Julia Lucas & Scott Klinefelter, Contributing Writers
• September 19, 2019
Erin Oakley made the transition from the Blake Middle School Math Department to that of the Upper School. She’s ready to help students in Geometry and Honors Algebra 2 reach their “ohh, I get it!”...
Students have not had access to the Parade Park parking lot (located across from the math wing, next to the Sculpture Garden) since the start of the school year due to the Minnesota State Fair and, now,...
In May and August 2019, the senior class had to vote four different times to determine a Senior Class President. These numerous elections, all marred by administrative and structural issues, exemplify...
On Saturday, September 14, the Blake School celebrated the life of Ryan Mahoney. Mahoney taught math at the Upper School for 10 years until cancer took his life on August 31, 2019.
Mahoney, a US Navy...
An anonymous survey conducted by The Spectrum of 180 students from all four grades found that 50% of Upper School students believe that Blake administrators do not trust them.
Although it is often...
All of the ceramics classes had to be relocated to the printmaking room recently. Joe Ruggiero explains, “When we came back from spring break there was a question of build up of dust in the room so we...
Blake has not had an official school seal since the merge of the three schools, Blake, Northrop Collegiate and Highcroft Country Day in the seventies. After the recent success in the Excellence Accelerated...
On Wednesday, April 10, Kao Kalia Yang, Hmong refugee and Minnesota author, visited Blake to share her story and insight as one of the most prominent writers to represent the Hmong experience in Southeast...
On March 13th, students listened to William C. Moyers, the vice president of public affairs community relations for the Hazelton Betty ford foundation and former addict himself, the second symposium speaker...
Many students remember the middle school grind of struggling with the homework for math, foreign language, or other classes. After reluctantly turning to our parents, we soon realized how their attempts...
Cheryl Minde, Contributing Writer
• March 15, 2019
Writers Skylar Wang ‘22, Eva Berezovsky ‘19, and Yeukai Zimbwa ‘20 each received gold keys, the highest award possible, at the state level in the 2019 Scholastic Writing competition. Wang entered...
The Model United Nations club has had an exciting start to 2019. From January 30 to February 2, 22 students and chaperones went to New York to participate in a United Nations simulation with more than...
