Cabin John Middle School

Awesome teachers at CJMS. My daughter loves the school and friends. I understand why people want to move to Potomac.

My daughter loves middle school and has really flourished both as a student and socially. Her teachers are outstanding. Class sizes are a bit high in some subjects but still great for a public school. Some classes are mixed level but math and english are leveled. Cabin John draws on an amazing community. The school is consistently one of the top performing schools in Maryland. Since attending Cabin John she has developed a great love of music and says band is her favorite class. The teacher has very high expectations but the results are amazing. The concerts sound professional. Her teacher encouraged her to audition for county honors and she made it her first year. We noticed that Cabin John had almost twice as many students than any other middle school represented at the county concert.

CJMS is overall class size is mid size for most classes. The kids there are ready to learn so the teachers have an easier task to teach than spending time on classroom control. Pleased with the education my kids are getting there. Except for the band teacher who seem to lack the nurturing characteristics. One example of his dismal teaching was how he embarrassed one of his student by sending him off the stage in front of the all the parents at band concert. The kid missed one entire piece, then this teacher stopped the concert for 10mins , took the kid after he returned to tune his instrument and when the student returned he was moved to the end position. That's is really pathetic. Any good band teacher would have tuned his band before the concert. Lousy way to encourage a kid to love music! My kid hates band now because of this teacher.

Moved to the neighborhood for the schools and we have been very satisfied with Cabin John Middle School. Well worth the higher home prices!