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: Evendale Elementary School
Principal: Mr. Jamal Womble
Assistant Principal: Mrs. Melissa Wilkins
Enrollment: 587
School Vision Statement
Building positive relationships and authentic connections with students and their families while creating a safe and quality learning environment with high expectations, where students are deeply engaged and inspired to believe in themselves.
School Mission Statement
Together We R.O.A.R.- Together we develop students who respect themselves and others, take ownership of their education and decisions, while striving to achieve success in and out of the classroom, displaying resilience when challenges arise.
Goal #1
Evendale Elementary School teachers and staff will provide evidence-based instruction that meets the needs of all students as measured by increasing the percentage of students in the moderate and low risk categories by a minimum of 5% yearly on the VALLS assessment, and achieve an overall pass rate of 70% by the Spring of 2026 on the English SOL assessment.
Student Measure #1: VALLS Assessment
Student Measure #2: SOL Assessment
Staff Measure #1: Walkthrough data assessing effective components of a literacy lesson.
Staff Measure #2: Implementing the VDOE Lesson Planning Cycle
| Date | Status | Progress Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | On Track | Literacy walkthroughs have occurred for each classroom teacher. 85% of k-2 classrooms implemented researched-based strategies in student practice of foundational skills. 74% of 3-5 classrooms are utilizing texts that exhibit exceptional key ideas and details, craft and style, integration of concepts, and/or provide meaningful knowledge. 67% of 3-5 classrooms are posing questions and tasks that attend to words, phrases, and sentences within the text that matter most to build students' vocabulary and deepen their understanding of the text. Teams are working with the literacy coach in PLC's to plan using the VDOE Comprehension Framework and creating text-dependent questions and tasks. |
| March 2026 | ||
| June 2026 |
Goal #2
Evendale Elementary School teachers and staff will provide evidence-based instruction that meets the needs of all students as measured by achieving a minimum overall pass rate of 70% overall or 5% increase per grade by the Spring of 2026 on the Mathematics SOL assessment.
Student Measure #1: i-Ready diagnostic tier 2 will decrease by 5% by spring administration for grades 1-5/VKRP was 78% district was 80%
Student Measure #2: SOL
Staff Measure #1: Team data documenting small group remediation
Staff Measure #2: Walkthrough data documenting small group instruction
| Date | Status | Progress Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | On track | Small group walkthroughs have occurred for each classroom teacher. 92% of classrooms were implementing research based instructional routines as well as meaningful feedback during the learning process. 81% of classrooms were utilizing the concrete-representational-abstract instructional model. |
| March 2026 | ||
| June 2026 |
Goal #3
By Spring of 2026, Evendale Elementary School teachers and staff will provide evidence-based science instruction that meets the needs of all students as measured by achieving an overall pass rate of 70% on the Science SOL assessment and common grade level summative assessments in grades 3-5
Spring 2025 Assessment Result: 60%
Student Measure #1: SOL Assessment
Student Measure #2: Grade Level Summative Assessment
Staff Measure #1: Data from VDOE SCOT Walkthrough Form
Staff Measure #2: Lesson Plan Reviews
| Date | Status | Progress Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | Not started | Data is still being collected and analyzed on common writing assessments that incorporate science. Formative was just purchased and it will be used to collect data on common assessments for grades 3-5 moving into quarter 2. |
| March 2026 | ||
| June 2026 |
Goal #4
During the 2025-2026 school year, Evendale Elementary School will decrease the number of safety concern referrals by 20% from the 2024-2025 school year. Target Goal: 90 or less
Student Measure #1: Number of Bus Referrals
Student Measure #2: Number of Office-managed Referrals
Staff Measure #1: Tiered fidelity inventory
Staff Measure #2: Bi-Monthly/Quarterly review of PBIS expectations throughout the school year.
| Date | Status | Progress Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | On Track | EES had 40 safety concern referrals for the 1st quarter of the 2025-26 school year. |
| March 2026 | ||
| June 2026 |
Goal #5
During the 2025-26 school year, Evendale Elementary School will increase participation in the three family engagement events that take place after the start of the school year by a minimum of 10%.
Student Measure #1: Students in Attendance at Family Engagement Events
Student Measure #2: Families in Attendance at Family Engagement Events
Staff Measure #1: Staff attendance at Family Engagement Events
Staff Measure #2: Attendance at Parent/Teacher Conferences
| Date | Status | Progress Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | Off Track | EES had 73 students in attendance and 219 family members in attendance at Math Night. Participation decreased from last year's fall event, due to competition with local events surrounding Halloween. |
| March 2026 | ||
| June 2026 |
For more information about Evendale Elementary School's Continuous Improvement Plan please join us at our quarterly events or reach out to the school principal.
Quarterly Events
- Meet the Teacher, August 12, 2025, at 4 p.m.
- Panther Math Outlet, October 24, 2025, at 6 p.m.
- November 5, 2025 4-6 p.m.
- February 12, 2026, at 6 p.m.
- April 3, 2026, at 6 p.m.