The Blake Bears’ Cross Country team had a great year with the Girls winning the Section 4A meet and running in the State Meet, and the Boys placing fourth in the Section meet, with Michael Mitchell ‘17...
Mafar Peleaz
Duration of stay: 8 weeks
What do you think of Blake so far/what are your first impressions?
I think Blake is a very challenging school, exhausting, but I’m liking...
Especially for ninth and tenth graders, getting to know the teachers outside of the six or seven classes you meet with four times a week can be difficult. However, many of these teachers who you might...
Donald Trump called it “the worst deal [he’s]ever seen.” Bernie Sanders said it “could keep the United States from being drawn into another never-ending war in the Middle East.” Senator Lindsey...
Often viewed as a footnote in the encyclopedia of student life, advisory seems to entertain arbitrary and sometimes aimless topics: surveys, discussions about civil discourse, even just hanging out. Students...
When walking through the cafeteria during non-lunch hours, two things stand out: the constant, strenuous work necessary to prepare food for over 500 people, and the music blasting from the kitchen.
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Exponents. Geometer’s Sketchpad. Variables. While there are many of us who cringe at the sound of these words, the students participating on the Math Team have discovered that math has a fun side outside...
Do you ever feel angry when the sun is too bright or gloomy when it storms? These are symptoms of “seasonal affective disorder”, or SAD. SAD is a very real and common disorder, with about 3 million...
In a high school such as Blake, teachers often tell students to reach outside the classroom to find educational events and interactions to further independent learning. After all, it isn’t as if the...
I remember the first day I visited Blake. Shawn Reid guided my parents and me to a mid-sized auditorium named the Juliet Nelson Auditorium. As we entered the door, Reid reminded my parents that every...
Synesthesia: a condition in which one sense or part of the body is simultaneously perceived by one or more additional sense. Another form of synesthesia joins objects – letters, shapes, numbers, names...
In the wake of national unrest about race relations on college campuses, discussions of the subject have naturally permeated into high schools, too. Uncomfortable, necessary conversations have graced our...
