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PE Update: So Many Things in the Way, in a Good Way

By Alex Tzelnic, physical education teacher and mindfulness director |

September 16, 2022

Obstacles are hard. It can be tempting, when working with young children, to remove them so that things flow and ease is attained. However, in physical education, we prefer to add them. All the better to build resilience, strength, endurance,…

Four students demonstrate their character portraits in theater arts class

Arts Update: Students Create Character Portraits

By Susan Dempsey, theater arts teacher |

September 16, 2022

To begin the year, students in Ms. Dempsey’s theater class dusted off their acting chops in the activity “character portraits.” After a physical warm-up to get their creative juices flowing, the students became groups of ballerinas, spiders, wilting flowers, cats,…

Athletics News, September 16, 2022

By John O'Neill, Director of Athletics |

September 16, 2022

Girls’ Varsity Soccer Full of Veteran Leaders With nine returning players from last year’s squad, the girls’ varsity soccer team is chocked full of veteran leadership this fall and looking forward to a strong season. Eighth graders Maddie Cutie, McKenna…

New Associate Teachers Start the 2022-23 School Year

By Belmont Day School |

September 12, 2022

Join us in welcoming our 2022-2023 Associate Teacher Program (ATP) cohort! Our four new associates have been on campus since last week, participating in orientation, faculty meetings, and classroom set-up and planning with their mentor teachers. This fall, associates will…

You Saw It Here First! “It’s A Madhouse!” Now Available for Stages Around the World

By Christopher Parson, theater arts teacher |

September 9, 2022

Last school year, the theater arts department commissioned author Todd Wallinger to write a play for the seventh and eighth grade production. After brainstorming ideas and themes with students, theater teachers Mr. Parsons and Ms. Dempsey worked with Mr. Wallinger…

Incoming Kindergarten Teacher Attends New Teachers of Color Conference

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August 26, 2022

Incoming interim kindergarten teacher Elizabeth Ho attended the New Teachers of Color in Independent Schools Conference at The Gordon School in Rhode Island earlier this month. Ho, an associate teacher at Belmont Day this past school year, joined 20 educators…