Blair is expecting 87 fewer freshmen for the 2005-2006 school year now that Round I of the selection process for the five Downcounty Consortium (DCC) Montgomery County high schools has been completed.
The father of building services worker Marisol Cortez, who was recently featured in "Marisol Cortez: pursuing an American dream," died of cancer on Wednesday, April 27.
A technician prepares to draw blood from senior Jazmin Benitez's arm during the blood drive at Blair on Friday, April 29.
Junior Barun Aryal and senior Gabriel Osborne lost in translation in "Arabian Nights."
Seniors John Visclosky and Alicia Posner debate the potency of a climbing axe buried in Visclosky's skull
Blazers line up at the portable voting booths to elect the next Student Member of the Board in the gym during 3rd period on April 27. Blair junior Sebastian Johnson won the election, taking 79 percent of the vote. Click here to read about his victory.
Click on the picture to view a photo gallery of the election.
Spanish teacher Maria Yordan-Torres puts an arm around daughter Angelica Worth (right) and friend Brooke (left) on Take Your Child to Work Day.
Click here to view a gallery of Take Your Child to Work Day pictures.
Blair's girls gymnastics team lost their first meet of the season to Blake on Friday, April 8. Despite the absence of several gymnasts, the Blazers managed to finish the meet with 106.35 points. The Bengals scored 162.5 points, however, winning the meet and starting Blair's season record at 0-1.
Building services worker Marisol Cortez had almost finished her senior year of high school in El Salvador when her results for a career path test came back. Her friends jumped, clapped and cheered as she told them the test's recommendations for her: journalism and law enforcement.
As a part of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act requirement, Blair will expand the inclusion of special education students in general education classes beginning with next year's freshman class.
The late Texas congresswoman Barbara Jordan, renowned for her efforts to educate America's disadvantaged youth, once made a wise declaration: "What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its promise." For millions of students across the nation, the opportunity to make good on that promise through higher education has not yet arrived.
Blair security is now strictly enforcing the after-school locker policy, under which students may not use lockers after 3:05 p.m.
After being tied 3-3 against the Kennedy Cavaliers midway through the first half, the Blair girls varsity lacrosse team stepped up their play and score nine unanswered goals to finish off the game and win 12-3.
It operates in over 117 countries and is the largest owner of retail property worldwide. It's one of the nation's largest toy distributors and has more playgrounds than any other private company in the country. Its mascot is recognized by 96 percent of American schoolchildren, second only to Santa Claus. And it stuffs 47 million people a day with fries, Cokes and Big Macs.
A view from the streets of Europe. In ten days, senior German Osorio saw Venice, Tuscany, Florence, Assisi, Rome and the Italian Lakes.
Photo courtesy of German Osorio
Building services worker Marisol Cortez had almost finished her senior year of high school in El Salvador when her results for a career path test came back. Her friends jumped, clapped and cheered as she told them the test's recommendations for her: journalism and law enforcement.
English teacher Ursula Poetzschke opens the door to her classroom for daughter Julia.
Teacher Jody Zepp and niece round up Zepp's American Government class.
While Hollywood may be known for pumping out bad flicks, it's the good ones that we remember. Even I, despite my engendered cynicism as a movie critic, have come across a few cinematic masterpieces that have made me forget all about those thousands of dollars I've wasted over the years on the stinkers. Good movies are really special simply because, in Hollywood, they're really rare. So, as a companion piece to the "10 Worst Movies Of The Last Decade," here are the "10 Best Movies Of All Time,"? in the hopes that eager readers waste their money renting some of the films that are to follow instead of some of the films listed above.
Entrepreneurship instructor Derek Sontz talks to his newphew about business.
Senior German Osorio and a group of students from all over the U.S. traveled to six parts of Italy and visited a mountain resort in the Swiss Alps.
Photo courtesy of German Osorio
Senior German Osorio poses on a river on his trip to Italy and Switzerland with a group from the U.S.
Photo courtesy of German Osorio
Blair preliminarily seized the top three places in the first round of competition at the Montgomery County Envirothon held yesterday, April 27. Final rankings will be determined after a presentation portion of the competition.
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