We congratulate our high school seniors who had their graduation on June 3. We wish them all well in their future endeavors. Our friends at Belmont Media Center filmed the graduation and posted it online.  Please go here to view graduation. We also want to recognize and congratulate our fourth grade class who move up to Chenery, and our eighth grade class who move up to the high school. This is a special time for our Belmont families.

 

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posted by Krys Murphy on Jun 20, 2018

Belmont High School and Chenery Middle School students who did record amounts of volunteer hours were given the President’s Volunteer Service Award, a national campaign to promote and recognize sustained service among Americans of all ages. [read more →]
posted by BPS Web Manager on Jun 13, 2018

All students are to read over the summer in preparation for the start of the new school year. Teachers selected these books to interest students and to enrich their literary background. The Belmont Public Library will receive copies of this list. If at all possible, students should purchase copies of their summer reading books so that they can mark them up and use them at the start of school. The theme this year is Libraries Rock! [read more →]
posted by BPS Web Manager on Jun 12, 2018

The 27th Annual Staff Recognition Day celebrated 76 staff and faculty members of Belmont Public Schools for their years of service ranging from ten to 35. [read more →]
posted by BPS Web Manager on Jun 04, 2018

The School Committee was honored to have Dr. Judith Owens, Director of Sleep Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and an internationally-recognized authority on pediatric sleep, present The Impact of School Start Times on Student Health and Performance at the May 22 School Committee Meeting. [read more →]
posted by BPS Web Manager on May 24, 2018

School Committee Finance Subcommittee - May 29, 2018
posted by Cathy Grant on May 21, 2018

Many schools showed their gratitude during Teacher and Nurse Appreciation Week, held May 7-May 11, with luncheons, flowers and thank you notes from the children. We appreciate our teachers and nurses all year long, and it is great to be able to thank them and recognize them in this way.

As you know, the Memorial Day holiday weekend is just around the corner--some call it the "unofficial" beginning of summer. Our schools are not in session on Monday, Memorial Day. I hope you all have a great long weekend.

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posted by Krys Murphy on May 18, 2018

The School Committee agreed to locate the elementary modulars at the Burbank School at the June 20 meeting. The modular units would not be in place until the 2018-2019 school year. An estimate of work will be presented to Town Meeting in fall 2017 for funding and approval. [read more →]
posted by BPS Web Manager on Apr 12, 2018

It looks like spring has finally arrived, and we can all look forward to warming temperatures and snow tires back in storage. With April break just around the corner, I hope you all have a wonderful Patriot's Day holiday and enjoy your time off. [read more →]
posted by Krys Murphy on Apr 10, 2018

March is certainly "In like a Lion..." as the saying goes. Hard to believe spring is a little over a week away on March 20, and daylight savings time begins this Sunday, March 11, where we turn our clocks forward by one hour. Given the weather, this is a great  time to be indoors enjoying all the wonderful events at our schools, as you can see from the calendar below. [read more →]
posted by Krys Murphy on Mar 09, 2018