Sixth Grade Coders Get Things Moving! Sixth grade students recently constructed a set of electronic turtles and programmed their motorized fins to get them flapping across the innovation studio floor. After completing their turtle projects, students are now using their knowledge to create simple self-driving cars that will be able to
Badminton Program Strong As Ever After spearheading an interscholastic middle school badminton league six years ago, Belmont Day found itself as the only school left standing this winter. Despite the lack of opponents, the program is as strong as ever and welcomed a record 18 athletes to the team this
Boys’ JV Basketball Continues to Battle It’s been a unique season for the boys’ JV basketball team. With 16 players on the roster, the team is divided into three separate “squads,” with only two squads suiting up for each game. Despite the unusual format, the team has developed strong chemistry
Middle School Students Tackle Intricate Woodworking Projects Middle School arts students in woodworking are taking their skills to new levels and creating more detailed and intricate pieces. Seventh and eighth grade students in the wood carving class are now working with carving chisels to create wooden shells. And the sixth
Our music classes enjoyed a visit from Dr. Brett Abigaña, an accomplished composer, music educator, and conductor at Boston University Academy. Students learned about a variety of topics ranging from composing music for movies and shows, the role of physics in the overtone series, the history of musical notation, healthy
Our talented group of associate teachers will move to their second placement of the school year on Tuesday, January 22. Kate Buchholtz will be going to first grade; Emily Davis will join Mary Norman in fourth grade; Sophie Johnson will be moving to fourth grade with Lana Holman; Melissa Grip
Balanced Attack Leads Girls’ JV Hoops to Win over Meadowbrook After a trio of hard-fought losses to begin the season, the girls’ JV basketball team finally got into the win column this week with a commanding 36-11 win over Meadowbrook at home. Coach Andy Rentschler was proud of his team’s performance,
Now Showing! Student Artwork Everywhere Be sure to take a stroll through the Schoolhouse and the Barn to check out the newly installed displays of student artwork. Now showing in the Schoolhouse: large abstract paintings by first graders, a variety of pieces from the sixth grade two-dimensional ARTS Launch class,
On Thursday, February 14, Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer will present to students in grades four and up. Holly Goldberg Sloan is a film director, producer, screenwriter, and author of the middle grade books Counting By 7s and Short, both New York Times bestsellers, as well as I’ll Be There, Keeper (Dream Series), Just
Wrestling Takes Down Park Thursday marked yet another first for the Belmont Day athletics program, as the wrestling team hosted its first interscholastic meet. Only four weeks into their inaugural season, the Blue & Gold impressed the home crowd by winning six of seven matches and recording five pins against
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