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

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

UPDATING STORY: Water line breaks, no classes for two and a half days

Chapel Puckett, Editor-in-Chief October 25, 2016

UPDATING STORY: more information is being added throughout the week. 10/ 25: The Upper School lost power around 11 a.m. on Tuesday the 25 of October. There was no running water and no internet, so students...

ROYGBIV: the Spectrum newspaper podcast

ROYGBIV: the Spectrum newspaper podcast

Minjae Lee, Fashion and Arts & Culture October 7, 2016

Introducing the new podcast from the Spectrum newspaper! This months topic is Listening. While active participation in classroom discussions is often interpreted as participating verbally. But, as Fashion...

Instead of always speaking, sometimes we must pause to hear what other people are saying and tune out other background noise.

Listening to be an ally

Ellen Israel, Contributing Writer September 29, 2016

People of privilege are often aware of societal injustices and want to stop oppression but feel powerless, like they cannot speak and cannot act for it is often not their place to do so. For allies who...

Girls varsity soccer plays Providence Academy in one of their first games of the year

Aamoth stadium gets a makeover

Emily Hykes and Isaac Gittleman September 29, 2016

Over the summer, one of the middle school’s biggest assets–Aamoth Stadium–underwent some significant upgrades and the long-anticipated turf project was completed. Construction began on March 7th...

Shiv Jhanjee 18 competing in triple jump at Track Nationals in Houston.

Track Minnesota participants take home summer victories in Houston

Abbie Nelson, Staff Writer September 29, 2016

Olivia Ohrt ‘18, Shiv Jhanjee ‘18, Cameron Downey ‘17, and Robbie Grace ‘19 all spent the summer training with one of Minnesota’s top track teams, Track Minnesota. Coming off the spring...

Ellie Grossman ‘17 and three teammates at the Greenhill Tournament in Texas Sept. 17, coming in second place to Harvard Westlake

Blake Debate goes abroad

Chapel Puckett, Editor-in-Chief September 29, 2016

It seems as though Blake Debate is constantly bringing home new trophies and accolades due to the exceptional work of its team members and coaches; now, though, Blake Debate is going abroad. Ellie Grossman...

Michael Dejoras 17 and Jimmy Gruver 17 both went on the Cuba trip this past summer.

Polyglots Unite

Bennett Mattson, Staff Writer September 28, 2016

¡Hola! Hello! Bonjour! Hallo! Salam! I just greeted you in Spanish, English, French, Dutch, and Azerbaijani. Why? To emphasize the fact that learning a second, third, fourth, or even fifth language is...

Jon Dicus holds Canvas, a panda bear used in class to show students how friendly the program can be.

Teachers embrace Canvas

Allison Ahern, News Editor September 28, 2016

This year, as students are getting acclimated to the new format of Canvas, most teachers are adjusting alongside students. “I hated Moodle,” Margi Youmans exclaimed noting that “Canvas is less clunky...

The new Aamoth Field

Steven Nye September 19, 2016

Stay tuned for more coverage on the new turf at Aamoth Field!

Forums Forum

Forum’s Forum

Maya Chadda, Staff Writer September 19, 2016

Legacy Day: For convocation during Legacy Day this year various stories and poems will be shared. For one of the poems a member from each grade has a line to speak. One of the main goals is to make...

Eva Berezovsky 19, Josie Lagerstrom 18,  Taylor Jones 17, Zachary Marmet 19, Isaac Gittleman 19, and Varun Agarwal 18

Welcome new editors!

August 23, 2016

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