English teacher Ursula Poetzschke opens the door to her classroom for daughter Julia.
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.
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.
A Blazer votes for SGA members at a laptop computer voting station in the gym during 3rd period on April 27.
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
Entrepreneurship instructor Derek Sontz talks to his newphew about business.
Teacher Jody Zepp and niece round up Zepp's American Government class.
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
The High School Assessment (HSA) scores for 2004 show that Blair improved from 2003 in all four subject tests. However, 38 percent of Blair students still would not have earned diplomas last spring if passing the tests had been mandatory for graduation.
iPods are like this winter's North Face jackets, last winter's Uggs and 2002's Timbs. Everyone who is anyone has one.
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.
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.
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'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.
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.
Blair security is now strictly enforcing the after-school locker policy, under which students may not use lockers after 3:05 p.m.
Going into this afternoon’s match-up against the Cavaliers of Kennedy, the boys varsity lacrosse team was coming off of a five-game losing streak and a reorganized team roster due to injuries and players quitting. What they needed was a win.
A mouse was sighted in room 167 during English teacher Jeanette Simmons' seventh period class this last Wednesday, April 27. Screams from the room were heard quickly after the sighting, and the class was evacuated and sent to the gym to vote in the Student Member of the Board elections.
Kennedy junior Nadia Sicard. Photo courtesy of the SMOB website.
Blair is a diverse place with people from all over the world, which means many travel home during spring or winter break to see family in exotic countries. Others simply travel over the course of the year to visit new areas - some as far away as Hawaii, Bermuda and Europe.
Montgomery Blair junior Sebastian Johnson was elected Student Member of the Board (SMOB) defeating opponent John F. Kennedy junior Nadia Sicard today, Wednesday, April 27.
Blair junior Sebastian Johnson.
Photo courtesy of the SMOB website
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