Belmont Public Schools News

COVID Cases Reporting Wednesday, January 12, 2022

I write to inform you that new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in our school community. Week of 1/12/2022: Two hundred and twenty-nine (229) new COVID-19 positive cases in the district: (41) Belmont High School, (79) Chenery Middle School, (38) Wellington Elementary School, (25) Butler Elementary School, (19) Winn Brook Elementary School, and (27) Burbank Elementary School. These numbers include self-reporting with at-home tests, Board of Health confirmation cases, and pool test positive cases.

Parent Information Session - Basic Rights: Understanding the IEP

Belmont Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) invites you to attend our next Parent Information Session (PIS). Basic Rights: Understanding the IEP This Parent Information Session and workshop will be held via ZOOM on Thursday January 20th, 2022 from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

COVID Cases Reporting Wednesday, January 5, 2022

I write to inform you that new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in our school community. Week of 12/29/2022: Sixteen (16) new COVID-19 positive cases in the district: (8) Belmont High School, (3) Chenery Middle School, (1) Wellington Elementary School, (3) Butler Elementary School, and (1) Winn Brook Elementary School. Week of 1/5/2022: Two hundred and twenty-eight (228) new COVID-19 positive cases in the district: (44) Belmont High School, (72) Chenery Middle School, (34) Wellington Elementary School, (21) Butler Elementary School, (37) Winn Brook Elementary School, and (20) Burbank Elementary School.

February Vacation Camp 2022

Open to all students in grades K – 8. Students from all four Belmont elementary schools and Chenery Middle School attend BASEC Belmont Vacation Programs, making it a great place to connect with old friends and meet new ones! Classes are taught by our professional BASEC teachers and are designed to build the 21st Century skills so important to our youth.

Annual Family Film Festival: Hybrid Edition

Travel the world with your children during Martin Luther King weekend and beyond—by enjoying some of the most exciting international films for children age 3-12, in English and multiple languages with subtitles. Many are based on children's best-loved children's books.

January 2, 2022 Superintendent letter to BPS Community

I would like to send each of you my best wishes for a happy new year. As we begin the second half of the academic year in the midst of the Omicron surge, I am writing to share several district updates. Our current goal, as it has been all year, is to keep children in school and to do so as safely as possible.

Belmont Public Schools Online Registration for School Year 2022-2023 opens January 28, 2022

Welcome to Belmont Public Schools (BPS). Registration for school year 2022-2023, grades Kindergarten through 12, opens online January 28.

A Message from the Belmont Public Schools Student Services Department

During the week of January 24, 2022, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Public School Monitoring (PSM) will conduct a Tiered Focused Monitoring Review of the Belmont School District. The Office of Public School Monitoring visits each district and charter school every three years to monitor compliance with federal and state special education and civil rights regulations. Areas of review related to special education include student assessments, determination of eligibility, the Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team process, and IEP development and implementation. Areas of review related to civil rights include bullying, student discipline, physical restraint, and equal access to school programs for all students.

FBE Announces Learning Excellence and Innovative Teaching Initiative Grant Awards-December 2021

The Foundation for Belmont Education (FBE) is pleased to announce and summarize grants that were recently approved for the 2021-2022 academic year. Below is a summary of three new grants totaling $7,282.

Please consider the FBE on Giving Tuesday

Due to continued uncertainty and ever-changing guidelines on hosting large indoor events, yet again, we will not be holding our traditional Spring Gala Fundraiser in 2022. Please do support us so we may continue to support our students in the Belmont Public Schools with innovative and enriching educational experiences.

#GivingTuesday is Fast Approaching!

The FBE has just mailed our 2021 Annual Appeal, and this year our annual appeal is the major fundraiser of our fiscal year! Due to continued uncertainty and every-changing guidelines on hosting large indoor events, we will not be holding our traditional Spring Gala Fundraiser in 2022. Please do support us so we may continue to support our students in the Belmont Public Schools with innovative and enriching educational experiences.

FBE is the Local Cityside Subaru Share the Love Charity for 9th YEAR!

For the 9th year, Cityside Subaru of Belmont has selected the Foundation for Belmont Education (FBE) to benefit from the Subaru Share the Love fundraiser. This national initiative by the car manufacturer has resulted in donations of more than $200 million to local charities across the U.S. In eight years, Cityside Subaru has donated more than $130,000 to the FBE through the Subaru Share the Love program. Thank you Cityside Subaru of Belmont!

BHS Fall Play: The Servant of Two Masters

The Servant of Two Masters is a comedy for audiences of all ages. Featuring physical comedy, wordplay, music, slapstick gags, wild costumes, candy colored scenery, and a madcap plot that will leave your head spinning.

New Online Bill Payment System Now Available

Belmont Public Schools online fee payments are now being processed by MySchoolBucks, instead of our previous online system, MCC which is no longer doing business as an online school payment processor. MySchoolBucks may be familiar to you as it is already being used for meal purchases.

Belmont SEPAC Meeting: Introduction to your Student Services Team

Did you know that Student Services not only includes Special Education services but ranges from Health Services by our nursing staff, to Early Education Preschool Program, to the LABBB Collaborative (Lexington, Arlington, Belmont, Bedford & Burlington)? Belmont SEPAC welcomes the greater Belmont community to hear from panelists who work to serve all Belmont students. If you have a student who receives services or you just want more information, please join us for this overview presentation.

Equity Audit Update

It is a pleasure to introduce myself and to announce the next phase of the Belmont Public Schools, district-side equity audit. Today, educational excellence means creating learning environments where every student feels safe, included, and empowered to achieve. Bringing this vision to life requires hearing from students, teachers, and staff to better understand the state of equity and inclusion at school.

BHS Community Tours

Are you eager to check out the new Belmont High School? Well, wait no more! We will be offering tours on:

Thank You for Making the FBE Apple Run a Super Fun Success!

To everyone who contributed to this year’s FBE Apple Run, the Foundation for Belmont Education is extremely grateful. This year’s run attracted close to 800 participants, 689 pre-registered and 109 day-of registrations. The event would not have been possible without the support of our 60+ day-of volunteers, our volunteer run committee, our event sponsors, our Investors and Partners in Education, our in-kind donators, and of course, our runners! Thank you!

BPS Employment Opportunities

I write to you inform you about several employment openings that are currently available in the Belmont Public Schools. Despite our hopes for a “normal return” to school, 2021-2022 is not turning out to be a typical school year when it comes to filling open positions. Similar to many school districts across the country Belmont is finding that temporary, part-time, and paraprofessional positions are more often going unfilled. This prevents us from being able to fully support our teachers and learners as we would like. We continue to seek new platforms to advertise our positions on, and we have increased our networking. Today, we are including you in those efforts.

School/Community Announcement about Indigenous Peoples Day

On May 5, 2021, Belmont Town Meeting voted in favor of Warrant Article 10 to establish that the second Monday of October would be commemorated as Indigenous Peoples Day in the Town of Belmont. We are grateful to the Belmont High School students who collaborated with community members to bring Warrant Article 10 to Town Meeting and to the Town Meeting members who approved it.