Launching Into the Arts
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Post Date: September 13th, 2019
By Anne Armstrong, Arts Teacher
Post Date: September 13th, 2019
By John O'Neill, Director of Athletics
Sandoski, Buckley-Jones, and Colangelo All PR at Intrasquad Meet
Post Date: September 5th, 2019
By Yui Kitamura, Music Teacher
Making Music on the Ukelele
Our fourth grade students are kicking off the year learning the basics of songwriting through the popular genres. To understand more about rock and pop, students listened to a variety of songs from The Beatles. Students then learned A minor 7, C major, and F major chords and jammed together as a class on the ukelele. The class is ready to rock on to a great year in music!
Post Date: September 5th, 2019
Faculty and staff participating in Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity (SEED) will meet monthly. SEED is a nationally recognized peer-led program of community, personal, and professional development focused on issues of identity, equity, and social justice. The group will be facilitated by William Yepes-Amaya and Leesa Mercedes.
Meetings will take place on Tuesdays from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the 2019-20 school year.
September 24, October 29, November 19, December 10, January 28, February 25, March 24, April 28, May 12
Post Date: September 5th, 2019
By John O'Neill, Director of Athletics
Veteran Coaching Staff Excited for Season
Post Date: August 5th, 2019
This past month, Belmont Day School bid farewell to one of our longest-serving employees as Mary Merrill, director of development, left for an exciting opportunity closer to home and family. Across more than two decades, Mary was an integral member of the administrative team, leading creative campaigns that helped advance BDS to wonderful present we experience today, and the bright future we see ahead.
The following remarks were written by Mary's longtime Belmont Day colleague, Dolly Ryan, director of technology, and were delivered by Dolly during a ceremony in May:
Post Date: June 20th, 2019
This summer our students will be enjoying the following books:
Post Date: June 18th, 2019
Josh Troop ’09 returned to BDS as our 2019 Alumni in Action Speaker this spring. Josh is a graduate of Hamilton College with a bachelor's degree in government and mathematics. He has spent the past few years working on a variety of political campaigns at the local and national levels. Most recently he was the regional field direct for the Committee to Elect Jay Gonzalez who ran for governor of Massachusetts in 2018.
Post Date: June 17th, 2019
Faculty and families gathered on Wednesday, June 12 to celebrate and bid farewell to the Class of 2019.
Post Date: June 7th, 2019
By Yui Kitamura, Music Teacher
Groove to the Beat: Bucket Drumming Elective
