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Club pep rally pictures
By | Dec. 2, 2003, midnight | In Features »
Blair kicks off its first club pep rally.
Dressing up for Halloween 2003
By | Oct. 31, 2003, midnight | In Features »
Blazers dress up at school for halloween.
Fall 2003 pep rally
By | Oct. 27, 2003, midnight | In Features »
Blazers show their spirit in the first pep rally of 2003.
School colors day pictures
By | Oct. 24, 2003, midnight | In Features »
Spirit week wraps up with school colors day.
Dance decades day pictures
By | Oct. 23, 2003, midnight | In Features »
Spirit week continues with a blast from the past on dance decades day.
Wacky tacky day pictures
By | Oct. 22, 2003, midnight | In Features »
The third installment of spirit week brings out the weirdness of wacky tacky day.
Pajama day pictures
By | Oct. 21, 2003, midnight | In Features »
Blazers wear pajamas for pajama day during spirit week 2003.
Hat day pictures
By | Oct. 20, 2003, midnight | In Features »
Blazers sport their favorite headwear for spirit week.
Remembering Rokiatou
By | Sept. 12, 2003, midnight | In Features »
A memorial for Rokiatou Ba has been constructed outside of the ESOL office in the 150s hallway. Some of the messages are posted here. Those who knew and loved her are invited to post additional tributes below and on the memorial.
Storms of August 2003
By | Aug. 28, 2003, midnight | In Features »
Blazers in the dark
By | Aug. 28, 2003, midnight | In Features »
The first week of school is always hectic and matters aren't helped much when thunderstorms knock out the electricity. Many Blair students were left in the dark, both literally and figuratively, when school opened two hours late on Wednesday. Silver Chips Online went out and about to find out how Blazers dealt with the power outage.
MacDonald, John
By | June 16, 2003, midnight | In Teacher Feature »
After high school, John Macdonald looked forward to a future with professional baseball. However, soon after Macdonald graduated from Blair High school in 1980, he altered his aspirations and chose to become a teacher because of his attachment to Blair. "I feel very loyal to Blair High School. I wouldn't want to teach or coach anywhere else. I feel like I have been here since 1978. There really were only two years, 1981 and 1982, where I wasn't here," said Mr. MacDonald.
Bohorquez, Margarita
By | May 1, 2003, midnight | In Teacher Feature »
Modern World and ESOL teacher Margarita Bohorquez is an easy-going, laid back kind of person. She sits at her desk smiling, decked out in a sweatshirt and jeans. However, she did not always want to be a teacher. "I was after fortune and fame [in college], so law became important, "Bohorquez said, chuckling. When Bohorquez was six, her role model was her grandmother, who was a teacher. From that point on, she knew she wanted to get into a profession where she could help people. However, once she became a lawyer, she realized that she was not achieving her goal to the fullest. "I found I could do more in education,” she said, comparing her ability to help people in the two professions. "In law I was more often mending fences than actually helping people.”
Bosse, Angelique
By | May 1, 2003, midnight | In Teacher Feature »
KISS, Motley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Ratt: all hard rock bands from the 1970s and 1980s that any grungy metalhead would gleefully slam around to. As science teacher Ms. Angelique Bosse proves, petite and down to earth mothers of two can love these bands as well.
Lindsey, Earl W.
By | May 1, 2003, midnight | In Teacher Feature »
Upon first glance at math teacher Earl W. Lindsey, the first thing you would not think is not that he teaches geometry, or that he is married with three children. Instead, you would wonder to yourself, "Who is this young man, and how does he juggle teaching math, coaching the Blair JV football team, and spending time with his family all at one time?” The answer to your question would be a simple one: with determination, patience, and a dream of helping to shape America's future.
Mr. Blazer pictures
By | April 30, 2003, midnight | In Features »
Grossman, Mark
By | April 30, 2003, midnight | In Teacher Feature »
Mark Grossman, 28, is excited about his first year of teaching. He was born in Silver Spring, but Grossman grew up in Bexley, Ohio where he attended high school there. He returned to Maryland to attend Goucher College in Baltimore where he majored in European Colonial History and minored in economics. He enjoys gardening, swimming, reading, and playing guitar. However, despite these ordinary hobbies, his life has been nothing of the sort.
Backus, Leslie
By | April 30, 2003, midnight | In Teacher Feature »
Leslie Backus deals with plants every day as the horticulture teacher at Montgomery Blair High School. Her leisure pursuits include gardening, motorcycling and devouring books. "I read a lot of science fiction and mysteries,” Backus explained. She also enjoys whipping up her own concoctions in the kitchen. "I'm an improvisational cook,” Backus joked. She loves flexible recipes she can tweak to her liking. Backus is also a music lover. She sings in a church choir, and she has been playing piano since she was seven years old. In the past, Backus has sponsored a Dungeons and Dragons club at Blair, but no longer has the schedule to participate in clubs due to the time she now spends with her two children.
Josey, Sara M.
By | April 30, 2003, midnight | In Teacher Feature »
Music teacher Sara Josey is often spotted walking along Broadway corridor, greeting students and faculty and exchanging smiles. Like many other staff members, Josey is a committed teacher, as well as a wife and mother. Her friendly manner and cheerful personality tell a story unknown to many.
Stephens, Todd
By | April 30, 2003, midnight | In Teacher Feature »
Todd Stephens, U.S. History teacher at Montgomery Blair High School, has a smile radiant like the sun, reflecting many pearly white indentures. With a boisterous rolling laugh and a strong positive attitude, Stephens emits a positive aura around him. He is a first year full time teacher at Blair, has found teaching to be an overall rewarding experience from the very beginning of his career. His ultimate goal was
Hoelman, Louis
By | April 22, 2003, midnight | In Teacher Feature »
In Louis Hoelman's office, the walls are covered with pictures of Montgomery Blair High School's athletes. He coaches three teams at Blair and teaches two physical education classes. Hoelman said he loves teaching gym at Blair, one of the largest and most diverse schools in the county. "I wouldn't want to teach anywhere else," he said.
Shilling, Karen
By | April 10, 2003, midnight | In Teacher Feature »
For most teachers at Montgomery Blair High School, the school day begins at 7:25 in the morning and ends by 3:00 in the afternoon. For teacher Karen Shilling, the amount of time she puts into her student's lives extends far beyond these hours. This is because Shilling is an ESOL (English as a Second Language), a job that requires her to play a large roll in her students' lives. Everyday room 156 is a place where Shilling and her students are continually learning about eachother and the cultures that make each of them unique.
Williams, Bertina
By | April 10, 2003, midnight | In Teacher Feature »
Sporting a trendy brown velour suit and bright red fingernails, Business/Computer Science instructor Bertina Williams sat comfortably in her second floor classroom. Her warm and friendly nature gave one the feeling that this educator was pre-destined to become a teacher.
Giacalone, Suzanne
By | March 31, 2003, midnight | In Teacher Feature »
Suzanne Giacalone's round face looks long like that of a wise woman's. Her head is resting on her hand, Jackie-O style reading glasses sitting on the desk in front of her. The phone rings and Giacalone gets up still speaking and leaves the room briefly, her words trailing off. Upon returning she sighs.
Hopkins, Robert
By | March 27, 2003, midnight | In Teacher Feature »
Hopkins, with over twenty years experience as a teacher, feels that he has "never left high school" himself. Though he explains that his own high school years were "dismal," he feels that being a teacher is his own way of rebellion against the institution that brought him down. "I immensely disliked high school, and I think learning should be fun, since it wasn't for me. I want to change the system!", Hopkins said as a smile formed on his face.
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