Blair security is now strictly enforcing the after-school locker policy, under which students may not use lockers after 3:05 p.m.
MCPS outperformed the nation in Advanced Placement (AP) testing performance and participation, according to a 2005 CollegeBoard report. In MCPS' graduating class of 2004, almost 40 percent of students - twice the state average and three times the national average - achieved a passing score of three or above on at least one AP sometime during high school.
"My brain can't figure out what to do," says junior James Gillette, as he slowly smoothes a blue blanket over his injured leg. "My head feels funny, and I can't really concentrate."
Junior James Gillette's accident during a preseason wrestling run in early October has brought the vagueness of MCPS athletic policies to light.
Junior James Gillette's accident during a preseason wrestling run in early October has brought the vagueness of MCPS athletic policies to light.
"My brain can't figure out what to do,” says junior James Gillette as he slowly smoothes a blue blanket over his injured leg. "My head feels funny, and I can't really concentrate.”
The homecoming football game will take place tomorrow, Oct. 8, two weeks earlier than last year's game, which was on Oct. 24. Blair's varsity football team will take on Wheaton at 6:30 p.m., and the game will be followed by the Homecoming Dance on Oct. 9 from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
On May 11, Sagar Sanghvi, a junior from Colonel Magruder High School, cast his vote as an "aye” on delaying the implementation of MCPS' new grading and reporting policy in high schools by another year. After months of deliberation and over six hours in that day's meeting alone, Sanghvi began his first meeting as the recently re-elected Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB) by finally closing an issue he had advocated since the beginning of the school year.
Sophomore Sebastian Johnson, Blair Student Government Association (SGA) President-elect for 2005, has begun implementing several changes to address problems of SGA organization and student body awareness as he prepares to assume presidential duties beginning June 1.
The Maryland State Board of Education (MSBE) recently released last spring's High School Assessment (HSA) scores. Results indicate a decline in Blair's performance on all four HSA exams currently administered: English I, Biology, Government and Algebra.
For 33 years, Silvia B. Trumbower's profession has required her to put her heart and soul into her work. With wide-framed glasses, bobbed hair, and a pleasant voice, Trumbower is the essence of an experienced English teacher.