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The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum

The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum

Sickness Culture Worsens Stress

Sickness Culture Worsens Stress

Amelia Bush, Managing Editor November 4, 2023

Have you ever found yourself crammed in a tight, sweaty math classroom with no air conditioning when four people at your table start violently hacking in your face? Chances are, you have. Sickness at...

One of Basquiat's paintings is on display in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Basquiat

Kate Rekas, Opinions Editor May 2, 2023

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an artist in every sense of the word, it could be argued that he even lived in art, or at least was always surrounded by it. Basquiat, half Puerto Rican and half Haitian, was born...

Get Cultured:

Get Cultured:

Sage Marmet and Betsy Fries September 26, 2020

What is culture? What makes it unique? What can we do to learn from/about other cultures?  Over this past summer, we continued to ask ourselves these questions, eager to broaden our sense of cultural...

How to Carve a Pumpkin

How to Carve a Pumpkin

Noor Naseer, News Editor November 4, 2019

Step 1: You need to find the perfect pumpkin. I found this pumpkin at Cub Foods in Knollwood mall for $4.99. Others prefer a pumpkin patch, but either way, you have to find the pumpkin that speaks to you....

Hazel DeHapporte '19 performs at Open Mic Night on November 10th.

Open Mic Night loses popularity

Elizabeth Opp, Opinions Editor March 13, 2017

Graduation requirements include art. Senior speeches are frequently given on the perks of taking art courses and branching out through classes from Drawing and Painting to Ceramics. The visual arts are...

School culture perpetuates illness

Fiona Duffy, Student Life Editor March 18, 2016

It's an unfortunate, yet familiar sight: the red cheeks, coughing, sneezing, and sniffling. Every few weeks it seems to be the same. It’s never just one student, and it seems as though there is a new...

The Blake Blueprint

The Blake Blueprint

Deniz Ercan-Fang, Online Editor December 3, 2015

The smiling faces of students pop from the pages of our school’s royal blue handbook. From a lower school student playing tic-tac-toe to a high schooler graphing functions on a Smart Board, the booklet...

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