The Spectrum

Kim Phúc delivers inspiring symposium

World-renowned 'Napalm Girl' shares emotional story

William Lyman, Staff Writer • November 3, 2017

Phan Thi Kim Phúc, a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, published author, international speaker, and founder of a successful nonprofit visited Blake on Wednesday, October 11. After surviving a napalm bombing...

Eurocentrism in mapping

Alyssa Story, Opinions Editor • April 28, 2017

It’s no secret that Social Studies in America is biased and Eurocentric. However, some schools have worked to combat this issue. Recently, The Boston school system has commited to remove the...

Science Spotlight: Science of Food

Sophie Skallerud, Staff Writer • March 13, 2017

From an outside perspective, the new Science of Food course seems like a breeze, consumed with baking and eating. Paige Robichaud ‘17 and Sarah Juang ‘17 agree that, “it doesn’t seem...

Science Spotlight: Tech Requirement

Minjae Lee, Editor Emeritus • February 9, 2017

Despite living in a digital age, the core curriculum of private liberal arts institutions often lacks a distinctive technology requirement. However, in recent years, higher education...

Hydrate or die-drate

On the importance of H2O

Elizabeth Opp, Opinions Editor • February 9, 2017

The warnings are endless: your grades will go down if you stop drinking water, dehydration putting your vigilance and motor skills at odds. Regardless, Blake students largely disregard drinking throughout...

Setting the Record Straight

Pipeline bursts, chaos ensues

Chapel Puckett and Additional reporting by: Josie Lagerstrom, Eva Berezovsky, Zoe Wellik • November 3, 2016

The hole dug by construction workers on Tuesday for water main repares flooded with water from the domestic pipeline.

Setting the record straight

Pipeline bursts, chaos ensues

Chapel Puckett, Editor-in-Chief • November 3, 2016

Students sitting in the dark, Elizabeth Ben-Ozilio stuck in the elevator, and no access to running water were all products of a complication with repairs of the main sewer line in front of the school on...

Leaving a legacy

Working together to make a difference in the community

Drew Rosenblum, Contributing Writer • November 3, 2016

Legacy Day is the only day of the year where all three campuses of The Blake School including every grade (1 through 12), over 100 volunteers, and every single faculty member all get together and help...

The problem with our lunchroom

Student health jeopardized not by choice of what to eat, but whether to at all

Chapel Puckett, Co-Editor-in-Chief • April 28, 2016

Healthy eating behavior is one of the most important habits that people must form at a young age. The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition states, “Dietary habits established in childhood...

Leave the stress at home

Escape the school shadow that follows you outside of the classroom

Penelope Winton, Opinions Editor • March 20, 2016

Spring break is meant to be a time of relaxation: a time to set back the clocks in your brain before fourth quarter puts them into double time. So why is it that every time I lounge on the couch watching...