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Pom Squad places at invitational competition
By Meaghan Mallari | Jan. 19, 2007, midnight | In Local »
The Blair Pom Squad won the third-place team award and third-place captain award at an invitational Liberty Belle Competition held at Magruder High School on Jan. 13. Blair competed against five other high schools at the competition, which began at 12 p.m.
Twelve seniors chosen as Intel semifinalists
By Priyanka Gokhale | Jan. 17, 2007, midnight | In Local »
As announced in an assembly today, Blair has 12 semifinalists out of a total 300 in the 66th annual Intel Science Talent Search. Out of all the schools whose students submitted projects in the competition, Blair had the second-highest number of semifinalists.
PTSA committee enlists professional gardeners for landscaping plan
By David Jia | Jan. 16, 2007, midnight | In Local »
The Blair PTSA Beautification Committee is working on a master landscaping plan for Blair's exterior and courtyards. Though the landscaping project is only in its preliminary stages, it could potentially start construction in a year, according to horticulture teacher Leslie Backus.
Silver Quill submission deadline Jan. 19
By Pia Nargundkar | Jan. 14, 2007, midnight | In Local »
Silver Quill, Blair's award-winning literary arts magazine, is accepting submissions for this year's edition, "This Side Up," until Jan. 19. The magazine, published yearly, features creative work from Blair students done both inside and outside of school.
Blair alumnus dies in single-car crash
By Julia Mazerov | Jan. 12, 2007, midnight | In Local »
Howard "Griff" Preston Griffin IV died this morning after his vehicle spun out of control and hit a utility pole. The crash occurred around 3 a.m. on Colesville Road near Franklin Avenue.
SGA and administration reach agreement over lock-out policy
By Josie Callahan | Jan. 11, 2007, midnight | In Local »
SGA president Eric Hysen and the administration have reached an agreement over the lock-out policy this morning. The SGA will not appeal to the Superintendent's Office in favor of revisions to the lock-out policy and more inclusion in decision-making.
Planning begins for SGA Battle of the Bands
By Priyanka Gokhale | Jan. 9, 2007, midnight | In Local »
The SGA has begun holding tryouts and making preparations for a Battle of the Bands competition. Senior Nic Lukehart and fellow senior and SGA deputy director of student advocacy, Simon Kanter, initially scheduled the show for Dec. 8, but are considering new dates to hold the event because of scheduling difficulties, Lukehart reported.
Blazers win top awards at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
By Lois Bangiolo | Jan. 6, 2007, midnight | In Local »
Blair students swept the awards at the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) that was held Jan. 4 and 5 at Georgetown University.
SGA's lock-out policy complaint rejected
By Josie Callahan | Jan. 5, 2007, midnight | In Local »
SGA President Eric Hysen received a reply from Principal Phillip Gainous this morning rejecting his formal request for a review of the lock-out policy.
Blazers without vaccinations forced to leave school
By Pia Nargundkar | Jan. 3, 2007, midnight | In Local »
As of yesterday, freshmen who have not received vaccinations against Hepatitis B and chickenpox, and do not have proof of an upcoming doctor's appointment to receive them, will be forced to leave school, in accordance to a Maryland health law that has gone into effect with the new year. The new law adds the two diseases onto the list of the already required polio vaccine, the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussen vaccine.
International News for the past week
By Hokuma Karimova | Dec. 29, 2006, midnight | In International »
This is not original reporting. All information has been compiled from the BBC World News and New York Times International News. Silver Chips Online posts this news summary to provide readers with a forum for discussion.
International News Headlines - December 26
By Hokuma Karimova | Dec. 26, 2006, midnight | In International »
This is not original reporting. All information has been compiled from the BBC World News and New York Times International News. Silver Chips Online posts this news summary to provide readers with a forum for discussion.
Lock-out protest held Tuesday morning
By Boris Vassilev, Will Bucher | Dec. 19, 2006, midnight | In Local »
More than 80 Blazers gathered in the student parking lot this morning to protest the lock-out detention policy. The protest lasted from 7:20 a.m. to 7:39 a.m., after which it was disbanded by security and the administration. Students attending were given detention.
Locked-door policy implemented school-wide to combat lateness
By Andrew Kung | Dec. 16, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The new policy regarding student tardiness has been put into operation school-wide by the administration since Monday, Dec. 11. The policy was first tested in 9th grade hallways before being implemented for the entire school.
SGA talent show canceled
By Will Bucher | Dec. 15, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The SGA-sponsored Talent Show, originally scheduled for tonight, was canceled, the SGA announced today. SGA President Eric Hysen cited audio problems as the cause of the cancellation.
SGR launches Darfur call-in campaign during lunch
By Julia Mazerov, Elsi Wu | Dec. 15, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Students for Global Responsibility's (SGR) campaign to promote awareness on the genocide in Darfur continued today with a call-in session on Blair Boulevard across from the guidance office during 5A and 5B lunches.
Title IX co-ed regulations eased
By Hareesh Ganesan | Dec. 14, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The U.S. Department of Education amended regulations that are a part of the Title IX Higher Education Act on Oct. 25, allowing public school systems an opportunity to create single-sex schools or offer single-sex classes and extracurricular activities.
Two Blazers participate in national table tennis tournament
By Pia Nargundkar | Dec. 14, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Sophomore Amaresh Sahu and freshman Janice Lan are both participating in the USA Table Tennis (USATT) 2006 Nationals in Las Vegas, Nevada this week. The competition, going on from Dec. 13-16, features skilled players from all ages in men's, women's and mixed singles and doubles.
Canned food drive comes to a close
By Johanna Gretschel, Clement Yang | Dec. 12, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The SGA collected 3,272 cans in this year's canned food drive, improving on last year's 2,456 cans. This year, the proceeds from the canned food drive were used to benefit a local food bank in White Oak.
Miscommunication causes It's Academic team to lose KMO standing
By Rachita Sood | Dec. 12, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The Blair It's Academic team scored 1734 out of 2000 possible points in the Knowledge Master Open (KMO), held on Wednesday Dec. 6, but failed to report the score by 10 a.m. the following day. Had the score been reported by the deadline, the team would have placed first out of 20 teams in Maryland and third overall out of 783 teams in the world, which has significantly improved from Blair's ninth and eleventh place overall finishes in the past two KMOs.
Painless fundraising takes the work out of raising money
By Lois Bangiolo | Dec. 11, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The PTSA painless fundraising committee, led by parent Carol Smalls, has found a few simple ways for Blazers and their parents to help the school without any extra effort.
Blair claims Spirit Award for second consecutive year
By Elsi Wu | Dec. 10, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Blair's varsity cheerleading squad won the Spirit Award and placed fourth in the Division II MCPS cheerleading championship held at Blair yesterday afternoon, Dec. 9.
Hallway sweeps planned to help eliminate tardies
By Mary Donahue | Dec. 8, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Starting Monday, Dec. 11, administrators will be begin enforcing the "locked-door" late policy previously optional to teachers in order to help deal with tardy students. After the late bell rings, teachers will be required to lock their doors and security guards will sweep late students from the hallways to give them detention slips.
BNC Media Festival this Thursday
By Johanna Gretschel | Dec. 7, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Blair Network Communications (BNC) is hosting the first BNC Media Festival Thursday, Dec. 7, at the Silver Spring Stage in the Woodmoor Shopping Center. The Media Festival will begin at 7 p.m. and end around 9 p.m. Admission is free for participants and $3 for the general public.
Blair music program to perform Dec. 7, Dec. 14
By Johanna Gretschel | Dec. 7, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The Blair music program is performing this Thursday, Dec. 7, in the auditorium from 7 p.m. to around 8:30 p.m. The concert will feature the beginning jazz band, honors jazz band and percussion ensemble.
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