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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


School is still in session

By Yuri Kim | April 2, 2020, 9:31 p.m. | In Features »

Middle school teachers "strongly suggest" that students continue their work during the COVID-19 break


Building up a whole different world

By Joy Xu | Feb. 25, 2020, 9:38 a.m. | In Features »

Teachers take up side jobs ranging from starting businesses to waiting tables


Marching into the opportunity of a lifetime

By Joy Xu | Feb. 19, 2020, 9:04 a.m. | In Features »

Sophomore Ethan Shoham lands a spot with a nationally-acclaimed touring group


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.


Blair's new National Society of Black Engineers chapter helps members find opportunities to excel

By Jasmine Ali | Feb. 19, 2020, 1:04 a.m. | In Features »

How the club helps people find ways to make connections in the STEM field


Girl Up prepares for talent show

By Jasmine Ali | Feb. 12, 2020, 11:47 a.m. | In Features »

The club hopes to highlight unconventional Blazer talents during the event


Jordan McAuliff anchorages climate activism living on a boat

By Jasmine Ali | Feb. 10, 2020, 6:36 p.m. | In Features »

How McAuliff braved the winter cold during her week-long protest


Blair wrestling team gives back to the community

By Jasmine Ali | Feb. 8, 2020, 10:02 a.m. | In Features »

The team volunteered at A Wider Circle over winter break.


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


A successful business: Blair DECA

By Shruti Chauhan | Jan. 28, 2020, 2:26 p.m. | In Features »

The club hosted regionals event for Maryland on Jan. 11


The TikTok explosion

By Mercedes Pierce | Jan. 28, 2020, 1:29 p.m. | In Features »

How the social media app has mesmerized over a billion people around the world


Pushing past Senior Research Project stereotypes

By Joy Xu | Jan. 28, 2020, 1:23 p.m. | In Features »

Not all students who complete a senior research project (SRP) are in the Magnet Program


New electives for next school year

By Yuri Kim | Jan. 24, 2020, 9:01 a.m. | In Features »

Information on the exciting classes available for students in the 2020-21 school year


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.


Mission: Flying Bunnies

By Yuri Kim | Jan. 3, 2020, 12:33 a.m. | In Features »

Blair's robotics team holds annual Bunny Bots event to bring teams together in the Chesapeake area


Choreographing student success: Makeyda Soriano

By Rajit Mukhopadhyay | Dec. 22, 2019, 10:17 p.m. | In Features »

Makeyda Soriano may be Blair’s new resource counselor, but to many students and alumni, she is an old friend.


From Karachi to the halls of Blair

By Shifra Dayak | Dec. 22, 2019, 9:59 p.m. | In Features »

Atique's busy schedule is similar to that of many other Blazers, but there is one difference — she is an exchange student from Karachi, Pakistan who is only at Blair for one year.


From Blair graduate to sports videographer: 2kforbes on his impact as both a person and public figure

By Billy Scott | Dec. 15, 2019, 9:56 p.m. | In Features »

The sports videographer draws huge crowds at local sporting events


New Blair media center staff member welcomed after filling vacancy

By Jasmine Ali | Dec. 11, 2019, 2:49 p.m. | In Features »

For the first few months of the school year, the media center was understaffed with only three faculty members. However, there is a new library staff member, Sandie Angulo Chen, starting just this month who will be helping out in the media center.


@mbhs4 leads in representing Blazer voices and action

By Yuri Kim | Dec. 11, 2019, 1:51 p.m. | In Features »

Senior Jennifer Ren scans the hallways to take pictures of Jibbitz-clad Crocs during Spirit Week, scrolls through Twitter and Instagram to advertise the latest Chipotle club fundraiser, and opens up discussion for High School Nation's last minute switch-up.


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


How Blazers would spend an extra hour of the day

By Jasmine Ali | Dec. 5, 2019, 7:47 p.m. | In Features »

What Blair students envision doing if they had more time


"Chat and Chew" cooks up healthy recipes for Manna pantry participants

By Jasmine Ali | Dec. 3, 2019, 5:18 p.m. | In Features »

How the Silver Spring Methodist Church’s food distribution program operates


Harvesting Blair's unique Thanksgiving traditions

By Boaz Yoo | Nov. 28, 2019, 7:19 p.m. | In Features »

How Blazers are celebrating this Thanksgiving season

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