Activities
Belmont Hills' students have an opportunity to participate in a variety of extracurricular activities:
Activity | Grades | Description | Facilitator |
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School Street Singers Chorus | 3rd & 4th | Before school rehearsals in Winter & Spring; concert in school and evening performance for families | Mr. Diaz, BH Vocal Music teacher |
Instrumental Music |
4th | Choice of band or orchestra; In-school practices plus before school practices closer to the Spring concert | Ms. Joseph, BH Instrumental Music teacher |
Intramural Sports | 4th | Before school; Rotation of competitive and cooperative games | Mr. Esibill, BH PE teacher |
First LEGO League | 4th | After school; Learn about STEM; District competition in Spring | BH teachers |
Reading Olympics | 4th | After school; students read a variety of books and practice answering questions to prepare for District competition in Spring | Mrs. Torello-McClanahan, BH Librarian |
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Chapter |
2nd, 3rd & 4th |
After school; Harriton HS students mentor BH students in STEM and 'Building Belonging' | Mr. Nate Bantoe, HHS teacher |
All Belmont Hills' students have an opportunity to showcase their talents to the student body and their families.
- BH Talent Show – Facilitated by our famous Home and School Association, all students are invited to participate in this evening event.
- Whole School Morning Meetings – Each month, different grade level students lead these meeting
- First Grade Famous African American Assembly – First graders research, write and perform at this annual assembly for the rest of the school
- Third Grade Wax Museum - a tradition that students look forward to choosing a person, researching and writing a speech and then memorizing it to perform for the students in the day time and parents in the evening.
- Science Fair – Third and fourth graders have the option to experience the Scientific Process and then present their findings at school.
- School Garden - Kindergarten takes care of our school garden and participates in a butterfly life cycle unit.