Belmont High School
Dear BHS Students and Families,
Congratulations to the class of 2025, who graduate tomorrow at 10am on Harris Field. You can watch graduation live. The links can be found below:
Wishing everyone a restful weekend. Please see below for a reminder of upcoming important dates, including finals.
Isaac Taylor, Principal
Graduation is at 10am on Saturday June 7 on Harris Field. If you would like to watch the ceremony and do not have tickets, there is open seating on the bleachers. The exercises will also be streamed live by Belmont Media.
The last day of school for students is Tuesday June 17.
End of year finals will take place June 12, 13 & 16. I will send out the schedule of exams next week. Students are only required to be in school for their finals on these days. The school will be open normal hours for those wishing to study, and breakfast/lunch will be served.
The first day of school for the 2025-2026 school year is Wednesday September 3rd, 2025.
All students with lockers must clear them out before leaving for the summer. I will send out a locker form in the August newsletter, and students wishing to have a locker next year should sign up then (you will not automatically be reassigned a locker, even if you have one this year).
All textbooks must be returned by the end of the school year, and any negative lunch balances must be paid.
Current 10th grade students must return their Chromebooks for summer maintenance (see below for more details.)
All current 10th-grade students must return their Chromebooks and chargers by the last day of school. Devices will be collected on Tuesday, June 17, in the main entrance foyer during lunch periods and immediately after school. Students may also drop off Chromebooks at the Tech Office (F179) between 7:45 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. on school days.
Please return the assigned Chromebook and charger. If the charger is missing, bring a check for $20 (payable to Belmont Public Schools). For lost or damaged Chromebooks, the replacement fee is $200.
Need your Chromebook over the summer for SATs, college applications, or AP coursework? Submit a request here: Request Form.
Chromebook requests for the 2025-2026 school year open in mid-August, with pickups on the first day of school.
Want to be a part of the Mini-forest, coming to campus in the Fall of 2025? Then foster a tree to tend over the summer and return on our Community Planting Day to ground it in the Mini-forest! Fill out the form to reserve your plant!
For updates on the Community Planting Date and more information, visit tinyurl.com/BHSminiforestweb
The boys’ lacrosse team lost to Acton-Boxborough during the round of 32 in the Division 1 MIAA boys lacrosse tournament. The boys battled hard and were trailing 8-4 at the half before the Colonials pulled away for good.
The Boys Rugby team wrapped up their season Wednesday night on the road against Xaverian Brothers HS in the MIAA D1 Semi-finals. Despite a valiant effort and relentless tackling from our team, Xaverian played an excellent match and won 17-38 to earn a spot in the state finals next week. Huge credit to our seniors who gave so much on the field, but even more so off of it during their time with the program. We thank you for being a part of the BRFC and for the time we were able to share. We now welcome you to our proud alumni group and know you will continue to support the team in the years ahead. Congratulations to all of our players and coaches on a wonderful season where our 1st XV (varsity) team finished 6-2-1. As of last week we were ranked #25 in the country for high school teams and are fortunate to play in a region that has some of the top schools in the nation competing. Last, to all of our families and the community who came out this week and all season, your support is unending and appreciated and we thank you for it.
The girls lacrosse team ended their season this past Tuesday evening with a round of 16 tournament defeat to the #3 seeded Lincoln-Sudbury. It was the furthest tournament round appearance for the girl’s program in recent years and we are already looking ahead to next spring with a core group of returning players from both the varsity and the JV team who finished with a 17-1 record on the season. Special recognition, thanks, and congratulations to our graduating seniors: Ellie Baird, Bailey Cumbo, Anna Santos, Charlotte Mayall, Tyler Mayall, & Keira Healy!
After 10 amazing years at the helm, we bid Coach Mark Wagner a happy retirement from coaching this week. Mark took over the program in 2016, when no one else was available to step up- which would have led to the ending of the program. Mark coached the team with his son, Evan, on it and- amazingly- chose to continue coaching even after Evan graduated, and then continued until this year. The community is thankful for all of his energy, time, and commitment to the program to help it grow to its current state. Even though Mark won’t be a regular on the sidelines anymore, we know he’ll still be yelling “up” calls from wherever he is!
The softball team won our opening tournament game on May 29th over Diman Regional Voke Tech by a score of 5-4. Senior Tess Burroso went 2 for 3 and knocked in 2 runs and senior Josie Kim went 2 for 3 and scored two runs in the win. In the next round The softballers headed down to Taunton for a matchup with the #1 ranked Taunton Tigers and lost 12-0 to end the season. Senior Amelia Ormond had the only hit of the game for the Marauders. Three seniors achieved a career milestone this past season, each surpassing 100 hits in their high school softball careers. Those seniors are Amelia Ormond, Josie Kim, and Tessa Burroso. Kim and Amelia Ormond were also named Middlesex League All-Stars for this season.
For today – just a huge, heartfelt, Thank You to our amazing Varsity seniors: Dana Lehr, Sarah Yu, Lucy Hamer, Ailinn Capitani, Ayla Robinson, Linda Sheng and Ava Wright. We we will miss you so much, and while we secretly wish you failed every class this semester to you’d have to repeat another year at Belmont, we are thrilled for all y’all got going on in your future. Come back and visit: you will always be entitled to post-run coffee/ice cream on Coach George’s Capitol One Venture X Business Card. With appreciation, Coach Becca, Coach Clark, and G.
The Girls Rugby team faced a skilled and exciting Brookline High School side at home in the State Semi-Final Match on Tuesday 6/3. Belmont scored early in the first half but were held scoreless for 20 minutes by a strong Brookline defense. Coming out of half time, Belmont finished the game with 4 more tries and all 23 players made it into the match. Most impressively, the team’s 8 tries were scored by 8 different players. Credit to seniors Hannah Jacoby, Sadie Taylor and Robyn Tonomura-MacDonald who made tremendous tackles helping to keep Brookline scoreless in the definitive semi-final match. The team earned the opportunity to play in the State Championship Match against Lincoln-Sudbury at Curry College on June 14th.
Calling all BHS Parents and Guardians!
Have you been looking for ways to get more involved at Belmont High School? Would you like an opportunity to meet other BHS parents and interact with students and administrators? Do you have ideas you want to share about how to support BHS students, families, and teachers? Get involved with the PTSO!
We are looking for volunteers for the 2025-26 school year. Sign up at https://forms.gle/FLqeXh7mM7CZWLz8A if you're interested in helping out with our programs in 2025-26. One of our parent board members will reach out to be in touch. We look forward to working with you!
Learn more about the PTSO at https://www.belmont.k12.ma.us/o/bhs/page/ptso or email belmonthighptso@gmail.com.
Student Opportunity: Write for The Belmont Voice
The Belmont Voice is seeking enthusiastic students to join our team! We're looking for our next Gen Z columnists. We will be choosing up to two individuals who can provide informative and engaging content on a variety of topics close to the hearts of our readers. You must be able to contribute regularly, generate compelling ideas, meet deadlines, and welcome close editing and critique of your work. If this sounds like something you'd like to pursue, please fill out this form:
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Please submit entries by June 14, 2025.