Cabin John Middle School

Cabin John Middle School
Cabin John Middle School
Location
10701 Gainsborough Road Potomac, Maryland 20854
Information
Type	Public Middle School
Established	1967
School district	Montgomery County Public Schools
Principal	John Taylor
Assistant Principal	William Everly
Assistant Principal	Nicole Fortson
Grades	6–8
Number of students	940 (2009–2010)
Student to teacher ratio	11.7 (2009–2010)
Color(s)	Blue and white
Mascot	CJ the Cougar
Newspaper	Cougar Courier
Website	www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/cabinjohnms/

Cabin John Middle School, colloquially known as CJMS, is a public school for students in grades 6, 7, and 8 located in Potomac, Maryland.

Cabin John opened in 1967 as a junior high school, and its mascot was the roadrunner. In 1987, the school closed due to declining enrollment, and all students in the area attended Hoover. However, the county decided to reopen Cabin John in 1989 as a middle school. When it reopened, its mascot became the cougar.

Students who attend Cabin John are from the feeder elementary schools Seven Locks, Bells Mill, Stone Mill, and Cold Spring. The students that attended Bells Mill and Seven Locks Elementary Schools go on to attend Winston Churchill High School. Students from Cold Spring and Stone Mill Elementary Schools go on to attend Thomas Wootton High School.

In Fall 2003, Cabin John became the first middle school in Montgomery County to offer a course in Chinese.

In Spring 1999, the school was awarded first prize in an anti-smoking campaign promoted by the State Attorney General's Office in conjunction with Maryland State Board of Education. Art teacher Wendy Kleiner and students were presented a ceremonial award along with acknowledgment for the first-prize billboard, located on Interstate 95 near Camden Yards.

Since 1996, Cabin John has received superior ratings at both the Maryland State Band and Orchestra Festivals throughout this tenure with instrumental music director Scott Herman.

In Spring 2009, instrumental music director Scott Herman was named the Maryland Music Educators Outstanding Teacher of the Year for 2009.

Cabin John offers the following extracurricular activities for students.

In fall 1998, Cabin John's Knowledge Master team placed first in the state and 38th internationally among 958 entrants in the middle school division.

Cabin John underwent a complete renovation from 2009 to 2011. During the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 school years, students attended a holding school located on Tilden Lane in Rockville, Maryland. The new building is LEED certified as an environmentally friendly structure. It uses geothermal energy. The renovation had an estimated cost of about $48 million, and it included an asbestos-abatement program.