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
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
This summer our students will be enjoying the following books: Pre-kindergarten: Red Knit Cap Girl and the Reading Tree by Naoko Stoop Kindergarten: Bunny’s Book Club by Annie Silvestro Grade 1: Waiting for Biblioburro by Monica Brown Grade 2: Planting Stories, The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre by Anika Aldamuy Denise
Third Grade Ensemble-Building As theater educators, we all talk the talk of “ensemble,” and we tout the virtues of “working together” and the “value of teamwork.” We stress that everyone is important. We put phrases such as “no small parts, only small players” and “we are all equal parts of
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,
