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Connie Yepez

Accountability: A Key Ingredient for Growth, Learning

By Connie Yepez, Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging | February 16, 2024

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou As human beings, we are fallible; we are imperfect. At some point, we will all make mistakes that hurt others or that we wish we could take back. Our core values of honesty and responsibility are […]

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Annie Fuerst

STEAM Learning: A Wonderfully Messy Process

By Annie Fuerst, Director of Innovation | February 09, 2024

Downstairs from my office in the Barn, what looks like a mess is growing out from the door of our IMPACT Lab. Students sit and work between piles of cardboard and yarn. They reach in all directions for haphazardly folded papers covered in mysterious scribbles. The floor is now an abstract canvas, sectioned off with […]

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John O'Neill

The Big Win of Our Friday Night Tradition

By John O'Neill, Director of Athletics | February 02, 2024

The Barn gym may be empty as I write this, yet I can see and hear the excitement—”Let’s GO, BDS!” is ringing out, flashes of blue and gold are everywhere, players race back and forth between the lines, and familiar faces surround the court, chatting, laughing, and cheering.  Tonight, our varsity basketball teams take the […]

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Brendan Largay

The Value of a Different Perspective

By Brendan Largay, Head of School | January 26, 2024

I attended the Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE) heads’ retreat and winter board meeting in Portsmouth, NH, this week. It was inspiring, reinvigorating, and a worthwhile pause and reflection during another busy school year. This spring, after two terms over six years, I will step off of AISNE’s board, where I serve […]

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Working To Ensure Belmont Day’s Legacy

By Anthea Lavergne, Director of Curriculum and the Associate Teacher Program | January 18, 2024

Last week in this space, my colleague, Jess Halton, beautifully wrote about how we, as a community, can honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through “Teaching, Learning, and Philanthropy.” Her words got me thinking about legacy and how closely connected a person’s legacy is to our socialization, relationships with history, and personal experiences, beliefs, attitudes, […]

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Jessica Halton

Honoring Dr. King Through Teaching, Learning, and Philanthropy

By Jessica Halton, Director of Development | January 12, 2024

“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words guide us as we strive to nurture a culture of philanthropy here at Belmont Day. While our six core values—excellence, […]

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Connie Yepez

By Connie Yepez, Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging |

February 16, 2024

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou As human beings, we are fallible; we are imperfect. At some point, we will all make mistakes that hurt others or…
Annie Fuerst

By Annie Fuerst, Director of Innovation |

February 9, 2024

Downstairs from my office in the Barn, what looks like a mess is growing out from the door of our IMPACT Lab. Students sit and work between piles of cardboard and yarn. They reach in all directions for haphazardly folded…
John O'Neill

By John O'Neill, Director of Athletics |

February 2, 2024

The Barn gym may be empty as I write this, yet I can see and hear the excitement—”Let’s GO, BDS!” is ringing out, flashes of blue and gold are everywhere, players race back and forth between the lines, and familiar…
Brendan Largay

By Brendan Largay, Head of School |

January 26, 2024

I attended the Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE) heads’ retreat and winter board meeting in Portsmouth, NH, this week. It was inspiring, reinvigorating, and a worthwhile pause and reflection during another busy school year. This spring, after…

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

January 18, 2024

Last week in this space, my colleague, Jess Halton, beautifully wrote about how we, as a community, can honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through “Teaching, Learning, and Philanthropy.” Her words got me thinking about legacy and how closely connected…
Jessica Halton

By Jessica Halton, Director of Development |

January 12, 2024

“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words guide us as we strive…
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