This past week, we marked the first year of the Barn being online as part of the Belmont Day campus. With the construction of the Barn, we included numerous energy efficiencies including a large solar array on the roof. We are pleased to report that after one year of operation, the solar
Second Grade Actors Create Tableaus In second grade theater arts, students are learning to use their bodies to communicate with an audience. In this activity, each group chose one fairytale to illustrate in three scenes as tableaus. A tableau is a theatrical technique in which actors freeze in poses that create a picture
Creative Quilting in Fourth Grade Students in fourth grade are making their own hand-sewn quilts in art class. They looked at a variety of examples of quilts from Gee Bends quilts from Georgia, Harriet Powers’ story quilts, and other American quilting traditions based on geometric patterns. Students first made a
Winter Concert: Logistics and DirectionsThursday, December 19, 20196:30 p.m. in the Downing Gym Concert Dress Ensemble/Middle School Chorus Members: black on the bottom, white on top Lower School Chorus Members and all other students: dressy, festive attire Arrival at BDSParking: Please coordinate your plans so that the fewest possible cars arrive on campus
Share the Warmth DriveMonday, December 2 to Thursday, December 19 Once again this year, the fifth grade is organizing the Share the Warmth clothing drive to benefit Cradles to Crayons. The annual drive is a longstanding community service commitment and leadership opportunity for our oldest lower school students. Cradles to Crayons
Classical Basics for Grade 2 Students In second grade music classes, students have been working on practicing resting and playing positions, pizzicato-ing and identifying the cello strings, as well as writing the bass clef. They have also been starting to work on the Winter Concert songs, “Snow is Falling,” “Penguin
Leading by Example In PE we’ve been thinking a lot about leadership. What does it mean to be a leader? How many leaders can a classroom have? Our fifth grade students found out through four weeks of teamwork sampling many of the middle school athletics offerings. Through sun and rain
Orff to a Good Start in Music! The Orff approach has many wonderful concepts of music education. The instruments are of a high tone quality which is satisfying to young ears. In our early education music classes, we use the Orff xylophones to learn basic concepts of melody, rhythm, ensemble
A group of middle school students has been meeting during lunch ever since the international climate strike on Friday, September 20. We are working toward various goals, and one of our first school-wide initiatives will take place next week, on Wednesday, November 6. We’re calling it Lights Out Day. The
Class of 2026 makes Oliver K. Woodpeople Each year, the second grade class creates three unique wooden people after reading the book Oliver K. Woodman, the story about a wooden person who travels across the country. Each student is responsible for making two or three wooden parts used to create these
on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, due to weather.
