Friday, February 10, 2012 10:21 am
Montgomery Blair High School's Online Student Newspaper
NSPA Pacemaker Award (2004-2006, 2011), Marylander Award (2007-2009)
Koehler explains his project on batch processing and scheduling.
Senior becomes the only Intel finalist in Maryland
On Jan. 25, senior Frederic Koehler was named the only Maryland finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search. The Intel Science Talent Search is a competition that pools together some of the country's top high school students and encourages them to pursue research opportunities. Koehler will compete for a $100,000 cash prize against 40 other finalists from across the country.
County develops plans for upgraded bus transit system
The Montgomery County Council proposed a revolutionary bus transit system to connect various cities together.
Local »
MCPS plans B-CC middle school
On Jan. 25, the Site Selection Advisory Committee met at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School to discuss the location of a new middle school in the B-CC cluster.
Blair works to improve SAT performance
Blair is joining the larger Montgomery County Public School initiative to increase the percentage of students taking the SAT Reasoning Test, as well as the mean SAT combined score of all students.
National »
National News Roundup for Dec 10. – Dec. 17
The Dec. 18 A&M press conference, NBA trades, last U.S. soldiers moved out of Iraq, Senate's extension on the payroll tax cut.
National News Roundup for Nov. 22 – Dec. 6
On Black Friday, a Southern California woman pepper-sprayed fellow shoppers at a Wal-Mart in order to secure a half-price Xbox. There were 20 or so alleged victims in the incident.
International »
International News Roundup for Jan. 8 – Jan. 22
Four of the suspected conspirators involved in the Megaupload.com charges were arrested in New Zealand. A cruise ship, The Concordia, crashed into a reef on the small Tuscan island, Giglio. The European Union will ban the import of Iranian crude oil and prohibit forms of trade. Standard & Poor downgraded European governments and stripped the bailout fund of its AAA status.
International News Roundup for Dec. 9 – Dec. 23
The month's biggest international stories: the bombings in Damascus, the violent aftermath of the Congo elections, Kim Jong Il's death and the Brazilian oil spill.
News Blogs »
Old promises or new beginnings?
Although the State of the Union address did not pack the usual Obama punch, he outlined his plans to turn the country's ecomony around.
A victory for the internet
Since the inception of the bill in September, SOPA has received backlash from sites such as Reddit, Wikipedia and even the media conglomerate, Google.
While a country weeps, the world looks ahead
The world stood still last Monday evening, stunned by the recent news from North Korea. Kim Jong-il was dead.