The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum
The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum
The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum
“As for upperclassmen, they defend their viewpoints more than freshmen and sophomores do, so underclassmen are much more influenced by the people older than them.” -Somil Vinod '22

Sharing opinions on political dialogue

Averi Sullivan, News Editor • November 5, 2018
As students, personal political beliefs seem to be trapped in our conscious. The self-righteous ideals that were sprawled on scrolls across the wooden tables of our country’s founding or even the passionate values and words to live by etched in the plaques of our institution. With all of this history in pure word vomit of never-ending principles, we live in a moment in time where the student body is crippled by their own ideas to start a conversation. Why is it so hard for us to talk about politics?

SIAC hosts game day, nurtures school bonding

Averi Sullivan, Multimedia Editor | News Editor • September 10, 2018

On September 4, Blake’s SIAC representatives hosted a game day for the student body in place of assembly that included volleyball, minute to win it, and more party games. In reflection on the event,...

Let’s talk about gun violence

Averi Sullivan, Sports Editor • March 4, 2018

In this first podcast, we discuss the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and not only how we have been processing it in our community, but also what some potential next steps might...

Verified and Unified; the Blake Swim and Dive team.

Jumping Into Boys Swim and Dive

Ava • February 7, 2018

Connected, unified, committed, hard-working, fun, excellent- these words can be used to encapsulate the Blake Swim and Dive team. The Blake swim team is co-op of two schools, but it is anything but divided....

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