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Starting the New School Year With Excellence in Focus (Part 1)

By Liz Gray, Middle School Head; Grade 7 Social Studies Teacher | September 23, 2022

Thank you to all who attended the Middle and Lower School Curriculum Nights during these past two weeks of school. Each night was kicked off with remarks from the respective school heads looking at the year ahead. We share those remarks in two parts. This is part one: Middle School Curriculum Night, Thursday, September 15 […]

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Starting the New School Year With Excellence in Focus (Part 2)

By Betty Chu Pryor, Lower School Head | September 23, 2022

Thank you to all who attended the Middle and Lower School Curriculum Nights during these past two weeks of school. Each night was kicked off with remarks from the respective school heads looking at the year ahead. We share those remarks in two parts. This is part two: Lower School Curriculum Night, Wednesday, September 21 […]

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Cultivating Community and Making Excellence Visible

By Brendan Largay, Head of School | September 16, 2022

During August faculty meetings, there were two key priorities as we welcomed new faculty and reckoned with fully reopening campus: transmitting school culture and setting the visible standard of excellence for our students. The first part of our time together was dedicated to understanding one another and learning about or relearning the recipe of Belmont […]

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Welcome Back!

By Brendan Largay, Head of School | September 09, 2022

In May of 2020, I watched as eighth grader Camille DeStefano ‘20 taught her virtual audience all about the benefits of exercise, the perils of sugar, and the dopamine that comes with both. I was—as I am throughout our eighth graders’ Capstone presentations—riveted. I learned a great deal from Camille that afternoon, and ever since, […]

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Happy Summer

By Brendan Largay, Head of School | June 10, 2022

These are exciting days here at Belmont Day as we are in the flurry of celebrations and traditions that will close out the school year. It will be exciting to experience an in-person Moving Up Assembly where we marvel at our students’ physical and academic growth. Teachers have been hard at work drafting final student […]

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Transitions

June 03, 2022

Memorial Day Weekend traditionally serves as the unofficial start to summer, marking the transition to warmer weather, longer days, and a change in schedule for many. For those of us who work in schools or have school-age children, summer is the start of a less predictable schedule (although maybe less so in the last couple […]

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By Betty Chu Pryor, Interim Lower School Head |

September 23, 2022

Thank you to all who attended the Middle and Lower School Curriculum Nights during these past two weeks of school. Each night was kicked off with remarks from the respective school heads looking at the year ahead. We share those…

By Brendan Largay, Head of School |

September 16, 2022

During August faculty meetings, there were two key priorities as we welcomed new faculty and reckoned with fully reopening campus: transmitting school culture and setting the visible standard of excellence for our students. The first part of our time together…

By Brendan Largay, Head of School |

September 9, 2022

In May of 2020, I watched as eighth grader Camille DeStefano ‘20 taught her virtual audience all about the benefits of exercise, the perils of sugar, and the dopamine that comes with both. I was—as I am throughout our eighth…

By Brendan Largay, Head of School |

June 10, 2022

These are exciting days here at Belmont Day as we are in the flurry of celebrations and traditions that will close out the school year. It will be exciting to experience an in-person Moving Up Assembly where we marvel at…
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By Minna Ham, Lower School Head |

June 3, 2022

Memorial Day Weekend traditionally serves as the unofficial start to summer, marking the transition to warmer weather, longer days, and a change in schedule for many. For those of us who work in schools or have school-age children, summer is…
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