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Creating the Optimal Conditions for Learning

November 05, 2021

We are now two months into the school year and our campus is buzzing with discussions, lightbulb moments, supported struggles, and joyful explorations. All of our classrooms, pre-kindergarten to eighth grade, bear witness to the strength of connections within this community, how carefully teachers scaffold information, the depth of curricular excellence, and how willing adults […]

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Discussion: A Step Closer to COVID Vaccine Approval For Children

October 29, 2021

Many of you have by now heard the uplifting news that on Tuesday of this week, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it has reviewed and recommended the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine for children between the ages of five and eleven after a thorough review of Pfizer’s findings on its safety and efficacy. This means that […]

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DEI Stands for Common Ground

By Carlos Hoyt, PhD LICSW, Director of Equity and Inclusion | October 22, 2021

They drew a circle that shut me out Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout But love and I had the wit to win We drew a circle and took them in¹ – Edwin Markham, Outwitted The “D” in DEI, standing for diversity, leaves some people with the impression that DEI focuses on differences, which only […]

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Up to Cardigan Again

By Liz Gray, Middle School Head; Grade 7 Social Studies Teacher | October 15, 2021

Our seventh grade students and faculty are less than a week away from their trip to Cardigan Mountain in the White Mountain National Forest. Hiking Cardigan is a beloved annual BDS tradition that began with the creation of our middle school. We’ve missed only one year since then: 2020. After that year without them, the […]

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Why I Give

By Brendan Largay, Head of School | October 08, 2021

Traditionally, I have saved a column like this for a day closer to National Giving Day in November. The seasonal timing was always nice and after a solid two months into the school year, the rationale for why a parent would give to Belmont Day had crystallized. By November, students have found their footing in […]

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Any Given Wednesday

By Brendan Largay, Head of School | October 01, 2021

There is a small collection of BDS families, students, and some faculty who have been waiting for this column for some time now. You know who you are, (and you are welcome in advance). I fear the reign of our dominant Boston and New England area professional sports team is on the decline. The Red […]

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By Deborah Brissenden, Assistant Head of School and Director of Curriculum and Instruction |

November 5, 2021

We are now two months into the school year and our campus is buzzing with discussions, lightbulb moments, supported struggles, and joyful explorations. All of our classrooms, pre-kindergarten to eighth grade, bear witness to the strength of connections within this…
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By Dr. Carlos Hoyt, Director of Equity and Inclusion |

October 22, 2021

They drew a circle that shut me out Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout But love and I had the wit to win We drew a circle and took them in¹ – Edwin Markham, Outwitted The “D” in DEI, standing…
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By Liz Gray, Middle School Head |

October 15, 2021

Our seventh grade students and faculty are less than a week away from their trip to Cardigan Mountain in the White Mountain National Forest. Hiking Cardigan is a beloved annual BDS tradition that began with the creation of our middle…

By Brendan Largay, Head of School |

October 8, 2021

Traditionally, I have saved a column like this for a day closer to National Giving Day in November. The seasonal timing was always nice and after a solid two months into the school year, the rationale for why a parent…

By Brendan Largay, Head of School |

October 1, 2021

There is a small collection of BDS families, students, and some faculty who have been waiting for this column for some time now. You know who you are, (and you are welcome in advance). I fear the reign of our…
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