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The News of The Blake School Since 1916

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The News of The Blake School Since 1916

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Church puts up her Christmas tree with her family early in the year because they can be busy during this time. Church explains, “We have different trees. We have one tree that's our normal tree, and we have another tree that's our pop culture tree where we have shows that we like for our ornaments.”

Holiday Season Brings Joy

Brianna Savage, Contributing Writer November 24, 2025

     As the winter weather begins to settle in, students have plenty to say about cold temperatures, holiday traditions, and the season ahead. For many, cold weather is a sign to start wearing pants...

Max Vinar ‘26 and Jack Mark ‘26 from Anna Reid’s advisory look up the word integrity in the Merriam Webster Dictionary.

Community Assess Integrity

Ali Hecker, Student Life Editor February 1, 2023

Oxford Dictionary defines integrity as, “the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles”. Beginning this year, grade deans have introduced the school’s core values as themes for each...

In-Person Senior Speeches Engages Audience

Max Yousha, Contributing Writer December 1, 2021

Senior speeches are back in person for the 2021-22 school year after being online for all of last year. For some people, this is exciting, and for others, this is not a change-back they were looking forward...

Independent Studies Engage Curiosity

Independent Studies Engage Curiosity

Noor Naseer, Co-Editor-in-Chief November 30, 2021

Independent studies offer students a chance to dive deeper into subject matter that they find interesting in a way that allows them to design their own lessons, pace themselves, and follow wherever their...

Aksel Reid ’21 works early in the morning before school starts.  He mainly serves customers.

Aksel Reid: Baker’s Wife

Christina Chekerdjieva, Perspectives Editor December 7, 2020

The Baker's Wife on S 28th Ave. in Minneapolis is a local bakery where Aksel Reid '21 has been working since before the pandemic. Reid works as an opener, so his shift happens before Zoom school even starts....

Food and household supply donations at Greater Mount Vernon Church.

Students Aid Protests

Will Rosenblum, Multi-Media Editor October 2, 2020

As Minneapolis became the center of the Black Lives Matter Movement, Blake students aided in the fight for racial justice in a variety of ways. Nikki Stabno ’21, Rachel Winkey ’21, Kate...

Seniors from the Class of 2020 work in the "Senior Lounge," a longstanding tradition.

Traditions Create Identity, Strong Communities

Maggie Seidel, Student Life Editor September 21, 2019

Many institutions value tradition’s communal aspects and properties that interweave with both daily and habitual activities as well as special moments, Blake being no exception. Traditions, at the core,...

Burnout and Branding

Burnout and Branding

William Lyman, Co-Editor-in-Chief | Indepth Editor March 13, 2019

I am tired; not in a way that an extra couple hours of sleep can fix. I have simply burned out. At this point in my life, it appears as if I exist to produce, to work. I wake up hours before school begins...

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