By Betty Chu Pryor, Lower School Head | September 23, 2022
Thank you to all who attended the Middle and Lower School Curriculum Nights during these past two weeks of school. Each night was kicked off with remarks from the respective school heads looking at the year ahead. We share those remarks in two parts. This is part two: Lower School Curriculum Night, Wednesday, September 21 […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | September 16, 2022
During August faculty meetings, there were two key priorities as we welcomed new faculty and reckoned with fully reopening campus: transmitting school culture and setting the visible standard of excellence for our students. The first part of our time together was dedicated to understanding one another and learning about or relearning the recipe of Belmont […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | September 09, 2022
In May of 2020, I watched as eighth grader Camille DeStefano ‘20 taught her virtual audience all about the benefits of exercise, the perils of sugar, and the dopamine that comes with both. I was—as I am throughout our eighth graders’ Capstone presentations—riveted. I learned a great deal from Camille that afternoon, and ever since, […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | June 10, 2022
These are exciting days here at Belmont Day as we are in the flurry of celebrations and traditions that will close out the school year. It will be exciting to experience an in-person Moving Up Assembly where we marvel at our students’ physical and academic growth. Teachers have been hard at work drafting final student […]
June 03, 2022
Memorial Day Weekend traditionally serves as the unofficial start to summer, marking the transition to warmer weather, longer days, and a change in schedule for many. For those of us who work in schools or have school-age children, summer is the start of a less predictable schedule (although maybe less so in the last couple […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | May 27, 2022
I offer one of my favorite annual traditions: my summer reading list. What follows here is shared with you in the hopes that this yearfor the first timeI might be successful in reading a book a week from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Thirteen weeks. Thirteen books. (My record remains 11.5.) As poet Jenny Xie […]
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