At the annual Corporation and Parents’ Association open meetings, held on Thursday, May 16, the Belmont Day community came together to celebrate the 2018-19 academic year, honor outgoing and announce new members of the board of trustees and the PA executive committee. This year has been one of great milestones
Fifth Graders Combine Technology and Woodworking Fifth grade students are putting the final touches on their projects from the combined woodworking and technology class. The students are adding either a MakeyMakey or micro:bit to their wood projects which will allow them to interact with the code they wrote in Scratch.
Happy National Physical Fitness and Sports Month! May is a great month for fitness, sports, and physical education! It’s National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. And, as part of the month-long celebration on the importance of physical activity, the week of May 1-7 is National Physical Education and Sports Week.
Fourth Grade Students Create Greek Ceramics In conjunction with their study of Ancient Greece, each fourth grade student made a ceramic relief tile in art class depicting a scene or character from a story that they planned to tell at the Greek Festival. First, the students each created a sketch
The addition of the Barn was not only a decisive undertaking to provide our students with more learning and athletics spaces, but it was also a decisive step on the path to sustainability for our school. Belmont Day has implemented numerous sustainability initiatives through the years, from our garden and
Camp Kindness a Rousing Success! First and second graders performed the musical, Camp Kindness, to a packed audience today. This heartwarming story explains that life isn’t easy, especially for kids growing up. Sometimes our fears, circumstances, and limitations can make friendships, learning, expressing, and creating difficult. But as this camp shows,
We had a wonderful crew of Belmont Day faculty, students, parents, and friends join to prepare the school garden for the 2019 season. A beautiful day greeted our participants who enjoyed raking, planting, clearing, weeding, and more. Students planted over 80 feet of snap and pod peas, as well as a
Congratulations to associate teacher, Emily Davis, who was recently honored as the recipient of Lesley University’s Graduate School of Education June Fox Scholarship Award for 2019. Given once a year to one member of Lesley’s Collaborative Residency Program, the award recognizes outstanding work with children, interest in building equity in the classroom, and
Time to F.A.C.E. the Music During the month of April, our young music students in pre-k and kindergarten will be challenged to F.A.C.E. the music. They are learning the letter names of the notes in the spaces of the treble clef. Matching the letters with the notes on the staff
Learning More Complex Programming Students in fifth grade have begun programming their final project in technology class. Students are using the Scratch or Microsoft MakeCode programming environments and either a MakeyMakey or micro:bit as a way to interact with their programs beyond just the computer. They are learning how servos
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