Giving and Receiving
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Pre-kindergarten students
created activity books and coloring books for patients at Children's Hospital
in Boston. Kindergartners' "Cans for Chicks"
project complemented their study of life cycles. Students raised money by
recycling cans in order to purchase a flock of chicks for a community
served by Heifer International Project.
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First grade students learned about service
dogs to raise funds for NEADS, an organization that trains
and provides rescued dogs and donated puppies to assist deaf or
physically disabled people. Second graders enjoyed a cooking
unit as part of the math curriculum. They compiled their favorite
recipes into a cookbook that was sold at a community bake sale.
The proceeds were earmarked for the school's greening efforts.
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Third grade joined their seventh
grade partners to expand paper recycling throughout the school. Fourth grade opened a Rainforest Store
to raise funds and awareness about preservation of the world's rainforests. The store sold t-shirts and student-designed note cards, magnets, and placemats. Their donated
earnings went to support the Earth Foundation.
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Fifth grade students organized Share the Warmth,
a clothing drive for Shelter, Inc. and raised money to support The Children's
Room Center for Grieving Children & Teenagers. Sixth grade continued a memoir project
with elderly residents of a local assisted living facility and
organized another successful Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF drive, raising
over $2,400.
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Seventh and eighth grade students conducted a food drive for the Belmont Food Pantry and visited the pantry to assist with sorting and shelving food items. They also prepared two dinner meals for 25 residents at Shelter, Inc.'s Cambridge shelter.
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After school students organized the annual
ThanksGIVING bread baking project for Bread of Life, a support,
advocacy, and meal program in Malden.
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All school projects included various activities
to raise support and funds for Partners in Health, a holiday toy drive,
a book collection for Reach Out and Read, and participation in the Walk
for Hunger.
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At Belmont Day School we value honesty, respect, excellence,
caring, responsibility, and joy.
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