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Gray Joins NAIS Fellowship Program for Aspiring Heads of School

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August 2, 2022

This summer, Liz Gray, Belmont Day’s Middle School Head, started an intensive professional development program that will ready her for what may be the next challenge in her career as an educator and administrator. Gray joined more than 50 of…

2022-23 Leana Endowment Grant Recipients Announced

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July 29, 2022

The Lenesa Leana Endowment for Innovative and Collaborative Education was established to honor the innovative strategies and collaborations that former Head of School Lenesa Leana fostered during her tenure at Belmont Day. The endowment provides grants to teaching and non-teaching…

Pryor Starts Professional Development Program for New Divisional Leadership

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July 28, 2022

The timing couldn’t have been any better. Almost immediately after being named as Belmont Day’s interim lower school head, longtime kindergarten teacher Betty Chu Pryor found a professional development program tailor-made for administrators entering their first year at the helm…

Faculty Attend Multicultural Teaching Institute

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July 1, 2022

A group of returning and new Belmont Day faculty members attended the annual 3-day Multicultural Teaching Institute (MTI) conference in June. MTI is a conference designed by educators for educators where participants learn hands-on teaching tools to enrich their classrooms…

Learning Updates for June 6 to June 10

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June 10, 2022

From Maine to Hawaii: The Third Grade State Fair Shines Across the USA Third graders celebrated the State Fair on Tuesday to a packed house of families and faculty. The fair is a beloved annual event in which students showcase…

Congratulations to the 2022 Coaches’ Award Recipients

By John O'Neill, director of athletics |

June 9, 2022

2022 Sports Achievers – Eliza Kuechle and Bernie Mattox The Coaches’ Award recognizes the two eighth grade student-athletes who best embody the Belmont Day School values through athletics. Recipients of this award value HONESTY on the playing fields by following…