Seeing Science, Society, and So Much More in the Solar Eclipse
By Anthea Lavergne,
Director of Curriculum and the Associate Teacher Program | April 05, 2024
Teachers and students are preparing to observe Monday’s forthcoming total solar eclipse. The excitement behind whatâs on the horizon will fuel learning and ignite sparks of joy throughout our community. Our schoolâs approach to teaching and learning about the eclipse culminates with students in grades first through eighth adorning special lenses to experience, through their […]
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Blank Walls Transformed By Student Art, In a BIG! Way
By Jen James,
Chief of Staff; 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 Natureâs palette as we say goodbye to March. Thankfully, inside our walls, weâre surrounded by a growing gallery of the vibrant colors we seek from spring. From our school counselorâs […]
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At Belmont Day, the FOMO Is Real
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 âperfectâ week for your travels. Something is always happening at school, something special that you will miss, a moment of learning, sharing, caring, and joy that you wish you had experienced firsthand. The school is […]
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Changing How We Talk About Math Adds Up to Positive Results
By Rachel Starks Chaves,
Grade 8 Math Teacher | March 14, 2024
In my first teaching position, one of my seventh grade math students was a colleagueâs son. The colleague regularly connected to assure me that her son was getting by okay in math, saying things like, âI donât expect him to get great grades.â and âI always tell him: âIâm not good at math, and itâs […]
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The Quiet Power of Narrative Nonfiction
By Liz Gray,
Middle School Head; Grade 7 Social Studies Teacher | March 08, 2024
Last week, I attended the NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools) conference in St. Louis (my hometown!), where the theme was âthrive.â Speakers, presenters, and attendees like me found renewed joy and inspiration in the work we do in independent schools. The most profound lessons from this great conference came from a talk by a […]
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Where Art Thou, Mr. Largay? Teaching Shakespeare!
By Brendan Largay,
Head of School | March 01, 2024
Over the summer, Jen James, my assistant and masterful keeper of my calendar, asked me: âSo, are you planning on teaching Shakespeare again this year?â As with most questions Jen poses, she already knew the answer. In this case, it was a resounding âyes!â Now, in my twenty-fifth year in independent schools, I have taught […]
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