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Continuous School Improvement Plan

Frederick County Public Schools is dedicated to continuous improvement. Our school principals lead efforts to plan, implement, and review their goals, using a variety of data to make sure we’re always moving in the right direction. School and division plans are monitored for progress and updated quarterly to support our commitment to our students and their families.

This information keeps families informed about our progress and the status of school goals. You’ll find updates and insights as we work together to improve student learning and school performance.

School Profile Information

School: Middletown Elementary School
Principal: Kristi Diminuco
Enrollment: 710

School Vision Statement

At Middletown Elementary, we are committed to educating all students to be respectful, responsible, and ready to be productive members of our community.

School Mission Statement

Middletown Elementary will:

  • build strong, caring relationships with students, families and our community members
  • prepare students to be caring, capable and confident problem solvers
  • design, facilitate and reflect on engaging and meaningful learning experiences

Goal #1

By May 2026, the unadjusted pass rates for Middletown Elementary will increase 4% overall in Math.

Date Status Progress Narrative
November 2025 On Track
  • Professional learning around the iReady toolbox and student discourse occurred in September.
  • Each grade level created a goal to support the school-wide goals.  Teams looked at previous goals, past and current data available. 
  • Teams are refining lessons and common unit assessment. We want each student in grades 1-5 to score 80% or higher on every common unit assessment.
March 2026    
June 2026    

 

Goal #2

By May 2026, the unadjusted pass rates for Middletown Elementary will increase 8% overall in Reading.

Date Status Progress Narrative
November 2025 On Track
  • Professional learning around the comprehension planning tool has occurred bi-monthly since September.
  • Literacy walk-throughs occurred in October.  Strengths in the walk-throughs included: the use of High Quality Instructional Materials, integration of multiple reading standards throughout lessons, and strong vocabulary instruction.
March 2026    
June 2026    

 

Goal #3

By May 2026, the unadjusted pass rates for Middletown Elementary will increase 10% overall in Science.

Date Status Progress Narrative
November 2025 On Track
  • Professional learning around vocabulary, discourse and phenomena occurred in September 2025. Ongoing professional learning is occurring each month with the Coordinator of Science Instruction.
  • The Science Committee meets monthly to discuss common units and vocabulary across all grade levels.
  • Each grade level created a goal to support the school-wide goal.  Each grade level chose to update all unit plans to include; key vocabulary, student discourse and a phenomena
March 2026    
June 2026    

 

Goal #4

By May 2026, 90% of the students at Middletown Elementary School  will have one or less office referrals. 

Date Status Progress Narrative
November 2025 On Track

As of October 31, 2025, we had 96.23% of our students with 0 or 1 office referrals. This is out of 716 students. 

March 2026    
June 2026    

 

Goal #5

By May of 2026, Middletown will improve its current mentoring program to support new teachers.

Date Status Progress Narrative
November 2025 On Track Currently have 13 teachers participating in our “Colts & Fillies Club” (our new teacher program. New teachers meet monthly with the lead mentors. Topics have included: Professional Learning Goals, New Teacher Handbook and Mentor/Mentee Class Observations.
March 2026    
June 2026    

 

Goal #6

By May 2026, Middletown Elementary School will host six events (one per grade level) that include parents, students, teachers, and community members that focus on creating a partnership between the school and families, to engage in student learning and connect with community resources as measured by attendance to the events and feedback from families.

Date Status Progress Narrative
November 2025 On Track

Back to School Nights:

  • K-2 Families: 230 participants
  • 3-5 Families: 148 participants

This was more participants then 2024.

5th Grade Title I Event:

  • October 2025: 190 participants

This is a new event for this school year where each grade level prepares an event and the grade level families are invited.  For October, the 5th grade team did an Invention Convention where students prepared an invention and presented it to the families who came.  Title I flyers were distributed to the families that included information about comprehension and morphology.

March 2026    
June 2026    

 

For more information about Middletown Elementary School's Continuous Improvement Plan please join us at our quarterly events or reach out to the school principal.

Quarterly Events

  • Tuesday, August 28th, 6:00pm, MES Cafeteria or Wednesday, August 29th, 6:00pm, MES Cafeteria
  • Wednesday, September 24th, 6:00pm, MES Library
  • Wednesday, January 21st, 6:00pm, MES Library
  • Wednesday, March 18th, 6:00pm, MES Library