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Welcome to BASEC @ BMHS Lower School Program for Grades 7 – 8!

What is BASEC @ BMHS 7 – 8?

BASEC @ BMHS 7 – 8 is an after school program designed to meet the interests and needs of middle school students. We create positive spaces for students to hang out with friends, complete homework, explore interests through movement, enrichment, and to participate in various focused workshops. On top of all that, we offer an individualized executive function based academic support program for families looking to optimize their students’ study skills for the competitive and challenging high school years, and in many ways to develop strong habits that students can use for the rest of their lives.

Flexible Options for Families

In order to accommodate varying needs, BASEC @ BMHS 7 – 8 will have two participation options:

• “After Hang” plus daily enrichment programming across domains such as physical activity, STEM, arts, Dungeons @ Dragons club, and others.
• Full Programming (Above options plus access to academic and executive function support)

Each option has its own tuition schedule, which can be referenced on our tuition page. Parents will be able to adjust their student’s participation option each academic quarter to accommodate other extracurricular activities.

“Belmont After Hang”

Coined by current BASEC 6th and 7th graders, “Belmont After Hang” (or BAH) will be our general after school space. We are planning to have lots of areas within the space for students to decompress and connect with friends in a positive way each day. Comfortable seating; light music; table games like chess, ping-pong, and Foosball; and enough separate spaces for a wide spectrum of activities. This option is perfect for students that need a positive space to hang out with friends after school or during seasons with extracurricular commitments that require students to be on-campus for blocks of time before and/or after those extracurriculars are scheduled.

Enrichment

Enrichment is a core element of the BASEC experience. Our enrichment curriculum offers a variety of daily and weekly options for students to participate in. We offer a dedicated STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) based “Maker” space that allows for exploration, inquiry, and creativity. Students can explore independently, but there are daily, weekly, and monthly guided projects offered such as cooking science, engineering challenges, photography, songwriting, and 3D design. We also know that a space for physical activity is necessary for many students and we make use of the school’s indoor and outdoor spaces and gyms daily for those choices. We offer rotating, student interest driven options such as basketball, soccer, handball, dodgeball, ultimate frisbee, and even flag football.

Full Programming Option

Our full programming option will add our academic support program resources.

Academic Support

Each student in the Belmont Public School system must develop a homework and study routine — the expectations are set high in our district! Our academic support involves a quiet, productive space that is filled with resources that participating students can access when needed. Beyond that fundamental starting point, academic support is increasingly individualized at BASEC. We set goals for students that help to build a successful routine (using executive function coaching practices like project pacing, prioritization, and time management), make resources available for content support, create accountability built upon strong relationships, and report progress and challenges to parents. Because of our long partnership with Belmont Public Schools, we have many relationships with faculty that we can draw upon for strategies to best support student needs.

Program Hours

End of the school day until 6:00 PM. Early release days may sometimes include field trip options.

Program Spaces

All programming will take place at BMS. We use a variety of spaces such as classrooms, gyms, the field house, the cafeteria, and library spaces.

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