Canterbury School of Florida introduces Motor Lab on Hough Campus.

Achieving academic success is directly linked to a child’s motor skills and early childhood development.

Dante Tornello has always embraced the value of confronting challenges—no matter the pit stops or hairpin turns that may lie ahead.

A proud Canterbury alum, Tornello joined the CSF community as he entered third grade.

At Canterbury, we’re known for our many advanced academic offerings and signature programs, like our Character Education program (also known as LEADS). However, one program that sets Canterbury apart is our Marine Studies program, which teaches our students the importance of conservation as well as how to become environmental leaders. Canterbury students also have the opportunity to learn through our state of the art Cousteau Center for Marine Studies and local partnerships with other key environmental leaders.

Canterbury School of Florida is offering summer camp programs to provide students with an active, educational, and explorative summer experience. Providing full and half-day camps, the summer program is open to all Tampa Bay youth in PK3 through Grade 12, not just Canterbury students. Attendees will be able to choose from a variety of unique camps that will encourage them to step out of their comfort zone and try something new. 

According to the U.S. Department of Education, character education is defined as “a learning process that enables students and adults in a school community to understand, care about and act on core ethical values.” To put it simply, the definition for character education can be found in its name—it is the idea that education can not simply teach the mind, but it must also help to develop a student’s overall character.

Great schools are made up of an ongoing partnership between parents, students, teachers, and alumni, and when students join the Canterbury community, they become a part of that unique family for a lifetime. In this blog, we’ve checked in with Canterbury alumni Miguel Turcios, who is constantly redefining success and pushing through boundaries.

When choosing an elementary, middle, and high school for their child, most parents have their own unique predispositions about what is the right fit for their child, but what truly makes a school stand out above the others? 

Selecting a school for your child’s education is one of the most important decisions a parent has to make.

Q&A with Julie Cove, Spanish and ESL Instructor. 

Q&A with Carrie Wilson, Director of Center for Academic Success. 

Q&A with Matt Thompson, Director of Athletics. 

We are pleased to announce that the Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) has named Canterbury as the Cary McDonald Athletic Program of the Year in the 2A classification!

Q&A with David Gould, Chaplain. 

Q&A with Jeff Donnelly, Dean of Students. 

Q&A with Molly Smith, Dean of Student Life. 

Last year, our middle school art program partnered with Johns Hopkins All Childrens’ Hospital to provide artwork for the radiology department waiting room.  During the COVID-19 lockdown, it became extremely important for our students to experience the unique catharsis of creativity during a stressful time, and create artwork to help inspire other children and their families during potentially stressful moments.

The Winter Sports Awards Ceremony is a celebration of our student-athletes for their commitment, desire to compete, and dedication to their sport in the middle of a pandemic.

This year would not be possible without the support of parents, coaches, teachers, and peers.  All too often, we had to learn lessons in patience, flexibility, and communication. We nailed that this year!

We were thrilled to announce the 2020-21 Merit Scholarship winners!

The scholarships is offered to well-qualified applicants who met academic and leadership criteria determined by a committee. The recipients earn a reduced tuition discount, but they also earn the honor of recognition for exceptional academics and character.

It was a blustery day in early December when St. Nicholas, after tying up his reindeer in the parking lot, abruptly appeared in Chapel on our Hough Campus. 

What was the occasion of his visit you may ask? Well, to tell us all about himself of course! His big day is just around the corner.

St. Nicholas, known to historians as Bishop Nicholas of Myra (270-343), told us that his parents died when he was a teenager and after their death, he inherited a large sum of money. His uncle, who was a priest, took him in and raised him. Nicholas grew up learning about how God loves all people and how he could show people love through a generous spirit.

Day of the Dead is a holiday mostly celebrated in Mexico but is rapidly spreading to other countries. It is not Halloween. In fact, it would more closely align with the Christian celebrations of All Saints Day and All Souls Day.  

The Day of the Dead celebration is Nov. 1 and 2. It is marked by parades, special foods, festivals, and the creation of ofrendas to celebrate the deceased. An ofrenda is covered with marigolds, pictures, candles, and symbols of the deceased's life. It is believed that the spirits of the deceased return to visit their families during this time.

As much as we want to shield our students from the atrocities of life, we cannot. With our students being online more than ever, they are exposed. Video clips and news headlines pop up on every social media site there is. Students hear their friends talking and overhear their parents. Even if they don’t know exactly what is going on, they sense the tension in the air.

I am thinking about bigger things, and recently, I couldn’t get my Muslim brothers and sisters out of my mind. Why them and why now? Because we are connected to the person half-way across the world just like we are to the neighbor next door. COVID-19 has taught us that.

How does an egg drop experiment become a drivers' education lesson? Read one to learn how Ms. Suchanek is teaching the importance of driving restraints to students by demonstrating the force of impact on an egg.

It surely feels like much longer than a couple of weeks ago that we started thinking about how the coronavirus could actually affect us. Yet now we find ourselves in a world that resembles one of those rides at the fair where the car goes every which way and then more.

It is truly difficult to comprehend what is happening around the world and particularly in our own community. There is so much unknown in the midst of our knowing. This creates great anxiety among adults and therefore in our children. Even our pets sense our being off-balance.

In a ceremony focused on scholarship, leadership, service, and character, which speaks to Canterbury’s Mission and Core Values, twenty juniors and seniors were inducted into the National Honor Society (NHS) the morning of Tuesday, March 3.

It’s not every day that you come in contact with a real-life Barbie. Upper School students were paid a virtual visit on Monday by tennis great Billie Jean King, who was recently honored with a doll in her likeness for the ”Barbie Inspiring Women” series. A longtime human equality activist, King discussed everything from creating a platform to make a difference to the birth of women’s tennis and her lengthy career as the number one women’s tennis player in the world to equal pay for women. 

Third-grade math teacher Meg Hart explains what Eureka Math is and how it supports learning math for students each year at Canterbury.

Exciting news spread across campus last Friday. Not one, but TWO of our science teachers won The Barrett Family Foundation Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teacher Award this year! One of those teachers is a two-time recipient of the award.

Crusaders showed their school spirit during Homecoming week. Blue and gold filled the campus for Spirit Week festivities. Check out the costumes, class colors, decorations, parades, games, the FLASH MOB, and more! 

They don't remember 9/11 as we do. They weren't even born the day our nation was put on pause 18 years ago. Yet, our middle school students put together a moving tribute in remembrance of those events for Patriot's Day Chapel.

Mono no aware roughly translates from Japanese to an umbrella term that describes the bittersweetness of a brief and breathtaking moment of transcendent beauty... and the tranquility it inspires within. 

It was in this lesson that I truly came to understand the beauty that lies within the ending of all things spectacular. 

World War II statistics are staggering. The numbers are too big to comprehend and, simply, become sad and distant data. In order to dive deeper into history and create an experience of understanding and empathy, one must take relevant content, like Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel Maus, Erik Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts, David Benioff’s City of Thieves, and Antony Beevor’s D-Day: The Battle for Normandy.