Despite moving online, DECA, the Distributive Education Clubs of America, has been able to function smoothly. DECA is a yearly competition that consists of two different sections: written events consist...
Just as the vaccine was beginning to be administered to people all across the United States and things began to possibly finally look up, 2020 threw one last piece of bad news at us. A new variant of the...
Although new clubs are facing unique obstacles in gaining student engagement during remote learning, students have persevered and built successful student organizations this school year.
Chess club...
The revised Remote Teaching and Learning Plan (RTLP 2.0), which started on Monday, Nov. 30, has been developing since May and is designed to allow more frequent class meetings within a shorter school day.
While...
Small businesses are struggling during the pandemic, but Blake students supporting these local gems offer insight into how community members can help.
Taara Verma '24, an intern for Coimatan, describes...
After planning on coming to America over a year ago through an abroad program, Bruno Ricketts '23 was unable due to COVID-19 causing abroad programs to cancel. Fortunately, he was able to come here through...
An idea first pitched in 2015 has become a reality in Boom Island Park: the first memorial for survivors of sexual related violence. On Oct. 10 2020, a virtual opening ceremony for the memorial was dedicated...
This semester, a new research-oriented social studies class was offered for the first time, called "Seminar in Social Science: Design Thinking for School Culture." The course works through a partnership...
“I voted for Biden. For me, I was mostly evaluating the presidential candidates’ positions regarding climate change and also racial justice but mostly climate change because it’s… going to impact...
![French teacher Pachao Yajcherthao shares, “I think it is more stable ... you know exactly what to expect ... [and] the seventy-minute classes are nice because we get a lot done ... but I think that one of consequences [is] that we don’t see each other as much.”](https://www.blakespectrum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/students-working-1-900x600.jpg)
![Spencer Okoronkwo 22 shares his thoughts on the inauguration, Im feeling glad that Donald Trump...is going to leave, hes done, hes over. Unless he comes back. But Im kind of scared for all the events that might happen at certain capitals around the country... [which] Ive heard is going to happen. I know that there might be [an event] here in Minnesota, so Im just nervous for that and what there might be considering that Trump supporters are wild, crazy, [and] different. But, Im hoping for the best and I hope it goes smoothly.](https://www.blakespectrum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Spencer-Okoronkwo-22--675x900.jpg)
