By Brendan Largay, Head of School | January 17, 2020
Giving is a statement of our convictions, and these days at Belmont Day, it is impossible not to feel immensely grateful for the generosity of our families, faculty, and students as we begin 2020. The size alone is a statement, the mountain of donated oatmeal boxesall destined for Pine Street Inn to support their work […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | January 10, 2020
I hope that my first column of the decade finds each of you eagerly embracing the promise of a new year. And, however you rang in 2020, I hope that the idea of a new year inspired equal doses of reflection and aspiration for you. Faced with the state of our worldtensions flaring in the […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | December 20, 2019
As Jim Walker, our intrepid associate director of marketing and communications noted in his weekly appeal for me to write this week, this is the last Scoop article of the decade. While my reflections on the decade itself will come in the new year, I cannot imagine a better voice to carry us into the […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | December 13, 2019
You wouldn’t know it. Already, the Barn has become so ingrained in the everyday reality and culture of our school that to think it has only been open for a year is hard to believe. However, December 3which, as it turned out, we celebrated with a snow daymarked the one year anniversary of Belmont Day’s […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | December 06, 2019
During a week following a holiday break, and with a snow day thrown in for good measure, you may be wondering about the timing of today’s in-service day for faculty. The answer has as much to do with the faculty that were not on campus today as it does with those who were. Today is […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | November 22, 2019
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. This summer, I asked the programmatic leadership team of Liz Gray, Minna Ham, Carlos Hoyt, Heather Woodcock, and Deborah Brissenden to read Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering. The book, which is described as both “a journey and a guide” to meaningful gatherings, helped us to consider the many ways we invite […]
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