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Working To Ensure Belmont Day’s Legacy

By Anthea Lavergne, Director of Curriculum and the Associate Teacher Program | January 18, 2024

Last week in this space, my colleague, Jess Halton, beautifully wrote about how we, as a community, can honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through “Teaching, Learning, and Philanthropy.” Her words got me thinking about legacy and how closely connected a person’s legacy is to our socialization, relationships with history, and personal experiences, beliefs, attitudes, […]

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Jessica Halton

Honoring Dr. King Through Teaching, Learning, and Philanthropy

By Jessica Halton, Director of Development | January 12, 2024

“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words guide us as we strive to nurture a culture of philanthropy here at Belmont Day. While our six core values—excellence, […]

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Brendan Largay

Happy New Year, Belmont Day!

By Brendan Largay, Head of School | January 05, 2024

We are already back in the groove! Students did not miss a beat as they returned to their classrooms, and teachers were ready to greet them, well-rested themselves. High fives and other delightful greetings at the doorways of lower school classrooms, energetic middle school athletics practices, the hum of engaged learning, and efforts like the […]

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Happy Holidays and Welcome Winter Break!

By Brendan Largay, Head of School | December 16, 2023

As we look ahead to bidding 2023 a fond farewell, I want to thank this community for how we have grown, shared, and cared for one another through this first half of the school year. This poem, written by Sudeep Sen and read this morning at our Winter Concert, captures for me the essence of […]

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Jessica Halton

What Does Philanthropy Mean to You?

By Jessica Halton, Director of Development | December 08, 2023

“What Does Philanthropy Mean to You?” I posed this question to my colleagues at a faculty meeting in September. The responses varied along quite a spectrum, from the skeptical (robber barons) to the altruistic (helping others.) As we celebrate and embrace a culture of philanthropy at Belmont Day, it’s important to understand where we are […]

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David Gordon

Winter Already!? How Time Flies When You’re New At Belmont Day

By David Gordon, Chief Finance and Operations Officer | November 30, 2023

It’s amazing how the seasons have passed so quickly since I joined the Belmont Day team. I arrived in the heat of summer, and in the blink of an eye, here we are, just two weeks from winter break. Having worked for many years in education, I am no stranger to fast falls, but these […]

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By Brendan Largay, Head of School |

May 26, 2023

“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” –Jhumpa Lahiri It’s Memorial Day weekend, and so I offer one of my favorite annual traditions: my summer reading list. What follows is shared with you in…

By Brendan Largay, Head of School |

May 19, 2023

After a wonderfully full week that has emphasized community, connections, and celebrations at every turn, I’m taking a brief break today from offering my own words, to instead offer in this space, the beautifully constructed words of someone else–the poem,…

By Brendan Largay, head of school |

April 28, 2023

Years ago, before I arrived at Belmont Day, I was fortunate to attend a professional development conference in Hillsborough, CA, at the Nueva School. The conference featured the process of design thinking as a novel and alternate method of delivering…
Brendan Largay, head of school

By Brendan Largay, head of school |

April 14, 2023

During opening remarks for this year’s presentations, the culminating part of our eighth graders’ seminal Capstone experience, Jen Friborg, who coordinates the program like a symphony conductor, explained that Belmont Day might have the longest-running Capstone program in the country.…
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