Next week our middle school students will take part in a training offered by Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) called Blind Spots. The Blind Spots program focuses on teaching students about their unconscious biases so they can "make decisions and take actions that are more aligned with our declared beliefs."  This training will be offered through our PE program and will be followed up with a parallel teacher program in February.  For more information on Blind Spots, you may check out their website.

PwC has asked to take photographs of the training with our students, so we will follow all family requests for Do Not Publish requests as indicated for CDS unless we are otherwise notified. If you prefer your child not be photographed for this event, please email Dr. Agliata. We would also like to thank Ms. Tanya Cross-Kimble for helping to organize this opportunity for our students.

During the week of January 22 - 25, the CDS Gala Committee is challenging our families to donate Sports Memorabilia & Event Gift Cards to be used in various baskets to be auctioned at our 25th Annual Red Carpet Gala – Studio 54 on March 8, 2019.  Please send your sports memorabilia and gift cards in to the Administration Suite marked Attention: Gala Committee. Each week we will focus on another item needed to make our Studio 54 Gala a success.

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Human Growth and Development Program
Grades 6 - 8
Friday January 18th

All middle school students, permitted to participate, will attend a class on Human Growth and Development at Carrollwood Day School on January 18^th 2019. Health educators from St. Joseph’s Children’s Advocacy Center will teach these classes. Each grade level will be provided age appropriate information on physical and emotional changes during adolescence. Permission to participate in this program was included on the consolidated middle school field trip and activity permission forms that were collected at the beginning of the school year.

These sessions are for students only. CDS teachers will be present at all sessions. These programs are intended to enhance the role parents and guardians have in teaching and guiding children by providing students with a factual understanding of their own sexuality in a time when sexual matters are dealt with very openly in our society. Parents are encouraged to share with children their own family’s moral and religious values. The school program will not assume to go beyond giving factual information within generally accepted societal values.

Program Overview

• 6^th Grade – Boys and girls will be in separate classrooms
  Topics to be covered: Male and female social, emotional, and physical changes through puberty. Conception will be introduced.
•  7^th Grade – Boys and girls will be in separate classrooms
  Topics to be covered: Conception will be discussed more deeply. Boundaries and relationships will be discussed with a focus on abstinence. Birth control will not be discussed unless a direct question is asked.
• 8^th Grade – Boys and girls will be in separate classrooms
  Topics to be covered: Sexually transmitted diseases and infections (STDs and STIs), risk factors, and pregnancy

An exciting new opportunity at CDS! 

What are the groups?

• Woodwind Group: Clarinet, Saxophone, Flute, & Oboe
• High Brass Group: Trumpet & French Horn
• Low Brass Group: Trombone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone, Euphonium, Bassoon, Bass Clarinet, & Tuba
• Percussion Group

Who can participate? 

• All 7th grade music students and 8th grade band students
  (Other grades and instruments may be included if there is room in the schedule.) 

Where and When?

• 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm in H114. 
  Groups will meet once per week, on the day your group can make it. 

Who is the teachers?

• Mr. Mayo, US Music Teacher
• Mrs. Callahan, MS Music Teacher 

Lesson Fees:

• Per lesson fee $15 per student (only $60/month!)

Middle school girls are invited
to bring fathers/special guests for an 
enchanted evening of dancing and light desserts

More Information

Shakespeare Festival
Friday, February 14, 2019
8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
DISMISSAL IS AT 1:00 PM FOR MS ONLY

Shakespeare Festival is a long-standing tradition at CDS. The entire middle school studies one of Shakespeare's plays. The students conceive, write, direct, and produce their own class plays using contemporary settings and contemporary types of genre to emulate Shakespeare's plot lines.

All middle school students should come dressed in Renaissance attire. The costumes do not have to be elaborate. Boys can wear their pants pushed to the knee with a large shirt and a belt.  Girls can wear a long skirt and a vest. If you need costume ideas please see this link for suggestions. Click here for additional wardrobe ideas.

MS students will be dismissed at 1:00 pm following the Grand Feast. There will not be an early bus for middle school students on this day. A supervised study hall will be available for MS students who are not able to be picked up early.

More information about parent volunteer opportunities and the schedule for the day will be forthcoming.

Show your CDS 8th Grader how proud you are
with a Yearbook Ad!

Your personal message will be printed in the yearbook and treasured forever.

Quarter Page Ad: $150

Deadline for ad: January 31!

Click here for more information

Questions? Email Michele McCarty

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8th Grade Parents: We have begun planning for the end of the academic year in May when we celebrate our 8th grade class.   Will you please submit three (3) digital pictures of your 8th grader to be used during the 8th Grade Promotional Ceremony on Thursday, May 9, 2019. We need a baby picture, an elementary age picture, and a recent picture showing your son/daughter as a young adult. The deadline for submittal is Friday, March 8, 2019.

You may submit the digital photos, PDFs or jpeg files via email to 8thgradepictures@carrollwooddayschool.org. Please include your child's name in the subject line of the email message.  Thank you very much for your help.