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community of inspiring,
bold, and remarkable
learners and leaders

Belmont Day is a coed, pre-kindergarten through eighth grade independent day school, where your child will be held to high standards in a supportive, nurturing environment. Through a hands-on, innovative curriculum integrated with the outdoors, students develop their voice and grow into confident communicators and leaders, well prepared for high school and life.

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Belmont Day Quick Facts

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students in our co-ed pre-kindergarten to eighth grade day school community

6:1

student-teacher ratio

10

miles from Boston in Belmont, Massachusetts

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acres of conservation land surround our beautiful campus

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core values are shared and practiced

40%

of students identify as students of color

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Strategic Planning: Committing to the Climb

By Annie Fuerst, Director of Innovation | May 01, 2026

This time last week, I was in Golden, Colorado, surrounded by mountains. I was there for the closing meetings of my Leadership + Design Fellowship, a year spent learning alongside school leaders from across the country. During our wrap-up sessions, and really throughout the entire year, we kept returning to a central question: what does […]

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By Annie Fuerst, Director of Innovation |

May 1, 2026

This time last week, I was in Golden, Colorado, surrounded by mountains. I was there for the closing meetings of my Leadership + Design Fellowship, a year spent learning alongside school leaders from across the country. During our wrap-up sessions,…

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Welcoming Our Feathered Friends Back to Campus

BDS May 01, 2026

Chicka-dee-dee-dee! Local birds are beginning to migrate back to the Gallery as year three of our school-wide birding project gets underway. Students throughout the school will help us to collect and visualize data representing bird calls detected by our Haikubox, helping us all to learn more about the nature around us, how nature and technology […]

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May 1, 2026

Chicka-dee-dee-dee! Local birds are beginning to migrate back to the Gallery as year three of our school-wide birding project gets underway. Students throughout the school will help us to collect and visualize data representing bird calls detected by our Haikubox,…
Associate teacher at the white board reviewing hieroglyphs with fourth graders

Training Teachers Harnesses BDS Experience

Our associate teachers are graduate students who are knowledgeable and passionate about education. They come to Belmont Day to be mentored through a one-year residency by our master faculty. Through this collaboration with Lesley University’s Graduate School of Education, our faculty are shaping the next generation of teachers.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS
Belmont Day School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.
It does not discriminate based on race, color, national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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