and close skill gaps, accelerate learning, and build academic confidence!

The Prince George's County 4-H team invites youth ages 8 - 18 to participate in our upcoming Public Speaking Workshop on March 11, 2023. This workshop will help prepare youth for public speaking opportunities. We will also be having a county Public Speaking contest that participants will be able to sign up for if they would like to do so.

Information about types of speeches and other information is attached.

Please note that space will be limited and we ask youth to register for the event using this link.

Should you have any questions or concerns please let us know by emailing adelgad2@umd.edu.

For a portion of this summer, I will be acting as a US volunteer for Mission Kharkiv, a Ukrainian organization in support of the civilian citizens of Ukraine who have been affected by the invasion of Russia. As you may have seen in the news, much of the infrastructure in Ukraine has been damaged or destroyed. As a result, many civilian citizens are suffering greatly from a lack of resources and services. A main source of the suffering is injured civilians who lack access to medical supplies and services. Many of those injured have been hurt by landmines and booby traps placed by Russian combatants. We, as an organization, are looking for any and all donations to supply supplies and services for those civilians injured.

Below is the list of items we are trying to gather for the 100 kits needed to support emergency medical personnel responding to landmine victims.

I will be there training newly recruited medical responders on how to use the kits to aid injured civilians. If you are able to donate any of these materials it would be life-changing to those who need aid in this terrible time. I will maintain a box in my office for donated items from the list below. Please give if you can. Thanks.

James Screven, Assistant Principal

Mission Kharkiv, US Volunteer

List of Needed Items

Tourniquet (needed 400 Pieces)

ASA-TECHMED-Combat-Tourniquet-Application Compression bandages (Needed 400 pieces)

Gauze Bandages 7x14 (Needed 800 pieces)

Scissors atraumatic (Needed 100 pieces)

Seal Kit occlusive dressing (Needed 200 sets)

Thermo blanket (Needed 300 thermo Blankets)

Swiss Safe Emergency Mylar Thermal Blankets, Designed for NASA, Outdoors, Survival, First Aid, Silver Triangular Bandages (Needed 400 Bandages)

Nitrile gloves (Needed 400 Gloves)

Soccer season is approaching. For all interested student-athletes, we will be announcing tryouts soon.

March 12th is when we can begin participation and the season starts on April 12th.

For students that played baseball, softball, or basketball, your physicals are still valid for soccer, but for those that have not participated in a previous sport, please get your physicals done by March 12th. If you do not have a physical completed, you cannot participate in tryouts.

Student-Athlete Participation Form

Student-athletes must have a 2.0 GPA from the 2nd quarter to try out and play.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Mark McCain, Athletic Director at mark.mccain@pgcps.org.

Stay up to date with the monthly breakfast and lunch menu with Meal Viewer.

Please join us for the March PTO Meeting on March 8th at 6:30pm. Please use this Zoom link to join: https://pgcps-org.zoom.us/j/86355909609?pwd=ei9qSDZzRHhBaXZCLzcza1JvbXplUT09

CMIT PTO will help sponsor this years Spring Fling held on March 30, 2023 9am-12pm.

We are accepting any gently used uniforms that you would like to donate to the PTO Uniform Drive at the front desk starting on Tuesday 2/21/23.

Please use the following link to sign up if you want to be listed as a volunteer for any upcoming activities or events sponsored by the PTO. PTO Volunteer Sign-Up