Carrollwood Day School ( http://www.carrollwooddayschool.org) is a progressive International Baccalaureate (IB) independent school located in North Tampa, FL. Since its beginning in 1982 as an early childhood center, Carrollwood Day School has grown to serve more than 1200 students from age two through 12th grade. CDS is recognized nationally for its academic excellence and its innovative school-wide emphasis on character development.
The vision of Carrollwood Day School is to build a community prepared and inspired to better the world. As an IB World School, we cultivate principled entrepreneurial thinkers for a global society by enriching the mind, strengthening the character, and inspiring the passions of our community.
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.
Carrollwood Day School is one of only 36 independent schools in the United States to offer the full curriculum/continuum of IB programmes from early childhood through college prep (PYP, MYP, and DP). In 2019, CDS was honored to become one of only 15 U.S. schools to earn membership in the Cum Laude Society and also offer an International Baccalaureate education.
Understanding that a team of skilled, supported, and growth-minded teachers is what leads to student success, the first pillar of our strategic plan is to become the destination school for educators in the Tampa Bay region. Want to join our team and better the world?