Introduction
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: | YORKTOWN ELEMENTARY | YORKTOWN ELEMENTARY |
| School Year: | 2026 | Area: |
| Local Education Agency: | Prince Georges County Public Schools | Supervisor Name: |
| State School No.: | 1427 | Supervisor Email: |
| School Type: | 04. Elementary School | Title I: |
| Grades Served: | 00K, 05 | Community School: |
| Principal Name: | Taryn Aiken | State Identification: |
| Principal Email: | Taryn.Savoy@pgcps.org | |
| School Address: | 7301 RACE TRACK Rd, BOWIE,MD - , BOWIE MD 20715 | 7301 RACE TRACK Rd, BOWIE,MD - , BOWIE MD 20715 |
| School Vision: | Cultivating curious minds and confident leaders—Learners today...Leaders tomorrow. | Cultivating curious minds and confident leaders—Learners today...Leaders tomorrow. |
| School Mission: | We believe that learning should be engaging, purposeful, and joyful and strive to ensure that our students' educational experience is both meaningful and memorable. Our dedicated staff works tirelessly to create a safe, nurturing environment while ensuring that our efforts each day align with the three tenets of our collective mission: -To provide quality instruction in every classroom, every day -To embody a positive school culture where students, staff, and parents feel welcome and valued as important |
We believe that learning should be engaging, purposeful, and joyful and strive to ensure that our students' educational experience is both meaningful and memorable. Our dedicated staff works tirelessly to create a safe, nurturing environment while ensuring that our efforts each day align with the three tenets of our collective mission: -To provide quality instruction in every classroom, every day -To embody a positive school culture where students, staff, and parents feel welcome and valued as important |
| SMART Goals | ||
| Math- The number of students in grades 3, 4, and 5 scoring proficient or above on the 2026 Math MCAP will increase by 5 percentage points as compared to 2025 Math MCAP. | Attendance-Earned points in the 2026 MD Report Card "Not Chronically Absent" category will increase by 3 points as compared to the 2025 report card. | Not Selected- |
| Problem of Practice | ||
| When given problems with multiple visual representations, students either interpreted the information incorrectly or failed to answer the questions completely | Chronic absenteeism at the 1st and 2nd grade levels --- Last year's kindergarten and first grade students were absent almost twice as often than students in other grades. | |
| Change Idea | ||
| Implement the Read, Draw, Write process for biweekly practice of solving word problems using visual representations in grades 3, 4, and 5. | Host a parent meeting for chronically absent students with an emphasis on the siblings that have the same number of absences, followed by quarterly communication from school to parents of targeted students. | |
| Target | ||
| 100% of intermediate math teachers will implement the Read, Draw, Write process biweekly to allow for increased practice of solving word problems using visual representations. | Principal will meet 100% completion rate for quarterly communication to parents of targeted students from the chronically absent list. | |
| 70% of 3rd grade students will score proficient or higher on Math Benchmark I. 70% of 4th grade students will score proficient or higher on Math Benchmark I. 60% of 5th grade students will score proficient or higher on Math Benchmark I. |
There will be a 10% decrease in the number of first and second graders identified as chronically absent on the monthly chronic absenteeism report. | |
| Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) / Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI) | ||
| Identified Group(s) | Evidence-Based Strategy (EBS) | EBS Target |
