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The News of The Blake School Since 1916

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The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum

Wolstencroft’s choices about the emotions in the graphics were intentional. She said, “I tried to make the expressions neutral because I wanted to show the struggle of
assessments, but not overdo it with the suffering.”

Final Projects Beat Exams

Evie Chow, Copy Editor May 28, 2026

While the anticipation of summer rolls around during the end of the year, so does finals season. While every student has to deal with some form of finals, not all finals are created equal. For freshmen,...

Madeleine Hou '26 and Clara Stamm '26 study quietly in the English Lab on the third floor.

How Students Manage Time

Oscar Alcazar-Aguilu ’28, Contributing Writer May 23, 2025

With finals just around the corner, the amount of schoolwork has increased and time management more important than ever. Most students do extracurricular activities, too, so it is essential to know how...

Convenient  Coffee Shops  Provide Unique Experiences

Convenient Coffee Shops Provide Unique Experiences

Ali Hecker, Contributing Writer December 2, 2021

Bordertown Coffee With end-of-semester exams and projects rapidly approaching, Bordertown Coffee is the perfect place for students to study. It's located in an old fraternity house on the University of...

Finals Advice

Brooke Lee, Staff Writer May 13, 2019

As finals approach, many are feeling the stress and chaos that comes with them. Teachers give out recommended preparation for these tests and many acknowledging that it would be beneficial to start studying;...

Teachers approach finals differently

Erin Wordelman, Staff writer April 28, 2016

You wake up and realize that you have a week full of exams ahead of you, and the stress starts to kick in. All of your study guides are 10 pages long; the thought of mastering that material is daunting....

Students studying into the early morning hours often fail to recognize the threat sleeplessness poses to their scores

To sleep or to study?

Michael Feldkamp, Staff Writer May 28, 2015

In the midst of finals week, many of us have started looking back at our old textbooks and notes from earlier in the year. It’s almost impossible to study enough for every subject you have, no matter...

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