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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

May Hot Potato

May Hot Potato

Camila Pardo, Columnist May 28, 2026

What the garden teaches us: Spring has a way of making everything feel alive again. Trees regain their color, flowers begin to bloom, people start walking outside, windows begin to roll down, and suddenly...

The Olympics should be used as a time to remember the good in the world and celebrate unity.

Supporting Team USA in 2026

Lilah Johnson, Co Editor-in-Chief February 27, 2026

No one loves the Olympics more than I do. Every two years, I become obsessed with random sports that I would never pay attention to at any other time. However, this year, supporting my country feels a...

United States Sends I.C.E. to Olympics

London Gilbert, Sports Editor February 27, 2026

The Olympics are made out to be one of the main events for the entire globe to come together and enjoy the athletic abilities of men and women from thousands of different cultures. For a few weeks, politics,...

The Bachelor is the Worst of Reality TV

The Bachelor is the Worst of Reality TV

Lucy Wolfe, Contributing Writer April 27, 2020

My mom has been watching "The Bachelor" since I was a newborn and I can’t get her to turn it off. With every ounce of my soul, I cannot stand this show. The show is pathetic and it stereotypes and degrades...

Student voices: We have a race problem.

Student voices: We have a race problem.

Alexis Reaves, Staff Writer December 3, 2015

I recently read an article in the New Yorker about the hotbeds that are Mizzou and Yale. If you happened to miss those screaming headlines, they tell the story of college campuses consumed by debates...

You can help alleviate the lunch crunch

Isabel Graham ’15, Contributing Writer December 3, 2013

Chicken tenders. Santa Fe rice bowl.  Pasta bar. These might be your favorite dishes served in the lunch room, but they are also three of the several lunches that force us students to stand in seemingly...

This layout by Karl Lovaas '14 was named a Best of Editorials 2012 by the National Scholastic Press.

I Hate My Teacher

Anna Ehrlich, Staff Writer October 8, 2013

When walking in the halls, I hear a number of conversations taking place. However, there is one conversation which I hear more frequently than any other. It always goes something like this: “Student...

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