Longtime Senior Seminar teacher and debate coach Sandy Berkowitz will depart from Blake at the conclusion of this school year. Since 2016, Berkowitz has been the Senior Seminar instructor, but she spent...
Shane Stafford and Sandy Berkowitz were originally debate rivals. Now married, they coach debate together.
The first time they met, they were at a tournament at Princeton University. After the debate,...
In a highly polarized culture, the minimal presence of women in positions of power does not act alone in amplifying the opinions of male peers. During all three of the presidential debates, many took to...
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...
Jack Barker, Contributing Writer
• October 29, 2015
An email a day. Maybe two. Who knew that such an ostensibly trivial issue would snowball into a major controversy? Kali Olson’s emails regarding new developments in the library have raised questions...
![Stafford stands in front of the debate team’s extensive trophy
case. Not pictured: the rest of the trophies that sit outside of the
debate room. Terveen notes, “[There is] definitely no [pressure to
win]. Although he is of course very proud when teams do well!”](https://www.blakespectrum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_7895-675x900.jpg)
