By Brendan Largay, Head of School | April 16, 2021
If there could be a moment that marks a return to some semblance of life before the pandemic, may it be Capstone, our school’s programmatic crown jewel. We found a way to safely bring our entire eighth grade into the PACseated 6′ apart, masked, and ever attentive to the privilege of the momentso that this […]
April 09, 2021
If you look to the left as you drive up the driveway, just before Far Field begins, you will see a structureI liken it to a wooden version of an old VW bus sitting driverless in the woodsconstructed by our intrepid fourth graders. The construction is a showcase of student imagination during recess on these […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | April 02, 2021
Mid-morning yesterday, I realized that I had forgotten to wear my Red Sox jersey to school to celebrate Major League Baseball’s Opening Day. I was disappointed to miss a chance to celebrate the Sox’s returnan annual ritual that reminds me that warmer weather, flowers in bloom, and glorious sunshine are on their way. And then, […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | March 26, 2021
For the past three years, while the school celebrated the Barn’s opening and navigated the pandemic’s disruption, there has been another slightly quieter type of building happening on our campus. Like the Barn itself, its construction process has been one with data-backed decision-making, dogged determination, and masterful design from experts in the field. Belmont Day’s […]
By Carlos Hoyt, PhD LICSW, Director of Equity and Inclusion | March 19, 2021
Every day at BDS there are too many acts of kindness, caring, respect, friendship, and love to count. The uncountable amount of good that happens here equals the joy that makes us the community we want to bea community in which everyone, from the youngest Pre-K scholar to the eldest faculty member, and including every […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | March 13, 2021
On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, a group of Belmont Day school leaders met in my office for several hours to decide whether to make the call to close school due to the burgeoning pandemic. Ultimately, of course, we decided to. The plan, at the time, was to close campus for two weeks. We would have […]
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