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a community of inspiring,
bold, and remarkable
learners and leaders

Belmont Day is an all-gender, pre-kindergarten through eighth grade independent day school, where your child will be held to high standards in a supportive, nurturing environment. Through a hands-on, innovative curriculum integrated with the outdoors, students develop their voice and grow into confident communicators and leaders, well prepared for high school and life.

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Belmont Day Quick Facts

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students in our all-gender pre-kindergarten to eighth grade day school community

6:1

student-teacher ratio

10

miles from Boston in Belmont, Massachusetts

11

acres of conservation land surround our beautiful campus

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core values are shared and practiced

40%

of students identify as students of color

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The Impact of Programs Beyond the School Day

By Blair Fross, Head of Co-curricular & Auxiliary Programs | October 09, 2026

I’m writing this column after attending an inspiring SPARC National Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. SPARC (Summer Programs and Auxiliary Revenue Collaborative) is an organization dedicated to advancing independent schools through auxiliary program excellence and supporting the professional growth of auxiliary leaders in the process. This focused conference made me think about the future of the […]

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By Blair Fross, Head of Co-curricular and Auxiliary Programs |

October 9, 2026

I’m writing this column after attending an inspiring SPARC National Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. SPARC (Summer Programs and Auxiliary Revenue Collaborative) is an organization dedicated to advancing independent schools through auxiliary program excellence and supporting the professional growth of auxiliary…

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Math Students Collaborate for Clarity and Precision

BDS October 09, 2026

A seemingly simple warm-up exercise in a recent seventh grade math class posed the question, “For each pair of shapes, decide whether or not they are the same.” This warm-up should take 2 or 3 minutes. Instead, when they checked in with their groups, students realized they each had been working with their own interpretation […]
A student at a desk holding a pencil with a math textbook

By Sarah Pikcilingis, seventh grade math teacher |

October 9, 2026

A seemingly simple warm-up exercise in a recent seventh grade math class posed the question, “For each pair of shapes, decide whether or not they are the same.” This warm-up should take 2 or 3 minutes. Instead, when they checked…
Associate teacher at the white board reviewing hieroglyphs with fourth graders

Training Teachers Harnesses BDS Experience

Our associate teachers are graduate students who are knowledgeable and passionate about education. They come to Belmont Day to be mentored through a one-year residency by our master faculty. Through this collaboration with Lesley University’s Graduate School of Education, our faculty are shaping the next generation of teachers.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS
Belmont Day School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.
It does not discriminate based on race, color, national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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