Tampa Day School News

TDS elementary students got to wear their pajamas to school for a Polar Express Day celebration.

TDS's music therapy program, Tuned In To Learning, is sued to teach children how to make eye contact and learn to understand expressions.

TDS is hosting a speaker series for parents called "Tools for the Parenting Toolkit."

Yoga helps children focus, build balance, and develop fine motor skills, according to an article in the Tampa Tribune.

Educational professionals: learn strategies to be more effective with students with executive functioning difficulties and increase student success.

Researchers at University of South Florida and educators at TDS are collaborating on a research project.

Article in Tampa Tribune outlines benefits of TDS yoga program.

Article in Tampa Tribune describes one family's commitment to the education of their children.

Dyslexia impacts five to 10 percent of the population. If a person has dyslexia, it is present all of their life. While the cause of dyslexia is unknown, it is known that dyslexia results from a dysfunction of one or more of the neurologic processes in the brain.

Watch how Girl Scouts assisted Tampa Day School in helping children with reading challenges.

Well over a year ago, four Cadettes in Girl Scout Troop 1006 Osceola Service Unit, Girl Scouts of West Central Florida, approached Tampa Day School (TDS) to offer their time, energy, and talent as they began their efforts to obtain the much esteemed Silver Award.

Teachers at TDS are deeply committed to practices that reduce summer academic loss as they are well aware that it can take up to two months to re-teach material that students have forgotten during the summer break.

Girl Scout Troop 1006 devoted over a year to an audiobook and flash card project, which will benefit the students of Tampa Day School and has helped the troop members earn their Silver Award.

Despite rising costs of travel and external pressures to maximize instructional time in the classroom, we not only acknowledge that kids learn from doing, we have maintained a commitment to experiential learning through extended field trip experiences.

Tampa Day School hosted the first Annual Showcase of the Arts on May 6th as a final tribute to its 40th Anniversary. Over 250 parents and professionals joined the TDS administration and faculty to pay homage to our students’ artistic talents.

Miss Stephanie Dutch, fourth grade student at Tampa Day School, beamed with pride as she announced her Miss Pre-Teen Pageant platform to the girls’ group during a lunch meeting.

Excitement permeated the halls of Tampa Day School (TDS) the afternoon of March 16th as faculty, parents, and students eagerly awaited the arrival of Rick Lavoie.

Are ADHD symptoms different in girls and boys? WebMD interviewed multiple experts, including Dr. Karniski, to discuss three main types of ADHD, gender differences between them, the symptoms associated with each type, and treatment options.

The 2009-2010 school year marks our 40th anniversary of providing high quality educational services to students in the Tampa area. To celebrate, Tampa Day School is hosting a variety of activities for our parents, alumni, professionals, and the entire community. We had a fantastic kick-off to our year of events with a community southern-style barbeque, hosted at Tampa Day School on Sunday, October 18th, with over 300 friends in attendance!