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Arts News, October 31

Class of 2026 makes Oliver K. Woodpeople Each year, the second grade class creates three unique wooden people after reading the book Oliver K. Woodman, the story about a wooden person who travels across the country. Each student is responsible for making two or three wooden parts used to create these

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Trick or Treat for UNICEF Campaign

Again this year, sixth grade is organizing the Trick or Treat for UNICEF (United Nations International Emergency Children’s Fund) fundraiser. UNICEF is dedicated to helping children in need. Imagine if you had barely had any food for weeks and then UNICEF comes and gives you the food you need to

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Arts News, October 18

Third Grade and Guests Make Silkscreen Prints Third grade students are making silkscreen prints in the studio, and today they were lucky to have the opportunity to teach their special visitors about the process in art class. As the grandparents and special friends found out, teamwork is an integral part

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Day School Lane Closure Postponed

The school was informed this morning that the anticipated construction on Day School Lane has been postponed and WILL NOT take place on Monday, October 21 and Tuesday, October 22. The construction has been delayed because of this week’s storms. Once the contractor and our Day School Lane neighbor determine alternate dates for the work we

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Arts News, September 13

Launching Into the Arts It’s been a wonderful week of artists getting back to work in the studios at Belmont Day! Students in pre-kindergarten to grade five have various arts classes in grade-level half-groups or third-groups once a week for the entire year. In middle school, sixth graders participate in

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Arts News, September 5

Making Music on the Ukelele Our fourth grade students are kicking off the year learning the basics of songwriting through the popular genres. To understand more about rock and pop, students listened to a variety of songs from The Beatles. Students then learned A minor 7, C major, and F

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Saying Farewell to Mary Merrill

This past month, Belmont Day School bid farewell to one of our longest-serving employees as Mary Merrill, director of development, left for an exciting opportunity closer to home and family. Across more than two decades, Mary was an integral member of the administrative team, leading creative campaigns that helped advance BDS to

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Summer Reading Selections 2019

This summer our students will be enjoying the following books: Pre-kindergarten: Red Knit Cap Girl and the Reading Tree by Naoko Stoop Kindergarten: Bunny’s Book Club by Annie Silvestro Grade 1: Waiting for Biblioburro by Monica Brown Grade 2: Planting Stories, The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre by Anika Aldamuy Denise

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Arts News, May 31

Third Grade Ensemble-Building As theater educators, we all talk the talk of “ensemble,” and we tout the virtues of “working together” and the “value of teamwork.”  We stress that everyone is important. We put phrases such as “no small parts, only small players” and “we are all equal parts of

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By Bill Smith, Woodworking and 21st Century Skills Teacher |

October 31, 2019

Class of 2026 makes Oliver K. Woodpeople Each year, the second grade class creates three unique wooden people after reading the book Oliver K. Woodman, the story about a wooden person who travels across the country. Each student is responsible for…
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By Shireen Griffith-Ebrahimi and Asher Sutton, sixth grade students |

October 25, 2019

Again this year, sixth grade is organizing the Trick or Treat for UNICEF (United Nations International Emergency Children’s Fund) fundraiser. UNICEF is dedicated to helping children in need. Imagine if you had barely had any food for weeks and then…
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By Anne Armstrong, Visual Arts Teacher |

October 18, 2019

Third Grade and Guests Make Silkscreen Prints Third grade students are making silkscreen prints in the studio, and today they were lucky to have the opportunity to teach their special visitors about the process in art class. As the grandparents…

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October 16, 2019

The school was informed this morning that the anticipated construction on Day School Lane has been postponed and WILL NOT take place on Monday, October 21 and Tuesday, October 22. The construction has been delayed because of this week’s storms. Once the contractor and our Day…
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By Anne Armstrong, Arts Teacher |

September 13, 2019

Launching Into the Arts It’s been a wonderful week of artists getting back to work in the studios at Belmont Day! Students in pre-kindergarten to grade five have various arts classes in grade-level half-groups or third-groups once a week for…
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By Yui Kitamura, Music Teacher |

September 5, 2019

Making Music on the Ukelele Our fourth grade students are kicking off the year learning the basics of songwriting through the popular genres. To understand more about rock and pop, students listened to a variety of songs from The Beatles.…

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August 5, 2019

This past month, Belmont Day School bid farewell to one of our longest-serving employees as Mary Merrill, director of development, left for an exciting opportunity closer to home and family. Across more than two decades, Mary was an integral member…

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June 20, 2019

This summer our students will be enjoying the following books: Pre-kindergarten: Red Knit Cap Girl and the Reading Tree by Naoko Stoop Kindergarten: Bunny’s Book Club by Annie Silvestro Grade 1: Waiting for Biblioburro by Monica Brown Grade 2: Planting Stories, The Life…
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By Chris Parsons, Theater Arts Teacher |

May 31, 2019

Third Grade Ensemble-Building As theater educators, we all talk the talk of “ensemble,” and we tout the virtues of “working together” and the “value of teamwork.”  We stress that everyone is important. We put phrases such as “no small parts,…
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