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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Former SMOB loses bid for Board seat
By Kathy Jee | Dec. 6, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Blair graduate Sebastian Johnson's attempt to fill the vacancy on the Board of Education left by Valerie Ervin fell short when the Board did not select him as one of the five finalists on Monday.
It's Academic Team to compete in Knowledge Master Open
By Rachita Sood | Dec. 6, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Blair's It's Academic Team will compete in the worldwide Knowledge Master Open (KMO) today during periods 5A, 5B and 6 in room 247. The team looks to improve from their eleventh place finish out of 774 teams in last spring's KMO and return to the top ten.
Blair music groups to perform in Downtown Silver Spring
By Lois Bangiolo | Dec. 2, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Blair's Chamber Choir and Jazz Combo will performon Dec. 16 as one of the various holiday events occurring in Downtown Silver Spring this December.
'06 alumnus applies for school board seat
By Kathy Jee | Nov. 29, 2006, midnight | In Local »
Former Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB) and 2006 alumnus Sebastian Johnson applied to become the newest and youngest adult member of the Board.
Robbery in basketball team room
By Phillip Allen | Nov. 29, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The varsity boy's basketball team was called down to the security office today to fill out reports in connection with items stolen from the team room yesterday. During the team's practice an estimated $70, three iPods and a cell phone were removed from the Blazers belongings.
Blair's blood drive "a success"
By Jessica Cutler | Nov. 23, 2006, midnight | In Local »
The blood drive held at Blair on Nov. 10 drew nearly 70 Blazers both willing and qualified to donate their blood, collecting over 60 pints on behalf of the American Red Cross.
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