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Mai Hassan on Sudan

By Bradford Adams

On April 24, award-winning MIT political science professor Mai Hassan came to Belmont Hill to speak about the ongoing conflict in South Sudan. Hassan spoke on the background of the…

Departing Faculty: Thank you Mr. Feldman!

By Jaiden Lee

In his fifteen years of teaching mathematics at Belmont Hill, Mr. Stephen Feldman has left a lasting impact on the school. Whether explaining differential equations in his BC Calculus class,…

Poetry Fest Performances

By Benjamin Gong

The Belmont Hill community gathered on Friday, April 25th, for the 31st annual Poetry Fest, a celebration of poems that has become an established tradition at our school. After a…

Departing Faculty: Mr. Ryan ’17

By Samuel Leviton

The 2024-2025 school year is in its final stages, and Mr. Ryan ‘17 will take off from Belmont Hill. Mr. Ryan spent six years at BH as a student and…

An Exciting End to the Year: Senior Field Day

By Jack Ramanathan

To make up for missing their 7th-grade Roman & Greek Field Day because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Class of 2025 decided to bring it back—with a twist. Throughout the…

Belmont Hill 2025 IBSC Conference Preview

By Suhas Kaniyar

During the 2025 summer, Belmont Hill will welcome the international boys’ school community as the host of the International Boys School Coalition (IBSC) Conference. This event is the product of…

Departing Faculty: Dr. DeFraia

By Adrian Chen

As the school year comes to a close, Belmont Hill says goodbye to Dr. DeFraia, who stepped in as a sabbatical replacement for Dr. Tift in the English Department. When…

NS-31 Goes to Space With All-Female Crew

By Gabby Wang, Managing Editor of Op-Eds

On April 14, 2025, pop star Katy Perry and five other women made history on a suborbital flight aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket. It was the first all-female-crewed space…

Mahmoud v. Taylor: Drawing the Line Between Church and State

By Kayla Moore, Director of Collaboration & Editing

On April 22, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court Case Mahmoud v. Taylor took place. The case unfolded in April 2023 when Muslim, Catholic and Orthodox Christian parents sued Montgomery County…

The Inaugural Breaking Barriers Gala

By Bela Bock, Director of Logistics

On the evening of March 8, Lake Forest Academy’s Breaking Barriers Club hosted its first gala. Breaking Barriers strives to allow immigrants easier access to healthcare. The Club’s leaders include…