By Brendan Largay, Head of School | January 28, 2022
It was difficult not to see the starkness of comparison last Friday. As I prepared to arrive at school on the morning we would celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a look at my weather app offered a bone-chilling 6-degree forecast. Alas, that required quick thinking by assembly coordinators Pati […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | January 21, 2022
Before January 5, 2022, the last time I was in a classroom teaching students was March 11, 2020. As it turned out, navigating the first full year of the pandemic was enough to fill my plate, and thus, my teaching took a back seatand how I have missed the toil and the trouble of it. […]
By Heather Woodcock, Director of Professional Growth and Development | January 13, 2022
Children, no matter who they are or where they go to school, need educators who seek to know, support and challenge them by making learning relevant, engaging, and relational. Helping create caring teachers who know how to connect with and inspire their students is central to Belmont Day’s Associate Teacher Program. Our associate teacher program […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | January 06, 2022
I suspect this winter break was a welcome one for many: a chance to take a breath, reflect on the year that has passed, and see more clearly all that we hope for in 2022. For me, amid that reflection, I was struck by the news of Desmond Tutu’s passing. Growing up at a time […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | December 17, 2021
As it always does, winter break arrives just in time. In the absence of a Share the Warmth Assembly to share our traditional winter poem, I have decided, instead, to share it with you here as we all wait for the long silence of a well-deserved break to rest, be with loved ones, and find […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | December 09, 2021
There is a Broadway stage tradition known as the ‘ghost light’a single incandescent bulb that shines on the stage when the theater is otherwise dark. That constant light serves two purposes: practically, it helps anyone backstage or on stage see where they are; but more importantly and symbolically, it serves as a reminder that someday, […]
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