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OUR COMMITMENTS COMMITMENT TO CHARACTER EDUCATION • CDS offers a school-wide character education initiative that begins with the Early Childhood Campus through the Upper School. • CDS maintains a nationally recognized character education initiative. • CDS counseling department provides lessons focused on IB learner profiles and taught through homeroom & advisory programs. COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE • CDS follows the IB goal to develop both performance and moral character through the model of the IB Learner Profile and the IB Attitudes. • CDS students learn and apply important life skills to build self-esteem. • CDS students experience a safe classroom environment. • CDS students develop an understanding that other people, with differences, can also be right . COMMITMENT TO ESSENTIAL AGREEMENT • Peer interaction is facilitated through our “learning community” using the school-wide essential agreement to honor and respect each other. • The components of the CDS Essential Agreement are: Attentive Listening, Mutual Respect, Appreciation (no put downs), and Right to Pass (only used for non-academic discussions). The mission of Carrollwood Day School is to create entrepreneurial thinkers for a global society. We provide strong character-based education emphasizing problem-solving skills and philanthropic understanding. Our students are prepared to be world leaders using the International Baccalaureate Programmes, cutting-edge technology, creative arts, and competitive athletics. Most importantly, CDS fosters the development of the entire student not only in academics, but also ethically, emotionally, and through social experience. Our goal is to help students discover and develop their own talents and interests and use these to better the world and themselves.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION STATEMENT Carrollwood Day School embraces and celebrates the rich diversity of our students, employees, and families from all backgrounds. As an International Baccalaureate continuum school, CDS strives to create a supportive and inclusive learning environment where each person is valued. We work to intentionally develop cross-cultural competency and appreciation of differences within all constituents. We value the influence of a wide range of experiences and perspectives in our classrooms, relationships, and interactions as we prepare our students to contribute to a diverse and interconnected world.
1981 CDS founded as a preschool
1980s
2014 2012 New State-ofthe-art theatre opened
2004 BLUE RIBBON School
2006
Elementary & middle school added
STEEM Program Initiated
Upper School Added
2005 Became an IB world School (PYP)
2011 New Elementary building opened; construction on new upper school completed
MULTI-YEAR 2003 & 2017 WINNER of county-wide outstanding sportsmanship awards for both middle and upper school athletics
National School of Character
FAST FACTS ABOUT CDS
2008 Added MYP & DP
2016
New Hayes Family Gymnasium & Wagner Athletic Upper School students are given Complex open the opportunity to
TRAVEL ABROAD for service learning trips
2015 FHSAA Academic Champions in all divisions
Follow CDS Athletics @ CDS Patriots @ CDS_Athletics @ carrollwooddayschool
2016/2017 ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS Team Accomplishments State Runner Up - Girls’ Basketball Regional Finalist - Volleyball and Softball District Champions- Volleyball, Girls’ Soccer, Girls’ Basketball, Softball, Boys’ Tennis, and Girls’ Tennis FHSAA Academic Team Champions Volleyball – 1st in Class 3A (3.832) Overall Standing 3A – 2nd place Distinguished Efforts for the Team Cross Country: Entire boys’ team advanced to Regionals Swimming: Girls’ team advanced to Regionals Girls’ Basketball: Head Coach named Coach of the Year by the Tampa Bay Times. Tampa Bay Times All-Tampa Bay Girls’ Basketball Team: One Second Team, One Honorable Mention Boys’ Soccer: Tampa Bay Times All-Tampa Bay Boys’ Soccer Team: Two Honorable Mentions Girls’ Soccer: Tampa Bay Times All-Tampa Bay Girls’ Soccer Team: Two Honorable Mentions Wrestling: Entire team advanced to Regionals. Individual state runner up. Tampa Bay Times All-Tampa Bay Wrestling Team: One Second Team, One Honorable Mention Track and Field: Individuals and teams advanced to Regionals. One individual state qualifier. Tampa Bay Times All-Tampa Bay Girls’ Track and Field: One Honorable Mention Girls’ and Boys’ Tennis: District Champions in singles and doubles Softball: Tampa Bay Times All-Tampa Bay Girls’ Soccer Team: One Honorable Mention
CDS IS PICKING UP STEEM A NEW YEAR...A Continued Commitment to STEEM Education at CDS
STEEM activities permeate the entire curriculum at CDS:
Science Technology Entrepreneurship Engineering Mathematics
ECC students learn through hands-on activities in the classroom and during inquiry time, exploring concepts such as life cycles, the human body, the impact of environment on our daily lives, and robotics. Elementary students plan, build and demonstrate a variety of engineering projects in the MakerLab, including experiments with coding, simple machines, stop-motion movies, and 3-D printing. Middle school students continue their study of coding, engineering, and 3-D printing in Design Tech, a stand-alone core class that also coordinates with other subjects such as science and humanities. Upper school students complete the STEEM curriculum by choosing semester-long courses in engineering, coding, or entrepreneurship, giving them hands-on experience that may translate to a STEEM-related career.
CDS Prepares students for college INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMME Primary Years Program (PYP): Age 3-Grade 5 • The PYP focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer both in the classroom and in the world outside. • Students focus on six disciplines - Language, Math, Science, Social Studies, Arts, and Personal/Social/Physical Education - taught through six transdisciplinary themes - who we are, where we are in place and time, how we express ourselves, how the world works, how we organize ourselves, and sharing the planet. • Exhibition is the culiminating event of the PYP as fifth grade students, working together as a class, use the PYP transdisciplinary skills to identify, investigate and offer solutions to identified real life issues or problems.
Middle Years Program (MYP): Grades 6-10 • The MYP encourages students to become creative, critical, and reflective thinkers. • Student learning is centered around a statement of inquiry that allows for both broad concepts and specific skills to be taught simultaneously. • Students are deliberately taught the Design Cycle, focusing on research and problem solving. • Students are taught balance by focusing on eight subjects: Mathematics, Sciences, Language and Literature, Language Acquisition, Humanities, PE, Technology, and the Arts. • As a culmination of the program, students use the Design Cycle to explore a topic of their choice and create a personal project during their sophomore year.
Carrollwood Day School has been an IB World School since March 2005. CDS is the first IB World School in Florida fully authorized to offer the IB continuum of IB programmes and the sixth school in the U.S. to achieve this distinction.
IB LEARNERS STRIVE TO BE: Inquirers Knowledgeable Thinkers Communicators Principled Open-minded Caring Risk Takers Balanced Reflective
Diploma Program (DP): Grades 11 & 12 • The DP is designed as an academically challenging and balanced program of education, which is evaluated using both internal and external assessments. It is normally taught over two years. • Students study courses from six categories at the higher or standard level: Studies in Language and Literature, Language Acquisition, Individuals and Societies, Sciences, Mathematics, and the Arts. • There are three additional core requirements: The Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge, and Creativity, Action and Service (CAS). Assessment is criterion-based, showing how students perform or work toward the mastery of objectives for each subject area. • Students who do not take the IB test in all six areas, or opt out of one or more of the core requirements, are considered Course Candidates and receive certificates for each of the subjects in which they take the exam.
CDS SUPPORTS THE ARTS THEATRE | MUSIC | VISUAL
April 2017 CDS Middle School Hosted its first “Symphony of the Arts” which showcased: • Music performances by 8th grade music classes and select soloists. • Special guest performance by the CDS Upper School Orchestra with selected 8th grade music students. • Theater performances from CDS Junior Thespian Troupe 89245. • Works from 8th grade visual artists and select 6th and 7th grade artists.
Each division hosted an Art Show featuring artwork created during the school year: ECC Art Show, Spring Fling Art Show, MS Symphony of the Arts and US DP Art Show. The Performing Arts department put on two major musical theatre productions this year: • Beauty and the Beast had two casts with more than 95 students from grades 3-12. • The Addams Family featured a cast made up of middle school and upper school students.
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RILEY TROYER Purdue University National Merit Finalist
GAGAN MIDATHALA University of Florida Patriot Award
WHAT
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"WE HAVE THE BEST TEACHERS IN THE WORLD." CDS 5th Grade Student
"cds has teachers that truly care and will help you through anything."
"THE academics are rigorous, but prepare you for college."
cds 10th grade Student
cds 12th grade student "the name oF my school means education with character that will last you a lifetime."
"I feel like i am part of A family at cds." CDS 2nd Grader
CDS 7th Grader
For more information or a private tour, contact Our Admissions Office at 813.920.2288 DAWN SCHWEITZER Director of Admissions dschweitzer@CarrollwoodDaySchool.org
MICHELLE CACERES Assistant Director of Admissions mcaceres@CarrollwoodDaySchool.org
Bearss Avenue Campus 1515 W. Bearss Avenue Tampa, FL 33613
CHARLOTTE BENZIGER Admissions Associate cbenziger@CarrollwoodDaySchool.org
Early Childhood Campus 12606 Casey Road Tampa, FL 33618
Accredited by FCIS, FKC, IBO, NAIS, and SACS