Middle School Rules

M I D D L E S C H O O L R U L E S

HONOR ABOVE ALL

The middle school years are full of transition and inquiry, optimism and anticipation, challenge and reward. The middle school at Carrollwood Day School is no different in those regards. However, we believe our differentiator lies in connections and traditions as a School of Character. The community connections, the respect we have for one another, and the honor we share by being a CDS Patriot. In October, all middle school students attended the first ever Honor Code ceremony where the CDS Honor Code was recited and students pledged to follow it during their time at CDS.

While the honor code is not new, it solidifies our dedication to honor as faculty, as students, and as a community of character.

CDS Honor Code

"As a member of the CDS community, I acknowledge and affirm my duty to act with honesty, integrity, and respect in all aspects of school life, and I expect others to do the same. I believe in education with character. "

Our Jr. Beta Club and Senior Beta Club members represented CDS well at the Florida Junior Beta Club Convention and Florida Senior Beta Club Convention which were both held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando.

This was the first time for our Jr. Beta Club to compete and they were amazing! Congratulations to these 8th graders for taking home a number of awards from their competition on February 2-4, 2022.

Poetry, 1st Place: Paula S. Creative Writing, 1st Place: Ella M. Drawing, 3rd Place: Caroline C. Robotics, 3rd Place: Sam Z., Aryan M., Riley H., & Finn S.

All of these members have qualified for the National Convention in Nashville in July!

FORENSICS FIRST!

Nine middle school students represented Carrollwood Day School at the forensics meet on February 9th at Berkeley Preparatory School bringing home a 1st place honor! All of the students worked very hard to research and present their competition pieces in the following categories, demonstrating that they are talented communicators and true risk-takers!

For Original Oratory students perform a speech that he/she wrote. 1st Place: Nishant S. (’27)

Vishi K. ('28)

Declamation is where students perform a previously published speech.

Lauren A. ('28) Ahroosh V. ('28) Owen P. ('28) Swara P. ('27)

Duo Interpretation of Drama is when pairs of students read from a script.

Amara M. ('27) and Sahana A. ('27)

In Oral Interpretation of Poetry students read a poem.

Zayaan M. ('27)

CONGRATULATIONS DR. SANDOVAL

Scott Sandoval, 8th grade Language and Literature teacher, is a model life-long learner. While assisting his students to prepare for their upcoming midterm exams, Scott was also preparing for a high-stakes examination of his own in his quest to earn a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership and Administration. On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, Scott successfully defended his dissertation titled The Experience of IB Teachers with Gamification to earn his Ed.D. from St. Leo University.

Scott's research focused on teachers within our MYP program learning about, implementing, and reflecting on using the gamification program, Classcraft, over several weeks. The system was used to reinforce our ATL skills with our 6th through 10th graders. Always open to innovative ideas, CDS MYP faculty were glad to have the opportunity to participate in this research. Scott shares, "I could not have done it without the support from our community at all levels. I really appreciate the flexibility from everyone and the encouragement. It really means a lot to me.

Scott serves as chair of the MS Language and Literature department at CDS. He will formally receive his Ed.D. degree at a ceremony in a few months. It will be added to his Ed.S. in Educational Leadership & Administration from St. Leo University, an Ed.S. in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Florida, and his M.A.T. in English Education and B.A. in Literature from the University of South Florida. Congratulations, Dr. Sandoval!