On Nov. 16, Eleanor Roosevelt High School hosted the annual Latin Certamen Plebianum competition in which Blair students competed in two events and won two trophies.
On Nov. 21, 2013, Dr. Joshua Starr, Superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), addressed community comments and questions at Blair's town hall event.
On Nov. 5, 16 and 17-year-old Takoma Park teenagers voted in the city's municipal election for the first time since the voting age was lowered to age 16 in May.
Montgomery Blair High School's administration imposed a policy forbidding spectators from bringing all types of bags to home varsity football games. The regulation, announced on Oct. 29, followed recent incidents in which students were caught sneaking alcohol into Blazer Stadium.
Last month, Blair social studies teacher Kevin Shindel created the educational forum "Share Your Ground," a page that posts different discussion starters such as articles and questions five or six times a week.
Blair administration installed a flat screen TV in the Student Activity Center (SAC) in hopes that students will better appreciate eating lunch in the SAC.
The new Silver Spring library is currently in the final design stage and is scheduled to open in Oct. 2014. The expanded library, which will be located at the corner of Fenton Street and Wayne Avenue, will have five floors and a basement.
On Oct. 21, 2013, the Kids International Discovery (KID) Museum and Fund for Montgomery hosted the World of Montgomery Festival at Westfield Wheaton Plaza to showcase and celebrate Montgomery County's diverse cultural heritages.
Blair seniors, Megan Chao, Neil Davey, Robert Martin and Jessica Shi, were named semifinalists in the 2013 Siemens Competition in math, science, engineering and technology (STEM).
On Thursday, Oct. 24, the "President's Own" Marine Band is scheduled to perform in the Blair Auditorium. This complimentary concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. and was primarily organized by Blair music teacher, Michelle Roberts.
Superintendent Joshua Starr expressed his support for the report and for pushing back the school start time for high school students to 8:15 a.m. or later.
Today, around 8:40 a.m., students were evacuated from Montgomery Blair High School after a staff member accidentally left food heating in the microwave unattended, causing a small fire.
This year, Senior Hueyjong Shih, junior Quinn Tai and sophomores Cynthia Liu and Stephan Loh are selected as members of prestigious musical ensemble programs due to their musical talent.
On October 7, the Blair math team received results from the "Who Wants to be a Mathematician Competition" which indicated that it had more students qualify for the second round of the competition than any other high school math team.
Silver Chips Online inspired several students at St John's Marlborough, located in Marlborough, Wiltshire in South West England, to start their own online newspaper, titled Fish and Chips
This year, instead of being hosted in the student activities center (SAC), Blair's homecoming will be held in the gym. The Student Government association (SGA) made this change because of safety reasons and an increase in space and possibilities offered by the new venue.
Blair administration called for all clubs to renew their charters before the activity fair on October 24 in order to remain active because of liability concerns.
On Aug. 27, 2013 Principal Renay Johnson announced that Blair welcomed a new, less strict, cellphone policy for this school year that will allow Blazers to use their cellphones in the hallways before any of their classes.
As part of Montgomery County Public School's technology modernization program, schools in the county get to replace their computers every seven years. Last summer it was Blair's turn.
This school year, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) implemented a mandatory baseline concussion test for all student athletes participating in a school sport
Blair students presented Lumina Studio Theatre's "Fireball XL", an hour-long comedy, at the Capital Fringe Festival from July 12-27 at the Warehouse Theatre in D.C.
William Currence, a former biology teacher and testing coordinator, is Blair's new Assistant Principal as of the 2013-2014 school year.
Blair '13 graduate Sam Zbarsky will represent the United States in the 44th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Copenhagen, Denmark from July 7-15.
On June 8, 2013, Blair Stadium was the site for the 8th Annual Andrew Helgeson Memorial Blair Lacrosse Alumni Game.
Today at 9:15 a.m., Montgomery County Fire and Rescue recovered the body of Blair graduate Tekwe Forchick from the Potomac River near Old Anglers Inn.
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