By Brendan Largay, Head of School | September 25, 2020
The news of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing last Friday has provoked vivid memories of the spring of 2017. That June, members of the eighth grade class, now high school seniors, traveled to Washington, D.C., and had the opportunity of a lifetimea personal visit with Justice Ginsburg. As educators of children in pre-kindergarten […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | September 18, 2020
In those fleeting moments when I have the audacity to look up and try to add a little perspective to all we’re experiencing today, I think about what students will be studying thirty years from now, when our students who are currently walking through the halls of Belmont Day are parents of a new generation […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | June 12, 2020
Happy summer everyone! Nice to have made it through what will be the most remarkable stretch in school history. For many of us, the work continues as we plan for fall, but for everyone else, it is my sincerest hope that this summer brings rest, reflection, and an abundance of joy. Below are my remarks […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | June 05, 2020
My uncles were great sailors. My dad is one of eight siblings, and two of his brothers were born of the sea and at greatest peace on the water. In particular, my uncles loved sailboat racing, were fiercely competitive, and often they would recruit their own children or their nieces and nephews to serve as […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | May 29, 2020
Education isn’t preparation for life. Education is life, itself. John Dewey The democratic ideals of Dewey have long been at the heart of my ideology of education. Dewey’s quote opened the educational philosophy statement that accompanied my application to become Belmont Day’s 13th head of school. When moments in our everyday lived experience provide […]
By Brendan Largay, Head of School | May 22, 2020
When learning offsite began in March, and when it became clear that we would not be able to return to campus, my mind, like so many others’, turned to our eighth grade students and what it would mean for them to experience the rituals of closure from a distance. For many schools, of course, those […]
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