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Eighth Grade Trip Builds Bonds, Creates Memories For A Lifetime

By Emily Phan, Grade 8 English Teacher | May 13, 2025

During the week we returned from April break, our 48 eighth graders and six adult chaperones set off for a whirlwind class trip to Southwest to visit our National Parks. The students were awed by amazing vistas, climbed to new heights, floated down the Colorado River, and discovered something new about themselves and their classmates. […]

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Let’s Go to Space Over The Break!

By Brendan Largay, Head of School | May 02, 2025

Hey, how was your break? Over this first week back from the April break, it’s the question most asked by colleagues, students, and parents. Consider, for a moment, what your answer might be. Stories of faraway travels, family time, staycations, and good books filled the responses I heard. For some, however, the adventures and joys […]

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Capstone Week 2025: Learn, Do, Share

April 18, 2025

Every year, the build-up to Capstone Week is palpable. Students carefully finalize their presentations, mentors adjust their schedules to ensure a final touchpoint with their mentees, and communication from the dynamic Capstone partners and guides, Dean Spencer and Jen Friborg, picks up with an anticipatory buzz. This week, Capstone arrived in all of its glory. […]

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More Than A Month, Poetry Lives All Year Here

By Jen James, Chief of Staff; Registrar | April 11, 2025

Working closely with our head of school, Brendan Largay, as I do, I have the joy of sharing in his love of language. As many Scoop readers will know, Brendan revels in teaching Shakespeare to our seventh graders, and it is truly a delight to witness the mirth he derives from introducing his students to […]

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Get Ready BDS Birders, It’s Time to Fly!

By Annie Fuerst, Director of Innovation | April 04, 2025

While the weather in New England can be unpredictable this time of year, a sure sign of spring is once again filling the air: chicka-dee-dee-dee! Birdsongs are back, and they’re not the only joyful sounds. Take a walk through campus in the spring. You’ll hear a symphony of the season: students laughing on Big Blue […]

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Parent Education & Engagement: Opportunities Bloom This Spring

By Brendan Largay, Head of School | March 27, 2025

Clear your calendars, Belmont Day has plans for you this spring. We are in the latter half of the decision-making month for newly accepted families. They have until April 10 to choose a school for their child. As you might expect—and as many of the readers here once did when they were prospective parents—these folks […]

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By Brendan Largay, Head of School |

November 22, 2024

Few heads of school have the regular opportunity to share what is on their mind with their community. I am grateful to have this privilege and consider it a meaningful way to foster connection with the school’s parents, faculty, and…

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

November 15, 2024

In a short walk from this morning’s Fall Sports Assembly in the Barn to Mrs. Bettinelli’s music room in the Schoolhouse, the impact and importance of the Associate Teacher program at Belmont Day School were on full display. At the…

By Jen James, Chief of Staff and Registar |

November 8, 2024

Stepping through the front door of the Schoolhouse this month, our students, faculty, parents, and guests are being greeted by a growing gallery of colorful hands. From afar, the hands wave together joyfully to welcome us to the community. As…
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By Brendan Largay, Head of School |

November 1, 2024

I was “Deep in the Heart” at the 2024 Elementary School Heads Association (ESHA) Head’s Retreat earlier this week in Austin, Texas. I gathered with fellow heads of school in that big state to consider the big ways that school…
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By Betty Chu Pryor, Lower School Head |

October 25, 2024

Next Thursday and Friday, we will host our fall parent-teacher conferences in grades PK-8. Every parent/guardian will have the opportunity to meet with their child’s teacher(s) to discuss their child’s progress, set goals for the year, and ask questions. Having…
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By Annie Fuerst, Director of Innovation |

October 18, 2024

This week, the innovation team presented about last spring’s community birding project at the annual MassCUE conference at Gillette Stadium. Upon returning to campus today, we are scanning and folding the final zines for our table at the Watertown Library…
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