The News of The Blake School Since 1916

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The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum

The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum

Early bird gets the worm

Early bird gets the worm

Emily Anderson, Staff Writer December 18, 2018

There are many benefits of being an early bird, especially for students. Many of these benefits stem from the high supply of homework. Wyatt Dayhoff’ 22 comments “ Let's say you didn’t have enough...

Showering in the morning vs. the night

Showering in the morning vs. the night

Shira Aronow, Staff Writer December 18, 2018

Showering in the morning versus the night or vice versa can be a decision with many reasons behind it, or on the other hand, it can be a decision purely based upon convenience. Ultimately, there are positives...

Elle McCarty

Predicting the future of Rockstar Games

Josh Power, Sports Editor November 30, 2018

People are familiar with the major video game corporations – Activision, EA, Nintendo – that have become name brands among gamers. Quietly, Rockstar Games has emerged as a successful studio,...

The uncertain future of Tesla

The uncertain future of Tesla

Ben Lim, Contributing Writer November 30, 2018

Elon Musk started Tesla in San Carlos, CA in 2003. Tesla is a tech company but is known for making cars, especially their recent self-driving ones. Self-driving cars are not a car on their own; the self-driving...

Scooters on the move

Scooters on the move

Jonah Halper, Contributing Writer November 2, 2018

Bird along with Lime, Skip, and Spin, are some of the leading companies for scooter rental. Bird, on their mobile app, describes the scooters as something that you can use for "your work commute, across...

Starbucks eliminating plastic straws

Starbucks eliminating plastic straws

Sarina Dev, InDepth Editor November 2, 2018

On Monday, October 8, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that the world has twelve years to drastically change its environmental impact before an almost irreversible...

Venmo and Apple pay gain popularity among teenagers

Venmo and Apple pay gain popularity among teenagers

Caroline Hardy, Student Life Editor September 28, 2018

Walking down to the depths of school, a student whips out her phone. Opening her mobile wallet, she types in the vending machine code and quickly scans her phone screen. Her Pop-Tarts fall out and she...

Changes in technology at Blake remodel learning environment

Changes in technology at Blake remodel learning environment

Emily Hykes, Steven Nye, and Isaac Gittleman March 15, 2018

With the click of a few keys on our laptops or phones, the world awaits us at our fingertips. Over the past few decades, advancements in technology have not only allowed for major educational milestones...

Sonia Baig ‘21 demonstrates the facial recognition technology on the iPhone X.

iPhone X’s facial recognition feature poses questions

Shira Aronow and Anna Johns March 7, 2018

     There has been a lot of talk surrounding the new facial recognition technology on the new iPhone X that came out early November of 2017. With the new technology, there is debate over the positives...

Profile of Elon Musk

Profile of Elon Musk

Asya Shogren, Features Editor March 7, 2018

     Elon Musk, a South African inventor and engineer, progressively strives towards bringing the world towards a technologically advanced future. Musk’s career took off when he sold his first company,...

Students succumb to sickness

Students succumb to sickness

Josie Lagerstrom, Managing Editor November 6, 2017

With a new school year comes stress, schoolwork, and sniffles. According to a poll, 80% of students and faculty have gotten sick since the start of the school year. While it might be easy to write off...

Bearbotics kicks off the season

Bearbotics kicks off the season

Steven Nye, Multimedia Editor October 3, 2017

The Blake Robotics team “Bearbotics” is starting fresh this year with new head coach and Computer Science teacher, Madeline Burton. The team is looking to build on last year’s success and actively...

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