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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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Eighth Grade Trip Builds Bonds, Creates Memories For A Lifetime

By Emily Phan, Grade 8 English Teacher | May 13, 2025

During the week we returned from April break, our 48 eighth graders and six adult chaperones set off for a whirlwind class trip to Southwest to visit our National Parks. The students were awed by amazing vistas, climbed to new heights, floated down the Colorado River, and discovered something new about themselves and their classmates. […]

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Lesley University Honors Giuliana Blanca With June Fox Scholarship Award

BDS May 13, 2025

We are delighted to announce that Giuliana Blanca, associate teacher, has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the June Fox Scholarship Award, presented by Lesley University and the June Fox Lecture Series Committee. This distinguished, merit-based scholarship honors the legacy of Dean June Fox, a pioneer in teacher education and founder of Lesley’s Collaborative […]
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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