Tiger News

Clubs will resume January 5, 2026. Scholars who were selected from the lottery are permitted to attend club sessions. A Class Dojo group has been created for clubs. Students may be removed from club for a combination of three absences, late pickups, or behavior infractions. If your scholar has not received a message they are placed on the waitlist.

Week 8 of Saturday Academy will take place this Saturday, January 10, 2026 from

9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Please be sure to arrive on time and pick up your child by 11:00 a.m. Please keep a look out for any weather related closings.

Week 8 of tutoring will take place starting, January 5, 2026. Please be sure to arrive on time and pick up by 4:00 pm. Tutoring is by invitation only.

Front Office Site of News & Events
We are always striving to improve daily practices. New ways of communicating and keeping everyone updated are coming from the Front Office, so please take a few moments to view our Front Office Site of News & Events. (https://sites.google.com/cmitelementary.org/cmit-nes-front-office-news?usp=sharing). The site can also be located on the school's website under CMIT Families.

On this site you will find useful information on the HOME, FORMS, SCHEDULE, and NEWSLETTER pages that will help you during the school year. This site is interactive with links to assist you with navigating to important information and forms, so please read it in its entirety. We look forward to working with you and your scholar(s) during the school year!

FORMS

Bounce House Waiver

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNMZgdKODTaPBfau_LNS3lmZXCRIjj21MLOkjNVwk3GGvZqQ/viewform

Class Dojo Food Waiver

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTtKaG00kQIkt24aocCGYGRIXMsrSzt0ysFoes4aXtwsRcsA/viewform

Front Office Staff

CLICK HERE TO VISIT: https://sites.google.com/cmitelementary.org/cmit-nes-front-office-news?usp=sharing

It is imperative that we are aware of any health issues. Please update the school nurse for any new or important medical information. Our immunization compliance is almost at 100% please continue to forward documentation to the nurse.

Please help yourself and others -- keep your scholars home when they are not well.

Immunizations must be up-to-date and received by the school nurse to prevent exclusion from school.

Medication forms are attached. Please hand carry newly prescribed medication in the pharmacy packaging. Any adult may deliver the medication to the nurse. (appointments must be made)

Thank you to everyone who showered our amazing teachers and staff with holiday gifts! The gift crowd collection closed at 3:00 PM, and all gifts will be distributed shortly. We truly appreciate your generosity and support!

🎁 Tomorrow, 12-20-2025 is the last day!
Spread cheer AND support CMIT North Elementary PTO while you finish your gift lists! Don't forget about those stocking stuffers! When you shop, 10% of your purchase comes back to our school — but only if you bring the paper flyer!
Shop at Five Below – Laurel Lakes Centre (14220 Baltimore Ave) December 15–20 • 9AM–9PM
The paper copy of the flyer is required for the school to receive the donation.
Feel free to make extra copies and share them with friends and family—more shoppers = more support for our Tigers! Let’s make this season bright with Tiger pride, holiday joy, and a whole lot of community spirit! 🐾🎄💛

The PTO will not hold a monthly meeting in December.
Enjoy the holiday season with your loved ones, and we’ll see you at our next meeting on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM, held virtually on Zoom! We can’t wait to kick off the new year together and continue making a difference for our scholars and school community!The PTO will not hold a monthly meeting in December.

📣 Attention 5th Grade Parents & Hopeful Field Trip Chaperones! 📣
Don’t miss this opportunity! Before you know it, camp and field trips will be here — and you don’t want to miss out because you’re not cleared. This mobile fingerprinting session is especially important for 5th grade families. Due to limited interest, remaining spots are now open to Middle and High School families as well.

⏳ Spots are limited and sign-up is OPEN now! https://cmitespto.setmore.com
Volunteers are especially needed for our upcoming events:
✨ Muffins for Moms ✨ Grub with Grands ✨ Sneaker Ball ✨ 5th Grade Camp Schmidt

https://www.donorschoose.org/donors/search.html?school=107558&includeNearbyLocations=true

Hello Families:

Our weather has changed and it is cold. Our scholars go outside for recess at 9:30 a.m., and the temperature has dropped the past week. Please send your scholar to school with winter jackets, hats and/or mittens, so they can enjoy being outside.

STEM FAIR:
***All scholars are required to complete a STEM FAIR Project.
A copy of the STEM Fair packet can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fsDYSuotxgWhQux2Tvho8Ekf8R4wecx-gSrZRJja794/edit?tab=t.0

Continue working on your STEM Fair Project. By now your scholar should be in the hypothesis, material collection and experimental phase of their project.

ELA Topic: Unit 2 Living Together Week 6, Review for Unit 2 Assessment
Sight words: go, from, yellow
Letters: Middle sound /e/, “Ww” and “Yy”.
Build background knowledge to connect a reader’s background to text to better understand it. Readers will also be able to read at a pace that is smooth with automatic word recognition.

Social Studies Chapter 3: How Jobs Have Changed Over Time

Math Topic 8: More Addition and Subtraction; Decompose Numbers, Find Missing Number

Science Topic 4: Earth’s Weather & Seasons

***Friendly reminder: If your scholar is not feeling well, please keep them home. The beginning of the school year comes with colds, runny noses, sore throats, and scholars not feeling well. We are trying to keep from spreading germs to a minimum.

Have a wonderful holiday and winter break!

The Kindergarten Team

Hello First Grade Families,

We had an amazing week of learning and constructing gingerbread houses. We celebrated the end of the week by learning about different holidays and traditions with our movie day.
The first grade team wishes you a wonderful rest of the year, a restful winter break, and happy holidays to those who celebrate.

Our lessons when we come back:
RELA: Fables
Social Studies: American Songs
Math: Represent and Interpret Data review
Science: Daylight Changes and Seasons review


See you next year!


Best!
The First Grade Team

Happy Hollidays! The Second Grade Team had a wonderful time during our winter "STEM" activities. Thank you to each and everyone of you who donated items and/or volunteered to assist us during the week. Upon our return back from the holidays, we will be completing Unit 2 theme Nature's Wonders. In Math, we will continue topic 7, more solving problems involving addition and subtraction. In Science, we will continue with topic 3, Earth's Water and Land. In Social Studies, we begin topic 3, Government.
As we return to school for the New Year, we kindly request your support in reinforcing the importance of following our School Motto with your scholars. I will Respect Myself and Others, I will Opt to Be Scholarly, I will Act Responsibly, and I will React with Kindness. Lastly,
we hope you enjoy spending time with your family and friends. Happy New Year!

Important reminders:
STEM Fair Project- Scholars should be working on their project.
We will begin Testing beginning January 12 (DRA, MAP, Dibels)
Please have your scholar work on IXL over the break. We really want our scholars to reach their winter map goals.

Second Grade Team

Happy Holidays to all who celebrate!
When students return, Reading class will focus on mock STEM research papers connected to the STEM projects they completed in Science. This activity will help students better understand the writing expectations for their upcoming STEM Fair research paper.Students will participate in an in-class spelling bee.

In Social Studies, students will begin Chapter 3: Lesson 5 Early English Communities.Students will know why settlers came from England to North America.

In Math, we are starting Topic 8. Topic 8 is about using properties and strategies to add and subtract. Students will practice addition and subtraction with regrouping, as well as rounding whole numbers.

In Science, we are continuing with Topic 3. Students are going to continue learning about seasonal weather hazards.

After break, students will take Unit 2 Assessment in reading. There is a study guide posted in Google Classroom for students to practice skills that will be tested using the IXL platform. We will have two review days in class before the assessment. In Social Studies, students will understand how global trade affects my life. In Math, students will complete topic 8 Fractions and take the assessment. Students will also take Topics 1-8 Benchmark assessments. In Science, students will investigate how humans use energy.

STEM Fair projects are due on January 20, 2026. Families and scholars should utilize the timeline in the STEM Fair Packet to stay on track to have their project submitted on time. No late projects will be accepted. Please view the packet below. If you have any questions, reach out to your scholar's Science teacher.

https://out.smore.com/e/4v50z/Ho_zmP?__$u__&nk=NjhmYjVmZDIzNmFiMDE3NmIyNDA2ZDBiLHlkYW5pZWxAY21pdGVsZW1lbnRhcnkub3JnOjo6ZGIydjI1dXl3NzZlaWxtNQ

Lastly, please check grades weekly on Google Classroom & Synergy to stay abreast of your scholar's grades in all subject areas.

The fourth grade team is wishing everyone a Happy Holidays!! We hope you enjoy the much needed time off to reset, recharge & reboot.

Fourth Grade Team

Happy Holidays Tigers! Please enjoy your holiday! We will see you next year! Happy 2026! May the new year be full of success, advancement, prosperity, joy, love, peace, over flow of abundance, and a well balanced life! May your future be gracious and truly goof to you! Happy New You!

Subject Content for the 1st Week of January:

Social Studies:
Writing about a journey is a great way to let people know where you have been and what you did there. This winter break, make a brochure on a place you would like to explore. Have fun drawing some great pictures or use technology to help with your brochure.

Subject Study: Scholars will study Chapter 5 "The American Revolution"- Lesson 1: Tensions with Britain.

Math
This week in math we will explore multiplication of fractions

Science
In science this week we will be exploring the Hydrosphere and Atmosphere.

RELA
We will end Unit 2 and take the Unit 2 assessment.

Have a fantastic Winter Break and Happy Holidays!!!

Team 5th Grade

Art
Greetings Parents!
Tigers are finishing projects and starting new projects. Kindergarteners are finishing their designs that integrate color wheels into their designs. We are starting our Utopian Environments. 1st grade took their still life designs home and are now working on their landscapes which will include more overlapping. 2nd grade They have planned and are currently working on their landscape projects. 3rd grade chose to learn 1pt-perspective drawing to apply to a cityscape design. 4th grade Are doing presentations of projects that illustrate sound, translating sound into line and color with their Musical Gesture Drawings. And, 5th grade have finished their optical illusions. Their next project involves the merging of a self-portrait and “Zentangles”
Mr. Dorsey

Music
Kinder - Songs for the month Put the beat in your feet, Chubby little snowman. Created movements to show a steady beat. 1st - Songs for the month Elevator, Lemonade. Learned the whole scale on solfege. Reading simple rhythms and melodies.
2nd - Song of the month Pease porridge hot, Play instrumental arrangement hand game with song. 3rd - Song for the month Paw Paw patch and King’s Land. Focus on solfege Do - Mi - So - La, Practice writing music. 4th - Review all 4 family instruments (String, Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion)
5th - Songs of the Month My Bonnie and Winter is here.Students learned about 12 bar blues structure.



Technology
Hello! K-2 students practiced, Digital Citizenship:
In this engaging animated assignment, Truman and Poppy discover ways to “be kind online.”
3rd students practiced, Netiquette in Online Communication
In this animated assignment, Trey and two of his classmates are collaborating on their Virtual Science Fair project in a private chatroom when netiquette issues derail them from their task. The lesson introduces what netiquette is, why it’s important, and shows some of the negative sides of online communication.
4-5 students practiced, Online Safety: Digital Citizenship
The learners receive direct instruction and practice in digital citizenship and responsible use of technology. They learn about digital footprints, the importance of privacy settings and creating a strong password and how to avoid websites that ask for personal information in this engaging and interactive digital lesson.


Lego
We have started our next set of builds and are enjoying making our creations. I will be sending assessments from the last lesson home this week. Enjoy the winter break!
K-1: Outdoor Activities: We are discussing things you can play with at a playground and playground rules. Students will build various pieces of playground equipment.
2nd: Protection from Wind: We will discuss how wind can change the landscape and be harmful to the land. We will discuss windbreaks and things we can do to help protect the land from the wind. Students will build windbreaks.
3rd: Cityscapes. We are cooperating with Mr. Dorsey on learning about what a cityscape is and how to create one. Students will build a cityscape.
4th-5th: Prepare for Natural Hazards. We will discuss natural hazards, specifically earthquakes, and how architects and engineers design buildings to withstand earthquakes. Students will build a building that is 12 inches tall that should withstand an “earthquake”.


STEM
In 1st, We are continuing our unit on Our Table. Scholars will begin collaborative planning within their table group. In 2nd, we began their unit on Fishing for Turkey. Scholars will begin collaborative planning within their table group on how they are going to build their fishing rod. Grades 3-5, we have now begun our Balloons Over Broadway unit!. In 3rd grade, scholars begin learning about color coding. In 4th grade scholars will begin independent & collaboratively planning their designs for their shoe box float. 5th grade Scholars will begin collaborative planning the storyline within their table group.

Monday 1/5 rotation 1

Tuesday 1/6 rotation 2

Wednesday 1/7 rotation 3

Thursday 1/8 rotation 3

Friday 1/9 rotation 1

STEM Fair Packet

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11T4af_1SgAszSIJCkUngOkMcn4bh_U-Wabv6e5GTZSU/edit?usp=share_link

Spanish Version of Packet

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OrbK0Zt0w4Md-RdWmxaefct_-_OIzU5q/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=105600519687194397501&rtpof=true&sd=true

Parent STEM Help Night

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-jnqzljR1xTIx29y_YsA0-dnp_H7zxLRe79-U-TnOjQ/edit?usp=sharing

SUBMIT PROJECTS AT THIS LINK

https://forms.gle/8r6rPKjbGJBPzWsd9

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1o78KYKRlZOJ52Sxj_XPtoqYMhAZl1WeR1ly-NsH1JwE/edit?usp=sharing

Our Vision

Inspire students to become STEM innovators and responsible global citizens

Our Mission

In partnership with families and the educational community, CLF provides an innovative, diverse, and safe learning environment that fosters the growth of academic, social, and emotional skills. The rigorous STEM curriculum prepares students to become college and career ready in an ever-changing global society.

How We Do It

With students at the center of everything we do, we strive to make our schools the best, we forge partnerships with parents and the community to provide our students with enrichment and additional STEM opportunities, and we hire the best people to support our schools!

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