Lucie Peyrebrune


Name: Lucie Peyrebrune
Position: Editor-in-Chief
Graduation Year: 2021
Hi! I play basketball for Blair in addition to running cross-country and track. My favorite track event is the 300m hurdles. In my free time, I’m usually running, reading, playing violin or cello, watching TV or hanging out with friends and family. Feel free to check out some of my writing for SCO below!


Stories (34)


Blair varsity football scrimmage cancelled after a positive COVID-19 test

By Lucie Peyrebrune | March 24, 2021, 8:20 p.m. | In Local »

The test result is just one of many released by MCPS over the past weeks

MCPS set to return to in-person learning March 1

By Rajit Mukhopadhyay, Lucie Peyrebrune | Feb. 9, 2021, 5:57 p.m. | In Local »

The Board of Education voted unanimously on Feb. 9 to start the phase-in to return to schools

MCPS to hold first semester entirely online

By Rajit Mukhopadhyay, Lucie Peyrebrune | July 21, 2020, 11:45 p.m. | In News »

Students will be in schools in February 2021 at the earliest

MCPS students raise sexual assault allegations on social media

By Rajit Mukhopadhyay, Lucie Peyrebrune | June 26, 2020, 6:10 p.m. | In News »

Students from several schools in MCPS recently posted sexual harassment and assault allegations on social media

COVID-19 exposes flaws in the American healthcare system; it's up to us to fix them

By Lucie Peyrebrune | June 25, 2020, 3:48 p.m. | In Op/Ed »

The U.S. must take a leaf out of other developed countries' books and switch to universal healthcare

Religious students making the most out of a global crisis

By Lucie Peyrebrune | April 21, 2020, 12:07 p.m. | In Lifestyle »

From Zoom Seders to virtual masses, religious families and organizations are getting creative when it comes to worshipping from home

MCPS must not switch to a pass/fail grading system amid COVID-19 crisis

By Lucie Peyrebrune | April 17, 2020, 2:27 p.m. | In Opinions »

A pass/fail system unfairly rewards students for doing the bare minimum

Fridays for Future

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Feb. 19, 2020, 9 a.m. | In Features »

Blair students participate in climate activism both in and out of school.

From MCPS alumni to teachers

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Feb. 3, 2020, 9:27 p.m. | In Features »

An inside look at how MCPS has changed over the past couple of decades

Montgomery County Office of Legislative Oversight releases new report on achievement gap

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Jan. 22, 2020, 7:45 a.m. | In Local »

The gap in academic performance between White and Asian and minority students has not narrowed

MCPS announces calendar for 2020-2021 school year

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Jan. 3, 2020, 5:19 p.m. | In News »

On Wednesday, Dec. 4, the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education (BoE) announced the calendar for the 2020-2021 school year. The new calendar features some key differences from past years, most notably changes to the start and end dates, the length of spring break and professional days.

Blair's Spotify Wrapped 2019

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Jan. 3, 2020, 5:15 p.m. | In Features »

Silver Chips Online (SCO) surveyed Blazers about their favorite artists, genres and songs of 2019 and the decade, as well as how their taste in music has changed over the past ten years.

Blair handball's county championship win was more than just a county title

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Dec. 8, 2019, 6:20 p.m. | In Features »

MCPS is the only county in the nation that acknowledges handball as a varsity corollary sport

What are Blazers thankful for?

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Nov. 27, 2019, 11:20 p.m. | In Connections Blog »

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, Blair students have lots to be grateful for this year

From summer camp to state semifinals

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Nov. 11, 2019, 6:55 p.m. | In Features »

The story behind Blair girls' varsity soccer head coach Robert Gibb

Nationals win first World Series in franchise history

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Nov. 5, 2019, 2:10 p.m. | In Sports »

On Wednesday, Oct. 30, the Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 6-2 in Game 7 of the World Series in Houston to win their first MLB championship in franchise history.

A look into Blair's Information Technology services

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Nov. 1, 2019, 8:09 a.m. | In Features »

Many Blair students are unaware of the people dealing with the school's technological issues

Blair girls' soccer wins regional championship game against Sherwood

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Oct. 30, 2019, 11:03 p.m. | In Blair »

The Blazers won 5-0 to advance to the state bracket

Blair girls' soccer beats Paint Branch in first playoff game

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Oct. 30, 2019, 10:57 p.m. | In Blair »

The Blazers defeated the Panthers 8-0 to advance to the regional final

New ACT options will help students improve their scores

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Oct. 22, 2019, 5:27 p.m. | In Opinions »

Starting in September 2020, students will have new options when taking the ACT and reporting their scores

High School Nation hosts arts advocacy assembly at Blair

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Oct. 17, 2019, 6:15 p.m. | In News »

On Thursday, Oct. 10, High School Nation hosted an outdoor arts advocacy assembly in the Blair stadium. Students had the opportunity to visit tents run by the event's various sponsors, such as Hollister, Takis and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

Sixty college credits is enough

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Oct. 14, 2019, 6:46 p.m. | In Opinions »

MCPS' new policy on substitute teacher requirements will benefit all parties involved.

Blair girls' soccer beats Sherwood in critical conference game

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Oct. 10, 2019, 8:25 p.m. | In Blair »

The Blair Blazers (9-2) defeated the Sherwood Warriors (5-4) 3-0 on Monday, Oct. 7 in their second-to-last conference game of the season.

Blair girls soccer defeats Paint Branch

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Oct. 3, 2019, 4:37 p.m. | In Blair »

The Blazers out-possessed the Panthers to improve their record to 7-2

Japanese teacher Yoko Zoll and two Blair graduates go to Japan

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Oct. 1, 2019, 1:10 p.m. | In News »

In July, Blair Japanese teacher Yoko Zoll and two graduates from the class of 2019 accompanied 49 other students from the United States and Canada, as well as two teachers from Canada, on an eight-day trip to Japan.

Blair girls soccer demolishes Gaithersburg

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Sept. 23, 2019, 8:28 p.m. | In Blair »

The Blair Blazers (5-2) defeated the Gaithersburg Trojans (1-1) 10-1 in a blowout on Sept. 20.

NFL Predictions Week 3

By Andrew Gelman, Lucie Peyrebrune, Billy Scott, Sam Kulp, Alex Russ | Sept. 22, 2019, 10:57 a.m. | In Professional »

After a week of picks, all of our Sportsologists are doing well! Billy currently has the lead with 12 correct picks, but it's too early to determine a real frontrunner. Week 3 has some great games for us to predict including the hometown Ravens taking on the Kansas City Chiefs. We will see who comes out on top of this week's predictions. Wish us luck!

Blair girls' soccer takes the win over Magruder

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Sept. 22, 2019, 10:40 a.m. | In Blair »

The Blair Blazers (4-1) dominated the field with a 2-1 victory over the Col. Zadok Magruder Colonels (0-4) on Sept. 13.

Blair girls soccer defeats Northwest in home opener

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Sept. 16, 2019, 1:06 p.m. | In Blair »

The Blair Blazers (3-1) beat the Northwest Jaguars (1-2) 2-1 in their first official home game of the season on Monday, Sept. 9.

NFL Predictions Week 2

By Andrew Gelman, Lucie Peyrebrune, Billy Scott, Sam Kulp, Alex Russ | Sept. 12, 2019, 7:30 p.m. | In Professional »

Welcome to SCO's 2019 rendition of weekly NFL predictions. We've got a great lineup of sportsologists this year: Andrew, returning from last year, as well as Alex, Lucie, Sam and Billy. We missed week one, due to it being the first week of school, but we're ready for an exciting week two and a great rest of the season!

Concerns arise over funding the Kirwan Commission's recommendations

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Aug. 31, 2019, 10:15 a.m. | In Local »

Gov. Larry Hogan addressed county legislators' concerns about funding for Maryland's education plan in his closing speech at the Maryland Association of Counties on Aug. 15.

The SAT is designed to benefit the rich

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Aug. 31, 2019, 10:07 a.m. | In Op/Ed »

The College Board's attempts to address testing inequity haven't been enough.

Viewers will wish that "47 Meters Down" hadn't been "Uncaged"

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Aug. 20, 2019, 8:55 p.m. | In Movies »

Complete with clichéd dialogue, poorly-developed characters and a predictable plot, "47 Meters Down: Uncaged" is exactly what one would expect from a shark movie.

The U.S. Women's National Team guaranteed their World Cup win long before the final

By Lucie Peyrebrune | July 15, 2019, 5:12 p.m. | In Sports Blog »

On July 7, the United States defeated the Netherlands 2-0 in the final of the 2019 Women's World Cup. But the United States' second consecutive World Cup championship was won long before co-captain Megan Rapinoe's game-winning penalty kick in the 61st minute of the final.



Images (3)


Photo: NFL draft

By Lucie Peyrebrune | May 11, 2021, 12:35 p.m. | In ‎Latest »

In Rivera we trust (courtesy of All-Pro Reels via Creative Commons)

Photo: COVID HealthCare

By Lucie Peyrebrune | June 25, 2020, 3:45 p.m. | In ‎Latest »

COVID-19 has exposed flaws in the American healthcare system (courtesy of Creative Commons)

Photo: Girls Soccer Home Opener

By Lucie Peyrebrune | Sept. 14, 2019, 11:40 a.m. | In ‎Latest »

Senior captain Janie Pitner passes the ball up the field.