CMIT Academy families-- which reviews are true?

[afua]

Anonymous wrote:I honestly can say I respect CMIT Academy. I started CMIT from 6th-12th grade. Honestly, CMIT is a great school for those who want to study a language, going into the sciences, math and I-Tech majors when they go to college. However, if your more interested in the arts, your very outgoing or you even have a slight interest in something else, the school might not be for you exactly. CMIT focuses on the sciences and math a lot. The representatives they bring, focuses on those majors. Of course CMIT wants ALL their students to succeed, it's just some students need a bit more help then others, and that's okay. At first, I hated the school because I didn't understand how it functioned and honestly I was a kid. But CMIT has its perks and ups and downs like any other high school. However, it's academic programs fail to impress me and it's a great progression for those kids who love a challenge.

Which CMIT did you attend? Laurel or District Heights?

[Anonymous]

CMIT honestly has been a rollercoaster experience for me. Being enrolled for four, almost five years, I have experienced good qualities that the school has, but way more bad. The main problem I have is that b/c they are a Gulen school, they bring people over from Turkey, who are unqualified to be teachers, and hire them as teachers, so that they can get a workers Visa to live in America. I have no problem with the wanting to live in America part, but these unqualified teachers don't know how, or even what, to teach us. It makes me so frustrated when I have to explain something to a teacher, when it should be the other way around. I will say, it's not only Turkish teachers though. They hire some really unintelligent teachers and staff. Some of the administrators don't have real jobs, just made up job titles. One of the so-called technology teachers had to ask us how to copy and paste a link into the search bar. That really just baffled me. CMIT teachers assign way too much work. They seem to forget that us students have lives too, but then they wanna complain when they have too much work to grade, AND THEY DON'T EVEN PUT IT IN THE GRADE BOOK! Just wow. I'm a student who juggles SEVERAL, and I mean SEVERAL, after school activities,most which usually include some type of traveling, and because they assign too much work, I spend my lunch times, and stay up late, doing loads of work. This is when a course goes from rigorous to overboard. Also, all through middle school, I was taking high school courses, honors classes, and the lower level kids were taking lower level classes. I can understand this b/c I am extremely smart, and I would never want to be in a class with those rowdy, unruly, kids, in which 90% of them could care less about grades and education. But somehow, as a highschooler in CMIT, i'm stuck with a bunch of rude kids in a below level class, who ruin learning for everyone that actually cares. And when I asked the counselor about this, she said there was a mistake in my schedule, and it's too late to fix it now. Not to mention that this teacher is constantly on his high horse.That being said, there are some good qualities to CMIT. For one, they are expanding their sports programs, and improving the facility. And there are some good teachers there that make learning challenging but fun. I just wish that the administration would take a chance to really listen and consider what the students and parents have to say. They pretend like they are listening to your opinions and thoughts, but really they're just thinking about when thy're next break is. They should take more time to appreciate the good students here, because to be honest, we seem to put in more work into this school than some of the teachers.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for being so thorough and thoughtful in your response. With this coming from a high school student, I can say you are truly beyond your time.

[Anonymous]

I know the lottery is coming out soon and my child will be attending middle school. Have there been any improvements or changes for the better at CMIT South or CMIT North location. I applied to both. I am mostly interested in finding out which high school are persons most happy with. It is my understanding Laurel now has three campuses. However, South shares with middle school. How is that working for the South parents, are there plans for another building to separate the middle and high school? Look forward to any new opinions.

[Anonymous]

How are CMIT Middle School students finding the transition from Elementary to CMIT Middle? At CMIT South's Open House, I heard that you could expect at least 2 hours of homework nightly. That didn't bother me as much as it did some other parents. However, more recently, I heard that a lot of middle school students are up until very late (i.e., 10 pm-11 pm) nightly completing homework plus they have homework over the weekend (7 days a week) and during the summer. I heard that the summer homework is not optional and that they are also given a science project assignment that, although not due when school resumes, requires the students to begin during summer.

Does this stuff ring true for anyone? I have great work ethic and want my kids to have it too, but I do not want them to suffer from burnout before they even hit middle school. I am awaiting lottery results so all of this may be irrelevant for me, although we would seriously consider a CMIT spot if we got it.

[Anonymous]

Wow, 2 hours of homework every night and on the weekends is a lot. I would like to also hear from other parents if this is true for both locations or only South. I want rigor for my child but my daughter also likes to do competition dance and i want her to have a balance. I would like to hear as well from parents at either location. This will also help me to make a decision if we get accepted into the program.

[Anonymous]

CMIT Elementary is a nice school for kids that are self-driven, and can work independently. A lot of homework
for kids though.

[Anonymous]

I'm entering my boys in the school lottery this year for CMIT Elementary North. I'm alarmed by the reviews from 2015 and 2016 but hoping maybe things have improved? I would really appreciate all opinions good and bad. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

I am curious how hard it is to get into the high school CMIT North for 9th grade. Anyone know if there are long waitlists?

[Anonymous]

Good day - Just wondering if there are any more recent reviews of CMIT North Middle and High school????