Thursday, September 20, 2018
8:15 am to 9:15 am
Elementary Multi-Purpose Room
Middle School is pleased to offer a series of morning coffees focused on the unique IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) offered at CDS. This will be the first of three coffees. The topic for this first coffee is:
What is the IB Middle Years Programme?
Please join our first Middle School Coffee to learn the answer to this question and have an opportunity to ask your own questions about IB.
Additional coffees will be held on:
Tuesday, December 6 and Tuesday, March 7.
Carrollwood Day School partners with Capital Tours, Inc. for the 8th grade class trip to Washington, DC. This year's trip will be from Monday, March 25 - Thursday, March 28, 2019. Parents should be receiving a packet with full details about the trip including cost, sample itinerary, and registration form. Registration and payment of the deposit are due October 16, 2018.
Click here to download a copy of the trip information packet and sample itinerary.
Parents need to register online at capitaltours.net
Questions? Please contact Mrs. Jennifer Stanley.
March 13-14, 2019
Register by September 28th!
Information was presented at MS Parents' Night about this annual learning and service trip for the entire sixth grade. Click here for a copy of the presentation.
Registration is now open for 6th grade students to sign up!
- Go to www.appleseedexpeditions.com and click LOGIN at the top right of the page.
- Click on "New Traveler Application" at bottom of the new window.
- Enter the Trip ID (CAR2441) then create a username and password. If you have registered with Appleseed Expeditions in the past, you will need a new username for this trip.
- The system may log you out. If it does, log back in to complete the prompts until all docs are signed and the deposit has been submitted. Please be sure to complete all the steps, as you are not registered until you have finalized.
Call Appleseed Expeditions 1-888-231-4775 if you have difficulty registering.
Email the trip leader, Carrie Prieto, with questions or concerns.
Note: Friday, March 15, (the day following this trip) is the half-day before Spring Break; attendance will be optional for students that attend this trip.
Plan to spend an evening with Dr. Michele Borba - internationally-recognized educator and educational psychologist, best-selling author, and parenting, child development & bullying expert.
Carrollwood Day School is thrilled to bring Dr. Borba back to CDS to share hands-on tools to help in parenting for success with CDS parents and friends. This program will be valuable to parents with children from preschool through high school! This event is FREE and will be open to the community.
Dr. Borba is as renowned for her warm, down-to- earth speaking style as she is for cutting edge insights and research-based programs. Her informative and inspiring presentations leave audiences with immediately usable strategies and an actionable roadmap for transforming cultures and improving relationships.
"Why Empathic Kids Succeed
in our All-About-Me-World."
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
6:30 pm - Presentation
7:30 - 8:00 pm - Book Signing
Bearss Avenue Campus - Theatre
This trip is being offered to all students in 8th - 10th grades. You do not need to be taking French. You do need a sense of adventure! We are traveling from January 5-11, 2019. Because the trip begins before the end of winter break, students will only miss three days of classes.
Travelers will enjoy dog sledding, ice skating, historical tours, dinner and dancing at a Sugar Shack, volunteering at North America's largest food bank, and much more.
Approximate cost of the trip is $2250 USD
(TBD by exact number of travelers.)
Registration will open until the end of September.
Questions?... please contact Monique Olson
Itinerary | Registration Instructions
Middle School and Upper School students are welcome to remain on campus after dismissal. The administration has established after school policies to enable students to remain on campus after school and attend home athletic games in the Hayes Family Gymnasium and Wagner Athletic Complex. No student will be allowed to "hang out" on campus unsupervised after dismissal. 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 athletic teams.
MS/US Study Hall
By 3:45 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/US study hall that will be held in the US Humanities Quad (Rooms H129 and H130). Teachers staffing study hall this year are Mr. Jannereth, Ms. Flansburg, and Ms. O'Neill.
- There is no charge for students to attend the MS/US After School Study Hall.
- Normal study hall hours are 3:45 pm - 6:00 pm every school day.
- All students reporting to MS/US 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.
- The expectation is for a "quiet" study hall, but the teacher supervising may allow exceptions for groups working together on school projects or assignments.
- Study hall classrooms must be left as clean as found.
- All school rules/policies apply during study hall hours. Behavior issues will be reported to the parent. Repeated behavior issues will be referred to the appropriate Assistant Division Head.
Questions? Please contact Mr. Jannereth, MS/US After School Study Hall Coordinator.
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
NO SCHOOL
No School ECC - Grade 8
Upper School has regular classes
NOON DISMISSAL
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
Professional Half-Day
First US Parents' Coffee Morning
Tuesday, September 11
8:30 a.m.
Elementary Multi-Purpose Room
Sara Rubinstein, Head of the Upper School, will host a series of morning coffees this year for all upper school parents. 8th grade parents are invited to attend these bi-monthly get togethers that feature a discussion on a topic of particular interest to parents. The topic for this first coffee is Raising Empathetic Kids, in preparation for the parent program on September 26 with Dr. Michele Borba.
Parents’ Coffee Mornings are generally on Thursday mornings at 8:30 a.m.
Additional coffees will be held on:
November 1, January 17, March 14, and April 4. Check the school calendar for the topics for each of these programs.
Friday, September 7
Studio Artistry, the official school photographer, will be on campus to take individual student pictures of all middle school students on Friday, September 7.
Students should wear their regular school uniform for school pictures - no spirit shirts, sweatshirts, or PE uniforms. If your child has PE on Friday, please send his/her PE uniform to school; students will have a chance to change before PE.
Wednesday, September 12
Wednesday, September 12, 2018, is the first Conference Day for grades 6 - 8. MS students are expected to participate in this conference with their parents. There is no school on Wednesday for Lower School and Middle School students. CDS does not offer child care for students on days when regular classes are not held.
Most parents signed up for appointments at the MS Parents' Night. Parents who have not yet set appointments should email their child's advisory teacher. If parents are unavailable on September 12, they are welcome to contact their child's teacher to reschedule a different date and time during the teacher's office hours. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, September 12.
Students who are interested in completing a STEM project, formerly known as a science project, have the opportunity to join the CDS STEM Society. The main purpose of the STEM Society is to support and sponsor individual students, or teams, that wish to complete an independent science, technology, engineering, or math investigation for potential entry to the Hillsborough Regional STEM Fair.
The Hillsborough Regional STEM Fair is held at the Tampa Convention Center in February. Investigations must be reviewed and approved by the STEM sponsor before experimentation can begin. Experimentation may need to take place off campus and must be completed by the end of November. The CDS STEM Fair will take place during the first week of December and the top 13 middle school projects will move on to compete at the regional level in February. To join the STEM Society, students must send a Schoology message to the STEM Society sponsor, Carrie Prieto, who will add them to the Schoology Course. Parents may email cprieto@carrollwooddayschool.org with questions.
Week of September 17
During the week of September 17th, students in grades 6 - 8 will take tests called Measures of Academic ProgressTM (MAP). MAP Growth tests are used to determine each student's instructional level and to measure academic growth throughout the school year, and from year to year, in math and reading.
There is no suggested preparation other than a good night's sleep and a healthy breakfast. Therefore, homework and assessments may carry on as usual.
For more information on resources for parents, visit the online Parent Toolkit.
