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Meet the student masterminds behind Blair’s website

By Alexander Liu | Nov. 3, 2023, 5:30 p.m. | In Features »

Blair’s unique system operator team helps students fulfill the typical IT role


The growth of womens' wrestling

By Giorgia Toti | Oct. 20, 2023, 12:54 p.m. | In Features »

Womens’ wrestling has been growing rapidly since the 1990s and here's why


The Student-Athlete Leadership Council: A voice for student-athletes

By Sudhish Swain | Oct. 18, 2023, 8:01 p.m. | In Features »

SALC is the county’s latest initiative to empower student-athletes and give them a platform to advocate


Behind the Boulevard: A look into the upcoming University Boulevard Corridor Plan

By Tejusvi Vijay | Oct. 6, 2023, 2:08 p.m. | In Features »

A plan for a safer and improved University Boulevard is underway


Concerns in D.C. grow as temporary migrant housing reaches capacity

By Alex Feingold-Black | Oct. 4, 2023, 6:57 p.m. | In Features »

The recent influx of migrants to D.C. via busing creates numerous challenges and reveals the nation's unpreparedness to support migrants


From setbacks to success: How educators adapted to tackle learning loss

By Caleb Elazar | Sept. 21, 2023, 1:02 p.m. | In Features »

Teachers adjusted their curricula and teaching practices for the benefit of their students


Small Businesses at Blair

By Bethel Ameha | Sept. 21, 2023, 8 a.m. | In Features »

Discovering the endless variety of small businesses Blair has to offer


Behind the scenes of Blair’s Class Council and SGA election campaign strategies

By Mooti Chimdi | Sept. 20, 2023, 7:40 a.m. | In Features »

Exploring the process candidates take to get elected as SGA and Class Council officer


Saving a Life: MCPS Expands Student Access to Narcan

By Tejusvi Vijay | Sept. 19, 2023, 1:55 p.m. | In Features »

As of May 15, Montgomery County Public School students are allowed to carry Narcan on school premises without consequences


Demystifying the scheduling process

By Angelina Cao | Sept. 18, 2023, 9:37 a.m. | In Features »

Revealing the mysteries behind the creation of Blazers’ schedules


The solution to MCPS' dire athletic trainer shortage

By Silvan Unger | Sept. 17, 2023, 8:01 a.m. | In Features »

MCPS' athletic trainer shortage is increasing student-athlete injury frequency and severity. This is the solution


Engineered for innovation

By Sophia Li | May 30, 2023, 1:16 p.m. | In Features »

How the Blair Robot Project made school history at Worlds


Leveling the playing field

By Sophia Zeng | May 14, 2023, noon | In Features »

How Blair addresses socioeconomic disparities in the college application process


The rise of truancy and chronic absenteeism

By Alexander Liu | May 12, 2023, 1 p.m. | In Features »

MCPS struggles to contain a problem sweeping across the nation


About the candidates: Sami Saeed and Yoseph Zerihun

By Trini Széll, Isabelle Yang | April 10, 2023, 4:07 p.m. | In Features »

A deep dive into the two candidates for the 46th Student Member of the Board


The development of new classes

By Sophia Zeng | March 15, 2023, 10:02 a.m. | In Features »

Where are inspirations taken from? How are curricula developed?


Blair Crew: an emerging powerhouse

By Josey Merolli | Feb. 27, 2023, 12:11 p.m. | In Features »

Blazers on the crew team prepare for their spring season


Two milligrams: The rising fentanyl crisis across Montgomery County

By Alex Feingold-Black, Sachin Parikh | Feb. 25, 2023, 11:44 a.m. | In Features »

How Blair is responding to the fentanyl crisis


The human side of 2022's American immigration crisis

By Alex Feingold-Black, Sachin Parikh | Feb. 14, 2023, 2:14 p.m. | In Features »

The family that traversed thousands of miles from Venezuela’s farmlands to Takoma Park last year


Chasing the Olympic dream

By Alex Feingold-Black | Feb. 8, 2023, 9:56 p.m. | In Features »

Following the story of Blair’s co-head track coach Demetrius Lindo and his accomplished track career


Making history on the mat

By Eli Minicozzi, Isabelle Yang | Feb. 7, 2023, 9:45 p.m. | In Features »

The seven girls on the Blair wrestling team


A look behind Blair’s Kindness Corner

By Josey Merolli | Dec. 24, 2022, 3:46 p.m. | In Features »

Ms. Nabavian’s Kindness Corner started small, but has made a big impact


The search for subs continues

By Kate Gray | Dec. 20, 2022, 8:49 a.m. | In Features »

The substitute teacher shortage at Blair is improving, but still recovering from the pandemic


Looking back on high school sports

By Kate Gray | Dec. 20, 2022, 1:43 a.m. | In Features »

Four seniors at Blair reflect on their experiences as athletes


The truth behind "retail therapy"

By Sophia Zeng | Dec. 13, 2022, 1:14 p.m. | In Features »

The full extent of fast fashion and its implications on the world today

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