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Betty Chu Pryor

Going for Gold: Building the Skills for Success

By Betty Chu Pryor, Lower School Head | September 27, 2024

(These remarks were prepared for lower school curriculum night and have been edited for length.) Our lower school division represents pre-kindergarten through grade five and includes a wide range of developmental stages and milestones. A few weeks ago, Brendan announced to the faculty that the theme of the two curriculum nights this year would be […]

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Liz Gray, middle school head

Back to Basics: Guiding Principles To Start The School Year

By Liz Gray, Middle School Head; Grade 7 Social Studies Teacher | September 20, 2024

Thank you to all who attended last evening’s middle school curriculum night. The remarks below were shared by Liz Gray, middle school head, to welcome families and kick off the event. (These remarks were edited for length.) Welcome to our middle school curriculum night. It is a joy to be able to work with each […]

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Brendan Largay

Off They Go! Why Do Middle Schoolers Start The School Year By Leaving School?

By Brendan Largay, Head of School | September 13, 2024

This week’s Scoop may be hitting your inbox at about the same time our intrepid middle schoolers return to campus from their start-of-the-year orientation/team-building trips, so apologies if you find yourself reading this in a congested carline.  This week, sixth grade students and faculty left campus for a three-day experience at Cathleen Stone Island (formerly […]

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Brendan Largay

Welcome Back, Belmont Day!

September 06, 2024

A row of trees lines the fence that separates the Osborne Tennis Courts from Big Blue. Over my years at Belmont Day—this year will be my ninth—I have come to anticipate that one of those trees, the last of the line as you move towards Claflin Field, usually offers an early signal that fall and […]

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Brendan Largay

Our Culture, Curiosity Matter: Thoughts to Send Us Into Summer

By Brendan Largay, Head of School | June 07, 2024

Happy summer, and welcome to the final Scoop Opening Message for the 2023-24 school year. It has been another tremendous year of growth, discovery, and abundant joy. As our eighth grade students prepare to become Belmont Day’s 97th graduating class, I look forward to the reflections and wisdom three graduates will share at the ceremony. […]

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Anderson Santos

Making Each Season Shine At Belmont Day

By Anderson Santos, Director of Operations | May 31, 2024

The cover is off, and the pool is shimmering again under the sun. The transition from spring to summer and from school to camp is underway, quietly building momentum through the work of a crew that keeps us constantly moving smoothly and safely through the days, weeks, and seasons at Belmont Day. I’m entering my […]

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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…

By Brendan Largay, Head of School |

March 1, 2024

Over the summer, Jen James, my assistant and masterful keeper of my calendar, asked me: “So, are you planning on teaching Shakespeare again this year?” As with most questions Jen poses, she already knew the answer. In this case, it…
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