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On-site admissions: An alternative form of college applications

By Giorgia Toti | Feb. 11, 2024, 1:38 p.m. | In Features »

College application season often leads to immense senior stress, but is there another possibility?


The MCPS Board of Education appoints Dr. Monique Felder as MCPS’ new interim superintendent

By Silvan Unger | Feb. 8, 2024, 2:28 p.m. | In News »

After Mcnight’s resignation, MCPS looks to the future


The Silver Splinter: A club made for the humorous

By Mooti Chimdi | Feb. 8, 2024, 2:10 p.m. | In Features »

How The Silver Splinter got noticed by the Washington Post


How Disney fell from grace

By Sophia Li | Feb. 8, 2024, 1:54 p.m. | In Entertainment »

Disney’s box office failures reflect a shift in entertainment


How Blair levels the playing field in the classroom

By Alex Feingold-Black, Silvan Unger | Feb. 6, 2024, 2:14 p.m. | In Features »

IEPs, 504s, and the role of the Special Education Department at Blair


Stand up for standing classrooms

By Caleb Elazar | Feb. 6, 2024, 1:56 p.m. | In Op/Ed »

Standing classrooms vastly improve students’ lives in more ways than one


MCPS to launch new bus tracking app

By Josey Merolli | Feb. 6, 2024, 1:55 p.m. | In News »

The app will allow students and families to track the location of school buses in real-time


Dr. Monifa McKnight announces resignation as superintendent of MCPS

By Sachin Parikh, Isabelle Yang | Feb. 2, 2024, 5:39 p.m. | In News »

Comes amidst reported mishandling of Biedelman harassment allegations


Breaking down barriers

By Alexander Liu | Jan. 31, 2024, 7:48 p.m. | In Op/Ed »

MCPS’ changes regarding AP testing and dual enrollment expands accessibility


Blair principal Johnson announces retirement

By Sachin Parikh, Isabelle Yang | Jan. 30, 2024, 8:23 a.m. | In News »

After 33 years in MCPS, Johnson announces retirement


MCPS rolls out new mid-year regulations, allowing zeros to return to gradebooks

By Silvan Unger | Jan. 26, 2024, 3:13 p.m. | In News »

Incomplete or missing work can now receive below 50%


MCPS Board of Education calls for the resignation of current superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight

By Sachin Parikh, Isabelle Yang | Jan. 22, 2024, 11:57 p.m. | In News »

Conflict comes amidst controversy over her handling of Biedelman harassment allegations


Opening up opportunity with STEMChests

By Josey Merolli | Jan. 16, 2024, 9:43 a.m. | In Features »

Founded by Blair students, this nonprofit makes science accessible to anyone


Understaffed, underappreciated, underrepresented: How do we support our elderly population?

By Giorgia Toti | Jan. 10, 2024, 4:20 p.m. | In Op/Ed »

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed inequities in the nursing home industry that still persist today


“The Boy and the Heron”: The bold and the hectic

By Sophia Li | Jan. 10, 2024, 1:53 p.m. | In Entertainment »

How Studio Ghibli’s latest film captures Miyazaki’s lasting legacy


Blair boys' basketball earns first-season win against the Wheaton Knights

By Mooti Chimdi, Bethel Ameha | Jan. 10, 2024, 1:44 p.m. | In Sports »

Blair vanquishes the Knights winning 66-64


Climbing Club: A Blair club?

By Angelina Cao | Jan. 10, 2024, 1:13 p.m. | In Features »

A student-run, unofficially official club


Blair girls’ basketball dominates Northwood in blowout Battle of Boulevard game

By Giorgia Toti, Tejusvi Vijay | Jan. 8, 2024, 4:28 p.m. | In Sports »

The Blazers stayed strong throughout the game and won, 73-31, earning their first win of the season.


December Entertainment Recap

By Bethel Ameha, Silvan Unger | Dec. 23, 2023, 9:50 p.m. | In Entertainment »

Blazers touch upon their recent favorites in music and television


MCPS must not revert to the SRO program

By Tejusvi Vijay | Dec. 21, 2023, 6:25 p.m. | In Opinions »

Though the county removed funding for the SRO program two years ago, MCPS is far from implementing a long-term solution


Project LIT hosts seasonal Free Book Fair

By Bethel Ameha | Dec. 20, 2023, 1:29 p.m. | In News »

Blair’s Project LIT hosts their third winter book fair


InToneNation: What Blair a capella does during the off-season

By Giorgia Toti | Dec. 18, 2023, 1:58 p.m. | In Features »

When InTonenation is not caroling during December and February, what are they doing?


MCPS proposes new $3.3 billion budget for the fiscal year 2025

By Caleb Elazar, Giorgia Toti | Dec. 18, 2023, 1:28 p.m. | In News »

Superintendent Monifa McKnight proposed an increased budget despite MCPS losing millions in federal funding


Blair hosts electives fair in main gym

By Mooti Chimdi | Dec. 16, 2023, 1:17 p.m. | In News »

The first electives fair hosted in the main gym had something for everyone


County-wide antiracism professional development training stirs controversy at Blair

By Mooti Chimdi, Alex Feingold-Black | Dec. 14, 2023, 3:34 p.m. | In Features »

MCPS held a county-wide antiracism professional development training at each school, frustrating many Blair staff members during their training

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