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The Associate Teacher Program: Learning, Teaching, Inspiring

By Anthea Lavergne, Director of Curriculum and the Associate Teacher Program | November 15, 2024

In a short walk from this morning’s Fall Sports Assembly in the Barn to Mrs. Bettinelli’s music room in the Schoolhouse, the impact and importance of the Associate Teacher program at Belmont Day School were on full display. At the assembly, John O’Neill, our director of athletics and a former associate teacher at BDS, ran […]

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Our Helping Hands

November 08, 2024

Stepping through the front door of the Schoolhouse this month, our students, faculty, parents, and guests are being greeted by a growing gallery of colorful hands. From afar, the hands wave together joyfully to welcome us to the community. As we get closer, the hands beckon us to take a closer look. From both perspectives, […]

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Brendan Largay

Certainty in an Uncertain Time

By Brendan Largay, Head of School | November 01, 2024

I was “Deep in the Heart” at the 2024 Elementary School Heads Association (ESHA) Head’s Retreat earlier this week in Austin, Texas. I gathered with fellow heads of school in that big state to consider the big ways that school leadership, the upcoming presidential election, and the post-pandemic state of the world intersect. The four […]

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Betty Chu Pryor

Tips For Successful Parent-Teacher Conferences

By Betty Chu Pryor, Lower School Head | October 25, 2024

Next Thursday and Friday, we will host our fall parent-teacher conferences in grades PK-8. Every parent/guardian will have the opportunity to meet with their child’s teacher(s) to discuss their child’s progress, set goals for the year, and ask questions. Having had the opportunity to experience these meetings both as a parent and as a teacher, […]

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Annie Fuerst

The Power of ‘The Share’

By Annie Fuerst, Director of Innovation | October 18, 2024

This week, the innovation team presented about last spring’s community birding project at the annual MassCUE conference at Gillette Stadium. Upon returning to campus today, we are scanning and folding the final zines for our table at the Watertown Library Zine Fest on Saturday and preparing to welcome families to the Admissions Open House on […]

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Betty Chu Pryor

Planting the Seeds of Independence

By Betty Chu Pryor, Lower School Head | October 11, 2024

Yesterday, I had the rare opportunity to leave campus during school hours when I joined our fifth grade at The Farm School–a non-profit educational farm on 400 acres of land in Athol, Mass. Formerly a sixth grade trip back when our middle school was smaller, the three-day, two-night excursion is now a landmark experience for […]

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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…

By Anthea Lavergne, Director of Curriculum and the Associate Teacher Program |

April 5, 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…

By Jen James, Assistant to the Head of School and 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…
Brendan Largay

By Brendan Largay, Head of School |

March 22, 2024

As a head of school, you learn that when you take a bit of time away, there is never a “perfect” week for your travels. Something is always happening at school, something special that you will miss, a moment of…
Rachel Starks Chaves

By Dr. Rachel Starks Chaves, Eighth Grade Math Teacher |

March 14, 2024

In my first teaching position, one of my seventh grade math students was a colleague’s son. The colleague regularly connected to assure me that her son was getting by okay in math, saying things like, “I don’t expect him to…
Liz Gray, middle school head

By Liz Gray, Middle School Head |

March 8, 2024

Last week, I attended the NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools) conference in St. Louis (my hometown!), where the theme was “thrive.” Speakers, presenters, and attendees like me found renewed joy and inspiration in the work we do in independent…
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