Welcome to the Carwise Middle School website.

To support Character and a POSITIVE climate at Carwise, we are promoting a monthly character trait. 

The Character Trait for September is :  Responsibility - Doing your best and taking ownership for your words and actions.

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September / October Newsletter

Dear Carwise Families,

I want to begin by thanking you for all your support, and for the outstanding turnout at our sixth-grade Shark Camps, orientation and open house events.  Thank you for your participation on our PTSA, School Advisory Council, and for signing up to serve our students as volunteers, mentors and chaperones.

I want to welcome and thank our new business partner, Helping Paws Animals Therapy.  They will be bringing two beautiful therapy dogs to CMS monthly to work with some of our students.

We are proud of our 5 Star designation over the past 24 years and know this will continue for our 25^th anniversary year as well!

If you need assistance to access the student Portal System (our PCS’s system used to track your child’s grades, assignments, attendance and performance data), please contact your child’s grade level counselor.  We encourage all parents and family members to utilize this system to monitor and support your child as we partner to ensure your child is well prepared for the academic rigors and challenges in high school. 

Carwise just received recognition for the third year in a row from the Career and Technical Adult Education (CTAE) administration for being the leading middle school in Pinellas County and one of the Florida State leaders in the number of students earning industry certifications, with 475 earned.  These are the same certifications earned by adults in CTAE schools across the state.

Please continue to check our CMS website for activity and club information, as well as a calendar of upcoming events.  We work hard to keep you informed and up to date on all that is happening as well as our school accomplishments. 

We also welcome any input you may have to further improve our school and the services we provide.  Please do not hesitate to contact me at 727-724-1442 X 2103, if you have any concerns, questions or recommendations.

We look forward to this (our 25^th year!) being the best year ever at CMS!

Thank you,

Robert Vicari

Principal

Click here to see the August Welcome back newsletter

Click here to view the Principal's newsletter for September-October

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We hope you will visit this site often to keep informed about what is going on in our school.

If you are looking for additional information, please do not hesitate to send a message: email the webmaster or call the school (727) 724-1442. 

Carwise Celebrates 25 years!

Come join past and present staff, students and adminstrators at our 25 year celebration.  

Friday, October 19th from 6:30-8:30pm

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FOCUS

Parents:  Do you want to keep up with your student's grades? 

Click here to get instructions on FOCUS grading

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Volunteers:

Thank you for volunteering at Carwise Middle School.  We appreciate your support to our students and our community.  Ther is a new website to log in your volunteer hours:https://focus.pcsb.org/volunteer

This will enable you to activate your volunteer status and log volunteer hours. Your username is V.last name and first initial of first name. Password is last name and birth year (19_ _).

Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)

We are now one of a few middle schools in the State of Florida to have a Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Chapter. The students engage in State and National competitions. Every competition has a business focus. Students are provided the opportunity to meet and work with top CEOs and Entrepreneurs from all over the world.  This is Carwise Middle School’s first FBLA group. We are looking forward to competing on a state level in Orlando. 

We are proud of our CMS Sharks!

NEED EXTRA HOMEWORK HELP?

The HOMEWORK HELP LINE

727 547-7223

Monday-Thursday

5PM-8PM

Homework Help Line Flyer

NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION

If you have a NEW student who needs to REGISTER for Carwise Middle School, please email Mady Jiron @ Jironm@pcsb.org or call our front office at (727) 724-1442.

Carwise Mission Statement

Our Mission is to ensure opportunities through effective and efficient operations for the success of ALL students in a safe learning environment which promotes highest achievements.

School Goals:
Highest Student Achievement
For all students to be at their appropriately determined grade level in reading, writing, math, and science using best practices including technology.

Highest Student Achievement will be accomplished by implementing an Integrated Management System, developing a High Performing Workforce, building a relationship with Partners, and assuring a Safe Learning Environment.

Safe Learning Environment
To promote student respect of the learning environment and an accident free work environment.

Carwise Middle School Outcomes:
We want our students to become:

• effective communicators
• collaborative workers
• creative thinkers and problem solvers
• self-directed learners
• community contributors
• social interactors
• quality producers