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The school will need following required documentation in order to update your address:

Residency Documents

If you own a home, please provide all documents requested below:

1. Deed or mortgage payment
2. Light Bill from Belmont Light within the past 60 days (Belmont Light will provide you with a “Light Letter '' if you have just moved. You will need to provide the first bill to school when you receive it.)

If you rent your home, please provide all documents requested below:

1. Light Bill from Belmont Light within the past 60 days (Belmont Light will provide you with a “Light Letter” if you have just moved. You will need to provide the first bill to school when you receive it.)
2. Lease - must show current year and full lease signed by landlord and tenant
3. Residency Verification Form  - signed and notarized Residency Verification Form from legal owner/landlord of home; please print out for landlord to get notarized

Once you have all the necessary documents, you can either bring them to Chenery or email them to us. If you have any questions, please contact the grade level office of your child.

Withdrawal and Record Release Form - return this form to your school office

How can I get a Student Charlie Card for my child?  Please see Mrs. Sullivan in the Upper School Office for a Charlie Card.

How can my child get a Work Permit? If they are 14 or older, please see Mrs. Sullivan for an Employees Permit Application. 

Call the school’s absence phone number as soon as possible before or on the day of the absence. The phone numbers are:

• Upper School Attendance 617-993-5832
• Lower School Attendance 617-993-5822 

If the school does not hear from parents or a guardian, school personnel will make efforts to contact them. Students arriving after 7:55 a.m. will be considered tardy and must sign in at the Lower or Upper School office with a note from a parent.

Please note: If student is absent from school, he or she may not participate in after school or evening activities on that day without prior approval from a building administrator.

More information is available here.

In grade 5, Pupil Evaluation Forms are completed three times a year. These are either hand-carried home, given to parents at the fall conference or mailed home.

Keeping track of your grades will help you understand how you are progressing in each class. Using the online teacher portal is a great tool to do this. Report cards and Progress reports: In 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, report cards are distributed four times a year at the end of each marking period. Midway through a grading period, 7th and 8th graders will be given an interim progress report that is also posted online.

Grade Scale for Letter Grades:

Some teachers post homework assignments on Student Portal: Student+ Portal

Prior to 7:45 AM, students in grades 5 and 6 may gather in the cafeteria and the auditorium, respectively. Students in grades 7 and 8 gather at the rear plaza area any time after 7:35. At 7:45, all students proceed to their lockers and then to their homerooms. School begins at 7:55 AM with homeroom and morning announcements. School dismissal at 2:25 PM on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays (School dismisses at 1:15 PM on Wednesdays)

At dismissal students participating in after school activities or meeting with a teacher may report to the appropriate room. All students who are not in the care of an adult are expected to pack up their materials and report to buses or the front or back exits for pick up or walking home.

Parents/guardians must register the student online here: Registration. The following materials must be submitted after online registration form is accepted:   Residency Verification Form, Student Health History Form, proof of residency (as noted in Residency Verification Form), original health records (including physical exam taken place within one year and proof of immunization), birth certificate/passport, official transcripts, MCAS scores (if transferring from a public school in Massachusetts) government - issued photo identification of parents or legal guardians. More information and online registration is available here.

Belmont School Committee policy determines the extent to which pupils in Kindergarten through Grade 12 are transported by bus. The Belmont Public Schools’ policy for providing busing will follow the State guidelines, and busing for students will be available for a fee. Information regarding school bus registration, including routes and Frequently Asked Questions, can be found here.

All students participate in a six-day rotation of "specials" classes, including art, music, library, physical education, and a technology class. The 6 day calendar is color-coded to correspond to the day in the rotation and it has been incorporated into our school calendar which is available online here. Please note that in the case of a school cancellation, that day in the rotation will be pushed to the day that school resumes.