Women Dominating Their Fields, But Not Always the News
By Brendan Largay,
Head of School | October 25, 2019
Are you following any of these names in the news or on your social networks: Simone Biles, Coco Gauff, Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, Katie Bouman, and Brigid Kosgei? If you aren’t familiar with Simone Biles, I encourage you to tune into the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo this summer. Simone Biles is the single […]
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Opening Our Doors
By Brendan Largay,
Head of School | October 18, 2019
My fondest memories of childhood include those made around Thanksgiving. In many ways, that hardly distinguishes me from countless others who find joy in gathering with friends and family for an event laden with tradition, warmth, and love. However, for me, the memories are not only about a delicious meal complete with turkey and trimmings […]
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Hitting Our Stride … And Hitting the Road!
By Brendan Largay,
Head of School | October 11, 2019
Mid-October and the school year starts to feel as though all of the back-to-school traditions and ceremonies have wrapped up and the calendar is now in full swing. The most notable markers for our studentsthe comfortable, consistent cadence of the day-to-day; sleepier children at the end of the day with brains, hearts, and minds full […]
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Reversing the Decline in Middle School Independent Reading
By Elisabeth Klock,
Middle School English Teacher; Grade 8 Advisor | October 03, 2019
I’ve been a middle school teacher for nearly a dozen years. Over those years, I have noticed an unfortunate decline in students’ independent reading, both at school and at home. Recent research bears out this observation. In many schools, opportunities for independent readingknown by many catchy names including SSR, DEAR time, free reading, and wild […]
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Getting Lost in the Library
By Amy Sprung,
Librarian | September 27, 2019
As I was adjusting the brand-new curved fiction shelves in the library just a couple of inches to the left
and then back again for what must have been the tenth time in as many minutes, I was reminded of a quotation I shared with families at Curriculum Night several years back. In his picture book Zen […]
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Observing Our Culture of Caring
By Brendan Largay,
Head of School | September 20, 2019
On the morning after our Lower School Curriculum Night, I am left reflecting on what I hope everyone saw on display at our school last night: caring. Of course, every aspect of our mission was on display, but what has long distinguished the Belmont Day experience is the simple caring that goes into every teacher’s […]
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