April 2022.  Ten FBLA members took honors at the State level competition:   Finlay O. ('23), Ryan S. ('23), Vu P. ('23), and Mahir S. ('23) took 1st Place in Virtual Business Management simulation and will move onto the national final round; Vikram B. ('23) and Carter C. ('23) won 3rd place for their Public Service Announcement production event and will move onto Nationals; Morgan A. ('24) placed 5th Place in Digital Video Production; and Sabrina F. ('27), Allison F. ('27) and Swara P. ('27) earned 3rd Place in Critical Thinking.

April 2022. Suhani S. ('22) was selected to receive a college scholarship in the 2022 R.F. "Red" Pittman Tribune Scholars program. This competition is open to graduating seniors from Hillsborough County whose grade point average falls inside the top 3 percent of their class.

April 2022. 51 9th and 10th grade students were medalists in the 2022 National Spanish Exam. Gold medalists were: Class of 2025: Aarnav C. and Kiara T.  and Mohammad A., William K., Ava O., Valentina R., Murphy S., Anika S., Dylan S., Katia T., Marco W., and
Wyatt W. from the Class of 2024.

April 2022. Carrollwood Day School is proud to announce the valedictorian and co-salutatorians for the Class of 2022, the 14th graduating class from CDS. The Valedictorian is Ashna P. and Co-Salutatorians are Suhani S. and Gabriel Slater.

April 2022. Presidente: Saaya A., Vice Presidentes: Bodi B. y Samuel H., Secretaria: Charley J., Tesorera: Avery E. W., Historiadora: Mikaela A., and Coordinador de Los Eventos: Finn S. along with 20 other 8th graders were inducted into the Middle School Spanish Honor Society, Sociedad Hispánica de Amistad at the Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City.

April 2022. 9 seniors and 7 juniors were inducted into The Cum Laude Society.  Seniors have to rank in the top 20% of their class and juniors must rank in the top 10% of their class to earn membership in this prestigious honor society.

April 2022.  Sarah N. ('25) placed 2nd in the HOSA State Leadership Conference in the Healthy Lifestyles category. Sarah's second place win qualifies her to compete at the Annual HOSA International Leadership Conference which will be held in Nashville, TN at the end of June.

March 2022. Six seniors were named National Merit Scholar Finalists.

March 2022. 15 CDS students in grades 3 - 12 entered projects in the Hillsborough Regional STEM Fair early March, with the majority being in elementary school! 7th grader, Swara P. received not only the special award for the junior/senior division but Best of Fair in the junior division for her project on "The Multinutrient Biofortification of Microgreens Using Cyanobacteria, Year 2." She was also recognized with a Special Award Junior & Senior Division, was a member of the Ambassador team responsible for leading VIP's, and will represent CDS at the state level. Elementary winners were Stefano H.  (4th grade) Excellent Award for his project, "What Floats Your Boat?", Juliette D. (4th Grade) won a Superior Award for "Fizz-Ology,"  Anshul S., Tanish A., and Adith B. (5th grade) also won a Superior Award for their project "SAFEV3," 5th graders Sulayman H. and Gabe K. received an Outstanding Award for "Which Mask Prevents the Spread Best?" and Nikolaos G. (3rd grade) received the Lola Simon Chapter #33 Award for his project, "How Buildings Can Survive Natural Disasters."

January 2022. CDS Speech & Debate team competed at the January Tournament held at Strawberry Crest High School. Asher G. and Hailee A. ('23) took second place in their debut in Duo Interpretation, Carter C. ('23) took third in Lincoln-Douglas debate, and Katia T. ('24) took third in her debut in Declamation.

January 2022. Seventeen upper school FBLA members qualified at the district competition to move on to the state-level competition. 1st place winners:  Aidan R. (’22) Business Calculations, Matthew D. (’22) Computer Problem Solving, Morgan A. (’24) Digital Video Production, Laney H. (’22) E-Business, JD B. (’23) and Ethan E. (’23) Public Service Announcement, Rohan K. (’22), Andrew F. (’22), and Dhillon P. (’22) Sales Presentation. 2nd place winners: Courtney T. (’22) Business Law, Aarnav C. (’23) Impromptu Speaking, Lillie S. (’22) Journalism, Gabe S. (’22) Political Science, Carter C. (’23), and Vikram B. (’23), Jacob F. (’24) and Brooks P. (’24) Sports and Entertainment Management.

January 2022. Sixteen upper school HOSA members qualified at the Region 4 Winter Competitive Events Conference to move on to the state-level competition.  1st place winners:  Bhuvi R. (’24) Clinical Specialty, Tejas R. (’23) Job Seeking Skills; 2nd place winners: Jack R. (’24) Dental Terminology, Adele S. (’24) Extemporaneous Writing, Sara N. (’25) Healthy Lifestyle, Evan H. (’23), Jason G. (’23), Nathan F. (’23), and Mahir S. (’23) HOSA Bowl, Asher G. (’23), Keira M. (’23), Hailee S. (’23), and Madeline M. (’23) Public Service Announcement; 3rd place winners: Cathy P. (’25) Researched Persuasive Writing, Angelina B. (’22) and Chloe T. (’22) Forensic Science.

November 2021. CDS middle and upper school students scored well above the national and Florida averages in the Bebras^® Computing Challenge. Matthew D. ('22) scored highest in the state of Florida for his age level. Others scoring high enough to earn distinctions are:  Jeremy C.-P. ('28), Kiyana R. ('28), Nishant S. ('27), Aayush P. ('24), and Alexander K. ('23).

November 2021. Speech and Debate team competed at their first event at Sickles High School. Carter C. ('23) finished in first place and Vikram B. ('23) finished second in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. Jada C. ('25) finished second in Declamation speech.

November 2021. 5th graders, Ryan M. and Gabriel K. tied for first place at the Hillsborough County Science Olympics at MOSI.

October 2021. Anika S. ('24) earned a perfect score on the college-level Advanced  Placement® (AP®) Exam for Computer Science Principles in spring 2021. Anika not only received the top score of 5, but was also one of only 335 students in the world to earn every point possible on the AP Computer Science Principles Exam, receiving the maximum score on each portion of the exam.

September 2021.  This year, eleven of our seniors (12% of the senior class) scored a perfect mark (800 for SAT, and 36 for ACT) on at least one of their standardized test sections, including one who scored a perfect superscore on his ACT. Perfect SAT math scores: Ethan D. and Suhani S.  ACT scores of 36: Aanchal N. (reading & English), Alexa G. (reading & English), Aryan B. (English, reading & math, plus a superscore of 36), Fiona W-C. (reading), Justin D. (English), Hannah M. (reading), Matthew D. (science), Ryan K. (reading & science), and Zoe W. (reading).

September 2021. Six members of the Class of 2022 were named National Merit Semifinalists: Aryan B., Ashna P., Gabe S., Justin D., Samantha A., and Suhani S. In addition, Samantha A. and Julian A. were named National Hispanic Scholars and James C. was named a National African American Scholar. Alexa G. was recognized as a National Merit Scholar Commended Student.

April 2022. Kate Wass ('23) was awarded the Parker Hayes Good Mood Award. This Award is presented each year to a junior who best exemplifies CDS values including curiosity and interest in learning, leadership, caring and empathy, integrity, loyalty, and a sense of humor. 

March 2022.  Carrollwood Day School was accepted as a Round Square Candidate School, becoming part of a vibrant, international network of 230 schools in 50 countries across six continents that connect and collaborate to offer experiences which develop global understanding.

February 2022. A founding group of 20 intrepid CDS students from grades 9 – 12 have embarked on a six-month mission to achieve the Bronze level of The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award.

February 2022. James C. ('22) was recognized at the City of Tampa, Celebrating Our Unsung Heroes 34th Anniversary Black History Celebration for his community service and leadership efforts in Tampa. 

December 2021. Through their partnership with We Help Two, CDS kindergarten classes sold 168 pairs of socks, enough to cover 50% of the cost for a clean water project for people in Rwanda. They also received 168 pairs of socks to donate locally.

September 2021. Hallie S. ('22) received the 2021 Anne Frank Humanitarian Award given by the Florida Holocaust Museum.

April 2022. Gabriel L. (’27) won first place for his poster in the middle school division in the Hillsborough County Public Utilities and the City of Tampa Water Department "Drop Savers" poster contest.

March 2022. Angelina B. ('22) was awarded 1st place in Water Media for her piece, The Kintsugi Cracks in the Annual 14th Congressional District and Next Generation High School Art Competition at the Tampa Museum of Art.  Angelina's entry along with other select pieces created by high school students from across Hillsborough County will be on display at the Tampa Museum of Art through April.

October 2021. Upper school thespians earned honors at the District Individual Events Festival: Murphy S. '23, Keira O. '22, and Angelina B. '22, were awarded Superiors and invited to compete at the State Competition in March.  A special congratulations to Angelina B. for being awarded "Top Honors" in Make-up Design, a first for CDS.

March 2021. TC L. ('23) aka Tsoysauce is the 2020 Grand Prize winner (Session I) for his song "Planet ZERO" in the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Competition (Electronic Music category). Beginning April 1, he competes head to head with the session II winner for the 2020 Lennon Award in Electronic Music. The Lennon Award winners will be announced on May 1.  In July, the 12 Lennon Award Winners will compete for the Song of the Year and an award package that includes a $20,000 cash award.

March 2021. Artwork by two CDS upper school students, Kaylee S. ('21) and Angelina B. ('22), has been selected to compete at the 14th Congressional District and Next Generation High School Art Competition hosted by the Tampa Museum of Art.

This year, CDS is proud to share that two of our upper school students, Kaylee S. '21 and Angelina B. '22, have been selected to have their artwork featured at the Tampa Museum of Art from March 4, 2021 - April 4, 2021.

April 2022.  CDS hosted our first eSports event with seven other local schools. CDS middle schoolers, Aiden S. ('28) achieved Quarterfinalist, and Garrett F. ('26) survived to round 2, while Francisco C. ('22) "BYoSUke" moved up to the Semifinals to represent our Upper School. Nathan F.  ('23) "BoiledOden" finished as one of the top three finalists at the tournament. 

April 2022.  Both the boys' and girls' Track and Field teams finished in 1st Place at their District Meet.

April 2022.  Aidan Gionis ('27) for winning the Class 1A, District 9 Tennis Tournament and will compete in the Individual Singles Bracket at the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) Tennis State Championship.

February 2022. Laney H. ('22) is one of the first high school student-athletes in the nation to sign an NIL, a deal that allows student-athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness.

November 2021. Three volleyball players signed their letters of intent to play collegiate volleyball. Jessie G. ('22) signed her letter of intent to play Division 1 volleyball at Brown University, Laney H. ('22) signed to play with Oglethorpe University, and Jasmine W. signed with The University of Arkansas at Monticello.

October 2021. Laney H. ('22) was selected by Positive Coaching Alliance-Tampa Bay as a Triple-Impact Competitor® Scholarship Winner for the Class of 2022.

September 2021. Adele S. ('24) was named to the USA Swimming 2021 Scholastic All-American Team.

December 2021. Lisa Vicencio, CDS PYP Coordinator, was elected to serve on the FLIBS (Florida Association of IB Schools) executive board as PYP Chair-elect. This is the second time Lisa was elected to serve on the executive board. From 2017-2019, she served as the PYP secretary. 

December 2021. Barbie Monty, 5th grade teacher was awarded an Enrichment Grant by FLIBS (Florida Association of IB Schools) to attend the IB Exhibition Workshop. Katharine Mosher, 2nd grade teacher, was awarded an Excellence Grant by FLIBS for KiwiCo kits to enhance her IB units of inquiry.