October, 2010
Congratulations to Alina M and Darcy B for participating and placing in a local immigration essay contest. Both students used their everyday observations to compose written pieces expressing how immigration influences their lives and our country as a whole. Both 6th graders had the opportunity to read their compositions at a conference for immigration attorneys, impressing everyone with their thoughtful responses!
Alina placed second in the contest and wrote a poem about her father, a native of Paraguay, and his achievements in the medical world. Alina used her poem to express her personal connections to immigration, while discussing the importance of embracing our country as a melting pot of cultures.
Darcy placed third in the competition and wrote an essay about her own observations of immigration in our country. Darcy discussed her personal connection to immigration through her favorite foods that originated in other countries, and also noted that if it weren’t for immigration, she would not have the opportunity to learn foreign languages in school.
Contest Winners Alina amd Darcy along with Presenter Matt Farr, Esq
May, 2010
Congratulations to Shay B. He won first place in the Tropicana Public Speaking County contest school award, Middle School division. The theme of his speech was about the different interpretations of speech in different languages. Shay speaks 3 different languages.
05/2009
Sallie House
When the Friends of Country Day decided that the annual Walk-a-thon would be a charitable event, it was designed to instill in our children the importance of giving and teach them something that no textbook could begin to cover. The students of Country Day raised over $5,000.
The funds were presented to Sallie House, and designated to be used toward developing a learning center. This summer the vision became a reality when an empty room was turned into a warm, inviting and nurturing space, giving the children at the Sallie House a place to read, play, sing and to just be a child. Thank you to all who helped make this dream come true.
04/01/2009
Congratulations to our Tropicana Speech finalists and winners. Savanna Pendergraft and Lawrence Hamilton were the finalists for the Upper Elementary Speech Competition and Savanna Pendergraft went on to the Pinellas County Speech Competition. Madison Boos and Annie Munson were the Middle School finalists and Madison Boos competed in the Pinellas County Tropicana Speech contest and won 4th place in the county! With over 2000 participants from across the county, we’re very proud of our students pariticpation.
02/01/2009
Country Day is proud to host a camera crew working on a training video for the Guided Distance Montessori Teachers Training Website. This website provides a training tool for aspiring Montessori teachers worldwide. We are honored that our school and beautiful classrooms were chosen as a model and Mrs. Patti Rivera as the instructor on the videos. Mrs. Metka is assisting Mrs. Rivera with the Primary portions and Mrs. Goodridge with the Elementary portions of the training. The camera crew will be returning to the classrooms over several weekends to complete the project.
Congratulations to our staff! Our Montessori environments are the example of what new Montessori teachers should strive for!
12/6/2008
2nd Annual Stanley Shalit Drawing Competition
The Awards Ceremony for the 2nd Annual Stanley Shalit Drawing Competition took place at the Largo Public Library. Country Day School had three proud winners among the 98 contestants:
Nolan Z. - 2nd place in the 1st Grade group
Kristin R. - 2nd place in the 2nd Grade group
Anjali P. - 3rd place in the 2nd Grade group
Congratulations to Nolan, Kristin and Anjali, and also to all the children that participated.
7-16-2008
7-2008
Carlos Pena and Sports Campers!
Country Day Summer Campers were treated to a visit from Tampa Bay Ray's 1st baseman Carlos Pena. Our enthusiastic Rays fans greated him with chants and cheers, after which he signed autographs for the campers and thanked them for their support of the team this year.
Mr. Pena has been a terrific friend to Country Day and we thank him for dropping in!
Olivia Z., a Country Day sixth grader, presented her
regional winning essay on 'why she’s proud to be a nation of immigrants' to the Central Florida Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyer's Association. Olivia and her family were dinner guests of the association on October 12th at the Marriott Suites Clearwater Beach on Sand Key. There were over 100 attorneys present to listen to her essay.
We’d also like to thank Mrs. Nancy Parker (Immigration Lawyer and parent of Matthew & Zachary!) for being our liaison for this competition.