In alignment with the goals and priorities of Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS), the School Performance Plan (SPP) allows for a transparent and collaborative school improvement process with a focus on student achievement.
The School Performance Plan was developed this school year as the continuation of the detailed work and planning completed in the previous school year. The SPP focuses schools on engaging in disciplined inquiry cycles through the use of Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA). Through the successful utilization of PDSA, schools are able to impact student achievement and teacher practice by taking a scientific approach to school improvement.
| SCHOOL PROFILE | ||
| School Name: JOHN HANSON MONTESSORI |
School Year: 2026 Area: Area-2 |
Local Education Agency: Prince Georges County Public Schools Supervisor Name: Fossett, Kristil Deshawn |
| State School No.: 1206 |
Supervisor Email: kfossett@pgcps.org |
School Type: 03. Combination School Title I: No |
| Grades Served: 0PK, 08 |
Community School: No |
Principal Name: Courtney King State Identification: CSI:No, TSI/ATSI:No |
| Principal Email: Courtney2.King@pgcps.org |
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| School Address: 6360 OXON HILL Rd, Forest Heights,MD - , Forest Heights MD 20745 |
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| School Vision: JHMS will create self-motivated advocates for humanity, global citizens, and independent thinkers by using a rigorous Montessori Curriculum and Maryland College and Career Ready Standards. Scholars will be guided by highly qualified Montessori trained professionals that support a thriving community encouraging scholars to be respectful, inclusive, and equity advocates. |
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| School Mission: Our mission is to provide a peaceful, ordered environment, through the effective implementation of Montessori philosophy, principles, and practices, which nurtures the development of self-motivated, self-confident, independent learners who are college and career ready. |
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| SMART Goals | ||
| A targeted aspiration that serves as the focal point for collective improvement efforts Specific; Measurable; Achievable; Realistic; Timebound |
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| Math- JHMS Students will increase their performance on the 2025-2026 MCAP assessment by at least 5% points. | RELA/ELA-JHMS students performance on the 2025-26 MCAP Reading assessment will improve by at least 5% points. | Not Selected- |
| Problem of Practice | ||
| One problem the school has chosen to address that will assist them in moving toward the overarching Smart Goal | ||
| Students struggle with mathematical reasoning because instruction does not provide explicit modeling and practice with reasoning tasks consistently. | Students underperform in writing and conventions because instruction lacks consistent explicit practice with grammar and conventions embedded in authentic writing tasks. | |
| Change Idea | ||
| A specific, actionable idea or technique that school teams will use to address the SMART Goal | ||
| JHMS Faculty/Staff need more experience, support and professional developing with understanding and implementing modeling and reasoning teaching strategies. | Staff need support in understanding and planning writing expectations in class and on assessements. | |
| Target | ||
| The AIM set to determine if the implementation of the change idea was successful | ||
| Teachers will include level 3 and level 4 questions into daily lessons (reasoning) There will be a goal to have 10 5th grade students score proficient or distinguished after the Benchmark I. This will be an increase of over 10% as 6/37 students scored proficient or distinguished in Reasoning on the Math 2024 MCAP. |
Teachers will regularly include writing tasks in their lessons 3rd Grade RELA Benchmark I in 2024 indicated 18% scored a level 3 or 4. The target is a 5 percentage point increase |
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| Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) / Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI) | ||
| This section is for state-identified schools only. | ||
| Identified Group(s) | Evidence-Based Strategy (EBS) | EBS Target |
