First Grade Builds Skills in Woodshop First grade students are finishing up their pencil holder projects. The project encompasses many of the skills that these students have learned since the start of the school year including sawing, nailing, gluing, sanding, and painting. The project further challenged the students by adding
Fifth Grade Rehearses for Class Play The fifth grade got right back to work after the break and are rehearsing for their class play, The Reluctant Dragon. This week, in addition to learning their lines and perfecting their characters, the students began learning the blocking of the play’s scenes. The Reluctant
Our 2019-20 group of associate teachers have enjoyed the challenges of their first classroom placements through the fall and start of winter and are excited to move to their new assignments on Tuesday, January 21. Please join us welcoming our associates in their new classrooms: Tatiana Cochis will be joining the
Great Energy Heading Into Winter Break If there is one thing we are sure of in physical education, it’s that heading into a break, our students definitely won’t take a break from being physically active. The action has been intense, and they’ve been preparing for it all year, working on
This past week, we marked the first year of the Barn being online as part of the Belmont Day campus. With the construction of the Barn, we included numerous energy efficiencies including a large solar array on the roof. We are pleased to report that after one year of operation, the solar
Second Grade Actors Create Tableaus In second grade theater arts, students are learning to use their bodies to communicate with an audience. In this activity, each group chose one fairytale to illustrate in three scenes as tableaus. A tableau is a theatrical technique in which actors freeze in poses that create a picture
Creative Quilting in Fourth Grade Students in fourth grade are making their own hand-sewn quilts in art class. They looked at a variety of examples of quilts from Gee Bends quilts from Georgia, Harriet Powers’ story quilts, and other American quilting traditions based on geometric patterns. Students first made a
Winter Concert: Logistics and DirectionsThursday, December 19, 20196:30 p.m. in the Downing Gym Concert Dress Ensemble/Middle School Chorus Members: black on the bottom, white on top Lower School Chorus Members and all other students: dressy, festive attire Arrival at BDSParking: Please coordinate your plans so that the fewest possible cars arrive on campus
Share the Warmth DriveMonday, December 2 to Thursday, December 19 Once again this year, the fifth grade is organizing the Share the Warmth clothing drive to benefit Cradles to Crayons. The annual drive is a longstanding community service commitment and leadership opportunity for our oldest lower school students. Cradles to Crayons
Classical Basics for Grade 2 Students In second grade music classes, students have been working on practicing resting and playing positions, pizzicato-ing and identifying the cello strings, as well as writing the bass clef. They have also been starting to work on the Winter Concert songs, “Snow is Falling,” “Penguin
on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, due to weather.
