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Faulty smoke detector initiates school evacuation
By Gus Woods | Oct. 24, 2006, midnight | In Local »
A faulty smoke detector at the end of the 140s hallway near the back exits went off today initiating a school evacuation. A fire drill initially scheduled for today during 3rd period was cancelled because of the cold weather, but the defective smoke detector caused an evacuation despite the cancellation.
PTSA minigrants available for Blair community
By Julia Mazerov | Oct. 23, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The grant applications are due on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The Blair PTSA has announced that they will be providing minigrants of up to $500 for projects headed by staff members, parents or guardians, students and other community members. Large-scale minigrants provide up to $500 for projects that benefit the entire school, a whole grade or at least 500 students. Smaller-scale minigrants award up to $200 for projects that can help fewer than 500 students.
Athletes' grades illegally changed to meet eligibility at area schools
By Adam Yalowitz | Oct. 19, 2006, midnight | In Local »
In response to allegations that the grades of five students at Einstein were inappropriately changed so that the students could remain on sports teams, the MCPS Office of School Performance (OSP) has completed a thorough review of all 9,000 athletes at each of the 25 high schools in the county.
Newly revised ID policy discussed at PTSA meeting
By Lois Bangiolo | Oct. 18, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Principal Phillip Gainous discussed the new ID policy at the PTSA meeting held yesterday at 7:30 p.m. in the media center. A newly revised copy of the policy, updated yesterday afternoon, was distributed at the meeting.
Flaws revealed in grading and reporting policy
By Ethan Kuhnhenn | Oct. 18, 2006, midnight | In Local »
In a survey of Montgomery County teachers and students, MCPS's Department of Shared Accountability (DSA) found that, three years after the Board of Education implemented the county's current grading and reporting policy, there is still widespread confusion and dissatisfaction with the policy, specifically its re-teaching and reassessing components.
ID color coding system draws media attention
By Merlyn Deng, Alex Hyder, Payal Patnaik | Oct. 18, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Reporters from several television stations came to Blair this afternoon to interview principal Phillip Gainous, SGA President Eric Hysen and several students about the ID policy after a Washington Post story brought this year's changes, including the new, controversial color coding system to public attention.
Bomb and gun threats force lockdown of 14 MCPS schools
By Ethan Kuhnhenn | Oct. 12, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Less than a week after MCPS Superintendent Jerry Weast sent out a letter to students and parents assuring that, after a spate of school violence in the Midwest, Montgomery County schools were tightening security, a bomb threat and reports of a gunman triggered heightened security and even evacuations on 14 campuses across the northern part of the county.
Fall sports pep rally to be held tomorrow
By Clement Yang | Oct. 12, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The Homecoming pep rally will be held in the gym throughout 7th period on Friday, Oct. 13. The rally will be divided into two parts and will be held with half of the school population attending each, depending on the students' classroom number and floor.
Administration moves to crack down on freshman hazing
By Julia Mazerov | Oct. 11, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Just as it has in past years, "freshman hazing" has surfaced as an issue within the student body over the course of spirit week. Principal Phillip Gainous announced this information in a broadcast over the PA system during 7th period on Monday and today, reminding students of the repercussions of participating in such acts.
New IDs rife with mistakes
By Natasha Prados | Oct. 11, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The new IDs, which were distributed Oct. 3, were delayed as a result of printing errors, according to Assistant Principal Andrew Coleman. Several of the mistakes, according to Coleman, are still present in the IDs that have been distributed.
Italian foreign exchange students to visit Blair
By Andrew Kung | Oct. 11, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Guests from the Liceo Giordano Bruno, a high school in Rome, Italy, will be visiting the Blair community from Oct. 9 to Oct. 19. Two teachers and eleven students, of which ten are female and one is male, will spend time as part of a foreign exchange program led by the International Studies academy.
BSA to bridge gaps
By Lingfeng Li | Oct. 10, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The Blair Sports Academy (BSA) will strengthen academic support programs and offer new programs to attract more female students in its first full school year in session, according to MCPS recreation specialist Jose Segura.
International News for the first week of October
By Hokuma Karimova | Oct. 9, 2006, midnight | In International »
This is not original reporting. All information has been compiled from the BBC News and New York Times. Silver Chips Online posts this news summary to provide readers with a forum for discussion.
PTSA to address new ID policy at Oct. 17 meeting
By Lois Bangiolo | Oct. 8, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The new ID policy will be discussed at the upcoming PTSA meeting on Tuesday Oct. 17. The meeting will give parents and students the opportunity to share their opinions on the new policy with the school administration.
New color-coded IDs issued
By Nitin Sukumar | Oct. 6, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The new ID policy came with an overhaul and a new detailed color-coding system. The top portions of the IDs are colored based on academy, class or program according to the administration.
SGA announces freshman election results
By Miriam Ragen | Oct. 4, 2006, midnight | In Local »
SGA announced today the winners of the Sept. 28 election for the 2010 class council.
Blair conducts first fire drill of the school year
By Maya Calabrese | Oct. 3, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Blazers participated in the first fire drill of the school year after receiving their IDs during a special homeroom today between periods one and three. This was the first evacuation not monitored by former safety coordinator Mark Curran, who left his job at the end of last year.
Four college fairs to be held in October
By Lois Bangiolo | Oct. 1, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Four college fairs will be held in the Washington D.C. area in the beginning of October. All fairs will feature representatives from colleges and universities which will give students an opportunity to learn about the institutions and ask questions about the admissions process.
ID policy finalized
By Maya Calabrese | Sept. 30, 2006, midnight | In Local »
After weeks of deliberation, the SGA and administration have finalized an ID policy to be implemented after all students receive their IDs next week. Although the SGA worked extensively with the administration to form a more acceptable ID policy for students, they still disapprove of some of the changes.
Freshmen convention brings elections to Blair
By David Jia | Sept. 28, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The annual freshmen SGA election convention was held for the class of 2010 yesterday. Local politicians Aaron Klein and Jamie Raskin, two guest speakers at the convention, prefaced the event.
SGA selects Spirit Day themes
By Boris Vassilev | Sept. 28, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The SGA has chosen the Spirit Day themes for the week leading up to homecoming.
Field hockey player rushed to hospital after asthma attack
By Nitin Sukumar | Sept. 23, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Sophomore Elsa Haag was rushed from Blair in an ambulance after suffering an asthma attack during field hockey practice on Sept. 20. She has made a full recovery.
Princeton follows Harvard in abolishing early decision
By David Jia | Sept. 22, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Princeton University became the second Ivy League school to drop their early admission program on Monday in favor of one single process in admitting all undergraduate applicants. The new policy will go into effect for undergraduate class of 2012. Their decision follows Harvard, who dropped their early action policy last week.
Freshman convention and election scheduled for next week
By Priyanka Gokhale | Sept. 21, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The freshman election convention for the class of 2010 SGA will be held on Sept. 27 – a half-day – in the auditorium during fourth and sixth periods from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Voting will take place on Sept. 28 and Sept. 29. CAP students will vote during Photography, Magnet students will vote during Computer Science and all other freshmen will vote during Connections.
Old problems disappear along with bathroom doors
By Poorva Singal | Sept. 19, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The decision to remove the first floor bathroom doors has helped eliminate vandalism problems such as graffiti and tearing down and clogging fixtures. Business manager Jim Funk, who made the decision, said that vandalism disappeared immediately since the removal of the doors last spring.
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