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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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Brendan Largay

It Was Love at First Accreditation

By Brendan Largay, Head of School | October 04, 2024

This Sunday, Belmont Day will welcome nine faculty and administrators from a collection of independent schools who serve as the AISNE (Association of Independent Schools in New England) Accreditation Visiting Team for our ten-year accreditation visit. Technically speaking, it has been eleven years since AISNE’s last visit (the pandemic put a one-year pause on the […]

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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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By Liz Gray, Middle School Head |

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…
Liz Parfit

By Liz Parfit, Director of Admissions |

May 3, 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…
Brendan Largay

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.…

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…
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