Heights and Horizons: Experiencing the Southwest
By Liz Gray,
Middle School Head; Grade 7 Social Studies Teacher | May 10, 2024
Each year, the photos our students and chaperones snapped on the eighth grade trip to the Southwest are simply stunning. Filled with incredible landscapes, vivid colors, and magical moments of learning and joy, each frame is an archive of something special our oldest students are fortunate to experience. Travel opens our lives to new cultures […]
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The Scoop On the 2024-25 Admissions Season
By Liz Parfit,
Director of Admissions and Institutional Advancement | May 03, 2024
We are excited and proud to report that Belmont Day had another banner year of interest and engagement from prospective families. This season, we continued to see high applications relative to pre-pandemic numbers, with a remarkable 30% increase in total applications received over those that came in during the 2019-2020 admissions cycle. Our volunteer tour […]
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Creating Great Habits and Even Better Mistakes
By Brendan Largay,
Head of School | April 26, 2024
Welcome back, everyone! I hope you enjoyed a great vacation week. Typically, I use the April break to catch up on the books and magazine articles I have placed on my proverbial bedside table, and this year was no different. As I chipped away at that pile, two articles have occupied my thinking as we […]
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Capstone Week 2024: Learn, Do, Share
By Brendan Largay,
Head of School | April 12, 2024
Every year, the build-up to Capstone Week is palpable. Students carefully finalize their presentations, mentors shuffle schedules to ensure a final touchpoint with their mentees, and communication from the dynamic Capstone partners and guides Dean Spencer and Jen Friborg picks up in coordination and with a true anticipatory buzz. This week, Capstone arrived in all […]
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Seeing Science, Society, and So Much More in the Solar Eclipse
By Anthea Lavergne,
Director of Curriculum and the Associate Teacher Program | April 05, 2024
Teachers and students are preparing to observe Monday’s forthcoming total solar eclipse. The excitement behind what’s on the horizon will fuel learning and ignite sparks of joy throughout our community. Our school’s approach to teaching and learning about the eclipse culminates with students in grades first through eighth adorning special lenses to experience, through their […]
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Blank Walls Transformed By Student Art, In a BIG! Way
By Jen James,
Chief of Staff; Registrar | March 29, 2024
No doubt about it. This week has been dark, drab, and dreary outside our walls. It seems there are only shades of gray on Mother Nature’s palette as we say goodbye to March. Thankfully, inside our walls, we’re surrounded by a growing gallery of the vibrant colors we seek from spring. From our school counselor’s […]
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