Amanda Minoff is new to the community this year and has taken to her busy work schedule quickly. Minoff teaches one section of sophomore American Literature and two sections of an English elective for...
Over the years at the upper school, students are required to read and consume many different texts in their respective English courses. Certain books can have a lasting impact on those who read them and...
Sage Marmet, Co-Editor-in-Chief
• February 24, 2021
Sophocles' "Antigone": "I have longer to please the dead than please the living here: in the kingdom down below I'll lie forever."
Elie Wiesel’s “Night": "To no longer exist. To no longer feel the...
When students registered for classes for next year, they were met with a majorly reworked English course selection. In the 2020-2021 school year, nine new English electives will be offered and Ancient...
On the first day of school, Spanish teacher Jon Dicus asked his students how many of them had read a book, in any language, for pleasure over the summer. Only two students raised their hands.
Due to limited...
I have read twenty-one novels, eleven plays, and three anthologies in my four years of Blake English classes. Now, as a near-alumni, I find myself reflecting on the stories I read, and wanting to read...
Let’s face it. Playing three varsity sports and taking six advanced placement courses is a common struggle students deal with on a daily basis. So, by the time students receive course catalogs for...
