Key dates for the 2017-2018 school year have been set.
Monday - Wednesday, August 14 - 16
ECC: Preschool Open House
Kdg and Elementary: Meet Your Teacher
5th Grade, MS and HS: Orientations
Thursday, August 17
First day of classes
Monday - Friday, November 20 - 24
Fall Break
Monday, December 18 - Wednesday, January 3
Winter Break
Classes resume Thursday, January 4
Monday - Friday, March 19 - 23
Spring Break
Sunday, May 20
Graduation
Friday, May 25
Last day of classes
After Care is available until 6:00 pm every day at the ECC campus (toddlers, nursery, prekindergarten and kindergarten) and the Bearss Avenue campus (grades 1 - 5). The ECC also provides before school care beginning at 7:00 am.
After Care Hours and Dates
After Care is available until 6:00 pm every day there is school with the exception of Friday, December 2, 2016 and the Friday before spring break (March 17, 2017). There will also be NO After Care at the Bearss Avenue Campus, only on Friday, October 28. After Care is offered on half-days. Students who stay for after care on half-days need to bring lunch and a beverage.
After School Pick Up Locations
Bearss Avenue Campus
All after school clubs and activities dismiss from the west side by International Square, across from the Wagner Athletic Complex. Students who are not picked up within 15 minutes of their club's dismissal time will be escorted to After Care in the elementary multi-purpose room.
Elementary After Care dismisses on the east side in the school bus loop.
KidCheck®
CDS uses KidCheck® to provide an online check in/check out system for the safety and tracking of our children. Every elementary and ECC family should create an account. This assures that our after care program is equipped to care for your child in the event that unplanned circumstances prevent you from picking up your child at the regular dismissal time. If you used KidCheck last year, your account is still active.
How to create your KidCheck account
After School Programs
After school clubs and enrichment activities are offered for ECC and elementary students.
Click here for more information and to sign up for ECC After School Programs.
Click here for more information and to sign up for Bearss Avenue campus After School Programs.
Phone Number
There is a receptionist on duty at the ECC and the Bearss Avenue campus until 6:00 pm every school day. The ECC phone number is 813.963.2388. The Bearss Avenue campus phone number is 813.920.2288.
Middle school and high school students are welcome to remain on campus after dismissal. The administration has established new after school policies to enable students to remain on campus after school and attend home athletic games in our Patriots new gym and athletic fields. These policies will be reviewed throughout the year and may be revised as we continue to grow into our new facilities.
MS/HS Study Hall
No student will be allowed to "hang out" on campus unsupervised after dismissal. By 4:00 p.m. all students must be in an extracurricular activity (working with a teacher, attending an after school program, athletic team practice, drama/music rehearsal, etc.) or report to the supervised MS/HS study hall that will be held in the MS/HS Multi-Purpose Room. Parents will not be billed a fee for students to attend this study hall. At this time, students who are not participating in an athletic team practice session are not allowed to be in the gymnasium or fitness center after school. These facilities are fully booked by the fall athletic teams. However, it is possible that later in the year supervised open gym/fitness times may be offered.
All students reporting to MS/HS study hall must sign in and sign out.
- Students will be allowed to sign themselves out of study hall when their ride home arrives or to go to a sports event; parents will not need to come in to sign out their child. Parents should call or text students once they have arrived on campus. Some cell service does not work inside the school building; if you are unable to contact your child directly, parents should call the school (813.920.2288) and the Welcome Center will notify the study hall supervisor to dismiss your child.
Once a child is signed out of study hall, he/she will not be allowed to return. Once children are signed out of study hall, they will no longer be supervised by CDS faculty.
After Care
Middle school students are still welcome to attend the After Care program that is held in the Elementary Multi-Purpose Room. Parents must have a KidCheck® account for all students who attend the After Care program in the Elementary Multi-Purpose Room. Click here for more information about After Care.
Senior Long Term Assignment Due Dates
Mr. Burton, DP Coordinator, has shared a calendar with a list of due dates for seniors' long term assignments. This calendar should be checked on a regular basis.
Junior Long Term Assignment Due Dates
Mr. Burton, DP Coordinator, has shared a calendar with a list of due dates for juniors' long term assignments. This calendar should be checked on a regular basis.
Members of the CDS ΜΑΘ chapter organize and run a math-tutoring program, under the supervision of HS math teachers. Tutoring is available:
- Tuesday: 7:45 am - 8:15 am (High School ONLY)
- Tuesday: 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm (Middle School & High School)
- Thursday: 7:45 am - 8:15 am (High School ONLY)
- Thursday: 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm (Middle School & High School)
All the tutoring sessions will be held in H139 (next to the cafeteria).
Friends of the Performing Arts is an organization of parents, alumni, and friends who are dedicated to strengthening the Performing Arts program at Carrollwood Day School. In cooperation with the Performing Arts Directors, the Friends provide support for all performing art productions produced at CDS throughout the year. Here's your chance to give them a hand! Please support the CDS Friends of the Performing Arts (FPA) at one of four membership levels.
REMINDER: Hooded sweatshirts are not allowed to be worn in school.
Schoology is a web-based learning management system that provides a secure and safe, easy-to-use, way for teachers, students, parents, and administrators to seamlessly communicate and collaborate to enhance students’ learning and success.
Please contact the CDS IT Department if you do not have your access code for creating your parent Schoology account. Read more...
We are pleased to welcome back the
CDS Parent & Staff Business Journal!
The Carrollwood Day School community has a multitude of skills and services to offer. We’re pleased to provide "Patriot Pages," the Parent & Staff Business Directory as a way for our families to support firms owned by or that employ CDS parents.
This directory is offered as a service to our school community. Listing of a business in the directory does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement on the school’s part. Click here to add your business listing.
Want to add your business to the Patriot Pages?
Your entry is just a click away! Visit Patriot Pages.
Click on the "Contact" link to complete a form to enter your business!
The Online Student Directory is now available for families to access through their My BackPack account.
If you have not yet activated your account on My BackPack, you can set up your account by clicking here.
If you do not know your user name and password, click on "I Forgot My User Name/Password" at the bottom of the box. Fill in your email address and the information will be emailed to you.
ECC STUDENT ABSENCE
Attendance records are kept for all students at the ECC. If a student is going to be absent, parents should notify Molly Houssian, ECC receptionist, before school by phone (813.963.2388) or by email at mhoussian@carrollwooddayschool.org.
ELEMENTARY STUDENT ABSENCE
Parents should notify Vicki Rivas, elementary school receptionist by 8:00 a.m. by phone (813.920.2288) or by email at vrivas@carrollwooddayschool.org.
Students who arrive to school after the elementary gate is closed must check-in with Mrs. Rivas in the elementary school office to obtain a tardy pass.
MS STUDENT ABSENCE
Parents should notify the school by 8:00 a.m. at the following email address to report their child's absence. We suggest that parents add this email to their "contacts" for quick access.
MSAbsence@CarrollwoodDaySchool.org
Your message will be retrieved by the middle school secretary. If a student is not reported absent at the email above, an email notification of the absence is sent to the parent requesting a response confirming the absence.
Please note that attendance is recorded each day by the first period teacher at 8:00 a.m. Students who arrive to school after 8:10 a.m. must check-in with the receptionist at the front desk in the main lobby to obtain a tardy pass.
HS STUDENT ABSENCE
Parents should notify the school by 8:30 a.m. at the following email address to report their child's absence. We suggest that parents add this email to their "contacts" for quick access.
HSAbsence@CarrollwoodDaySchool.org
Your message will be retrieved by the high school secretary. If a student is not reported absent at the email above, an email notification of the absence is sent to the parent requesting a response confirming the absence.
Please note that attendance is recorded each day by the first period teacher at 8:30 a.m. Students who arrive to school after 8:40 a.m. must check-in with the receptionist at the front desk in the main lobby to obtain a tardy pass.
HS PREARRANGED ABSENCES
Prearranged absences need to be approved at least three (3) school days in advance of the planned absence. The student must return the prearranged absence form to the office after parent/guardian and all teachers have signed it. Requests submitted less than three days before travel may not be approved. Download Prearranged Absence Form.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
At CDS, we encourage our students to give back to the community. As an IB school, we embrace the mission statement of the IBO, which strives to develop “caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.”
Read more about...
Community and Service at CDS
MYP Service as Action - Grades 6, 7 & 8
HIGH SCHOOL
At CDS, we encourage our students to give back to the community. As an IB school, we embrace the mission statement of the IBO, which strives to develop “caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.”
Collect reward codes from these products
to help earn bonus points that can be redeemed
for CASH for CDS!
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
(General Mills products)
LABELS FOR EDUCATION
This is the final year for Labels for Education
(Campbells, Pepperidge Farm, SpaghettiOs,
and V8 products)
COCA-COLA BRANDS
(Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Dasani water,
Powerade, Sprite, Fanta, Barq's, Fresca,
Pibb, Mello Yello, and Seagram's)
MyCokeRewards will be replaced by a different rewards program after this year. Codes can be found on packaging of your favorite Coca-Cola brands products. You can send codes in to school or create your own account and enter them online yourself! Codes will be collected at CDS until Monday, March 13.