For the bulk of trimester two, sixth graders read The Giverby Lois Lowry. Often considered the first dystopian novel written for a young adult audience, The Giver provides an exciting but accessible text on which to practice our large group discussion skills. Students were taught explicit “talk moves” in order to share ideas
It was another exciting and active week in Belmont Day athletics, highlighted by our annual Friday Night Hoops event against Meadowbrook. The evening was an amazing community celebration, with students, families, faculty, and fans filling the gym to support our teams and create an electric atmosphere. Events like this continue
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, eighth grade social studies devoted a class period to unpacking Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” drawing meaningful parallels to themes in our current unit on the rise of Nazi Germany. Students engaged in dialectical journaling, a creative strategy that invites them
After two snow days to start the week, our teams quickly got back into rhythm once competition resumed. On Wednesday, the fencing team traveled to the Boston Fencing Club to take on BB&N and came away with an impressive overall victory, winning 14 of 27 bouts. The foil squad led
On Friday, January 30, 57 middle school students participated in the American Mathematics Competition’s AMC8, an international math competition on an eighth grade level. Students from around the world took part in the online, 25-question, 40-minute-long competition. The organization encourages students to develop and enhance their problem-solving skills, and the competition challenges
As our teams settled back into their routines this week, students continued to impress with their effort, focus, and positive attitudes across all programs. The week began on Tuesday with two strong competitive efforts. Fencing opened with a home match against the International School of Boston, earning a convincing team
As students returned to campus, our winter teams wasted no time getting back to work, jumping right into practices on Monday and picking up exactly where they left off before the break. That momentum carried into Wednesday, when we hosted a full slate of contests against BB&N. The girls’ varsity
Over the past two weeks, our winter teams officially kicked off their seasons following a strong preseason of preparation and growth. The boys’ varsity basketball team opened with two games, earning a 1–1 record heading into break. In their first matchup, the team outlasted a scrappy Park squad, fueled by
Seventh and eighth graders have been creating handmade, one-of-a-kind books in the bookmaking elective arts class. They worked on several projects that included illustrating and developing a theme or story in an open pamphlet book. They hand-printed paper to cover bookboards, and then sewed these illustrated books together using bookbinding
On Saturday, November 15, twenty Middle School students took part in a Model UN Conference at Northeastern University. These students were “delegates” of either Tunisia or Russia. During the Middle School clubs period, they worked hard to research their countries and the issues they were preparing to discuss. They joined
