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Kindergartners program their BeeBots
Three students in the school garden holding marigolds
Two students work on a Math Madness challenge
Students reading
Three students in the science lab with equipment
Students demonstrate a LEGO contraption at the STEAM Expo
Two students play guitar and piano and sing
Students sing and dance on stage
Coach O'Neill pre-game
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community of inspiring,
bold, and remarkable
learners and leaders

At Belmont Day School, our students truly love learning. We nurture this every day through hands-on, interdisciplinary work that grounds the academic experience in the real world. Our faculty are experts at offering each individual the right level of challenge and support. As a result, our students build a strong sense of themselves and embody our core values of excellence, responsibility, caring, honesty, respect, and joy. Our eighth grade graduates go on to the high schools of their choosing, where they are embraced as confident self-advocates and leaders in their new school communities.

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Belmont Day Quick Facts

6:1

Student-teacher ratio

100%

of grads are well-prepared for secondary school success

many

of our grads become team captains & class presidents

339

students in pre-kindergarten to eighth grade

10

miles from Boston

40%

of students identify as students of color

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Our Helping Hands

November 08, 2024

Stepping through the front door of the Schoolhouse this month, our students, faculty, parents, and guests are being greeted by a growing gallery of colorful hands. From afar, the hands wave together joyfully to welcome us to the community. As we get closer, the hands beckon us to take a closer look. From both perspectives, […]

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By Jen James, Chief of Staff and Registar |

November 8, 2024

Stepping through the front door of the Schoolhouse this month, our students, faculty, parents, and guests are being greeted by a growing gallery of colorful hands. From afar, the hands wave together joyfully to welcome us to the community. As…

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Learning Updates for November 4 to November 8

BDS November 08, 2024

Songwriters and Recording Technology Students Unite This week, students in the seventh and eighth grade Songwriting arts elective showcased their work in a Tiny Desk-inspired recording event in the Erskine Library. They collaborated to think about form, lyrical rhyming structures, rhythm, harmonic accompaniments, melody, and instrumentation to write their final projects for this class. Students […]

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November 8, 2024

Songwriters and Recording Technology Students Unite This week, students in the seventh and eighth grade Songwriting arts elective showcased their work in a Tiny Desk-inspired recording event in the Erskine Library. They collaborated to think about form, lyrical rhyming structures,…

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Associate teacher with a student at the white board during morning meeting

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 on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE FOR PRE-K TO GRADE 8
Saturday, November 16, 9 to 10:30 a.m. Registration is required.

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