Arts Update: Sixth Graders Improvise Family Portraits
Sixth graders have been learning all about the art of improv in their theater arts intensive. In this activity entitled “Family Portrait,” each group came up one at a time and was given a title for a picture that revolves around a type of family.
Seventh Graders Research and Educate on Climate Change
In seven grade science, students have been learning about climate change and the greenhouse effect through a variety of different lenses, including evaluating climate data, conducting research, performing simulations, and doing interviews. Students were tasked with using what they learned about climate change in order to educate an audience of their choice about the science behind the greenhouse effect.
Fifth Graders Write, Perform Two-Voice Poems
In humanities class, students are finishing up the novel Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan. As one of their projects for this novel, students had to write a two-voice poem. A two-voice poem is a poem that is written from two different points of view on the same topic.
At the annual Corporation and Parents’ Association open meetings, held via Zoom on Thursday, May 13, the Belmont Day community came together to celebrate the 2020-21 academic year, honor outgoing and announce new members of the board of trustees and the PA executive committee. This year has been a unique one
The annual Corporation and Parents’ Association open meetings were held on Thursday, May 13. To open the meetings, head of school Brendan Largay, recognized the following members of the faculty who have reached milestones in their service at Belmont Day and those who are retiring from BDS. Congratulations to all! Blair
PE Update: Fourth Graders Travel Back to the Ancient Olympics
The Ancient Greeks are not the only ones who love a good athletic competition! Our fourth graders took their learning from the classroom to the fields this week by competing in the first annual Greek Olympics! T
Pre-kindergartners Create Giant New Dinosaur Sculpture and Friend
Measuring 71 inches tall, 13 feet long, and three feet wide and taking over six weeks to complete, the pre-kindergartners are proud to share a completed Giganotosaurus sculpture! Grown from a love of dinosaurs, this project started as an example of an emergent curriculum that ultimately flowed into our spring sculpture curriculum. While the final result is truly a phenomenal showcase, the process and learning behind the product is where the true magic lies.
For the third year in a row, a member of the Belmont Day School Associate Teacher Program has won Lesley University’s Graduate School of Education June T. Fox Scholarship Award. Catherine (Cat) DiCara ’12, not only a member of this year’s associate teacher cohort but also a BDS alum, was
Arts Update: Fourth Grade Quilt Project
Students in fourth grade art class just completed their hand-sewn quilts inspired by an investigation of African American quilting traditions. Students learned about the Gee’s Bend quilting tradition from rural Alabama that began in the 1800s and is still vibrant today. Beginning as a necessity, these fabric artworks have emerged as an American art form.
Arts Update: Improv Sets Off Some Wild Stories
In our eighth grade theater intensive, the students learned about acting and empathy and then wrote monologues from a shoe’s perspective. They next analyzed a scene adapted from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. They also created an original set design for the scene. At the end of the intensive, we learned to say “yes” and build on each others’ ideas in a series of improvisation games. Two favorites were “The Worst Day Ever” and “Late to Work.” In the first game, everyone has thirty seconds to regale their peers with a description of their worst day ever.
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