Charleston Day School

Moe's, Chick-fil-A or Domino's? Who will get there first? 💙🍂🌮🍕🍗❤️ #cdsgrateful

See 🎥 "WHY" our CDS Community is Grateful 🍂 Inbox

Please take a moment to listen to all of the reasons why students, faculty and parents are grateful for CDS — and make sure to make your pledge or donation to Gateway Giving today! Please give or pledge here: https://www.charlestondayschool.org/gatewaygiving

[11/09/20]   We are #grateful to hear some of our Scorpion's fathers speak about their time in the military during our Veterans Day Monday morning assembly.

We want to spotlight our Scorpion community of veterans and need your help! Please message us or tag @charlestondayschool in your photos so we can share them this Wednesday for Veterans Day!

Gateway Giving — the annual fund of CDS — kicks off today! Each and every gift to Gateway Giving has an immediate impact on our students' experience. Join us in supporting the Gateway Giving campaign during the month of November. Give or pledge by visiting https://www.charlestondayschool.org/gatewaygiving/. #nationalgratitudemonth

Character class provides CDS students in all grades the opportunity to celebrate gratitude in the month of November — CDS students know what it means to be #grateful 💙❤️🍂 #nationalgratitudemonth #cdswordofthemonth

Join us for Scorpion Saturday’s Nov. 7th, Nov. 14th and Dec. 5th. http://bit.ly/CDStours Walk our art filled halls and see inside our classrooms. Availability is limited - register today!

Happy Halloween Carnival at CDS! 🎃

K-3 students made cards and crafts for our friends at Canterbury House. We aren’t able to visit them this Halloween, but we still wanted to keep the tradition going! 🎃 Happy Halloween!

👀 Look what’s in your mailbox today — The Gateway! 📪

Fifth grade art studied the anatomy of the body and of the face. The students were then asked to create a detailed self portrait using a mirror. There were no restrictions on style or color. Each completed artwork reflects a strong sense of identity and an attention toward individuality. Mrs. Osmond, K-5 Art Teacher, states, “I am so proud that the students continually face each new challenge (inside and outside of art class) with creativity, perseverance, and a growing sense of confidence.” 🎨

Fourth graders built their tallest and sturdiest towers after studying different types of buildings and foundations in science class! #stem 🏢

Our Parents' Council is excited to share their new online store where you can shop fun CDS apparel and accessories. Store closes October 30th so hurry and start shopping https://charlestondayschoolspiritstore.com/.

Here’s a sneak peek of our first graders practicing their lines for the Community Helpers performance next week! 🎤 Stay tuned to see them in their costumes next week! ⛑🦺

Meeting your Big or Little for the first time is so exciting! First and fifth graders are getting to know their new friends this morning!

Head to our website to tune in tomorrow for our Virtual Open House and hear about our CDS Experience! We invite all participants to hear from our current students and even get a peek into various classrooms. If you know of someone who may be interested in learning more about CDS for their child(ren), grandchild or friend, please contact our Director of Enrollment (link in bio).⁠
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To celebrate the end of a great first quarter in school, the sixth grade art classes painted along with Bob Ross episodes in watercolor. The students loved his encouragement and freedom as they painted their interpretations of his 25 minute oil paintings and "happy little trees." Well done! 🎨 "The Joy of Painting" with Bob Ross

The tradition continues — 8th Grade vs. Faculty Volleyball Game! 🏐 The 8th graders won the first game, faculty won the second game and the 8th graders WON the tiebreaker! 🦂 Go Scorps!

We can’t take our second graders to Antarctica, but we’ll do our best to bring it to them as they wrap up their Black and White Day Penguin Palooza projects today! 🐧

We are recognizing Hispanic American Heritage Month by having our students explore characters, authors and illustrators from diverse backgrounds in our library books. We not only read these books during our month-long celebration but all year round! Mrs. Young, CDS Librarian & Media Specialist, says "I don't like the idea of encouraging students to be cultural tourists. Instead of valuing diversity only during particular months, we recognize diverse achievements in Spanish class, in library, for math class during Invention Convention and during Preservation Week."⁠⠀
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We are excited to host our first ever Virtual Open House next week, Thursday, October 15th at 9:00AM. We invite participants to tune in to learn about The CDS Experience, hear from current students and even get a peek into various classrooms. If you know of someone who may be interested in learning more about CDS for their child(ren), grandchild or friend, please contact our Director of Enrollment at [email protected].
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10 consecutive years at 💯% faculty + staff participation in Gateway Giving, CDS’ Annual Fund!

Second grade is getting ready for their Black and White Penguin Day by completing their Penguin Palooza project! 🐧They are choosing a type of penguin to research for their presentation Friday!

One of the many benefits of being located in the heart of charleston is that some of our students can walk or bike to school! Each morning, they are greeted by faculty at the Walkers gate and then place their bikes on the racks. Happy National Walk and Bike to School Day! 🚲

Guided reading is going on today in the CDS garden! 📕 Our third graders are in their reading groups summarizing their novel's chapter.

Congratulations to our newly elected 2020-2021 Student Council Officers and Red & Blue Team Captains! We know great things are in store for the Charleston Day School Scorpions! 🦂 Go Scorps!

Getting comfortable with math assignments! 📓

Charleston Day School won the “Best Private School” in The Post and Courier Charleston’s Choice Awards! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who nominated us!

Third grade was on a shark research vessel today measuring the mass of each shark and the force that it takes to reel them in using a spring scale! 🦈

Our fifth grade is learning Executive Functioning skills such as organizing, planning, managing time and initiating and completing tasks, as well as improving attention, mental flexibility, meta-cognition and working memory. These skills help students learn to study and manage their academic responsibilities. "It is so exciting to see the students begin to take ownership of their own learning and develop their own strategies to manage studying and school materials!" says Dr. Edgerton.

Our Kindergarten Scorps are working hard on their fine motor skills by creating a bird collage in Art class! 🎨

Check out these Scorpions enjoying their outside time throughout the day!

We are excited to announce Andy Willits is the recipient of the 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award. This award was established by a former CDS family as an avenue to recognize and show appreciation for faculty members. Congratulations, Mr. Willits! 🎉 Please visit https://www.charlestondayschool.org/2020-excellence-in-teaching-award/ to read more about our eighth grade language arts teacher and Director of High School Placement Mr. Willits.

Middle school art is off to a great start! Students in grades 6-8 have been exploring the power of LINE by hand and digitally. Well done! Visit https://www.charlestondayschool.org/off-to-a-great-start-in-art/ to see more artwork from our students.

Our 7th grade science class is in the garden learning firsthand how the cell wall gives structure and support in plants. 🌿

Time to move! 🔴 Our students love being active in P.E. class!