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The Blue Hour: A Student-Directed Short Play

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025 Former Staff Member Blake Arts, Blake Theatre, Emily King, Paul Zulueta, Student Plays, The Blue Hour, theatre, William Zheng

Last Friday, Blake High School’s students’ theater program put on an unforgettable production of “The Blue Hour” by Emily Hageman.

Arts Entertainment

Remembering the Renaissance: The History of Harlem

January 28, 2025February 7, 2025 Jordyn Briggs Arts, Blake, entertainment, Harlem, James Hubert Blake, Jordyn Briggs

Wouldn’t you love to travel time into a different decade or world? A world where creativity was at its peak,

Arts Entertainment

Winter Dance Concert

January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 Anika Paranjape Anika Paranjape, Dance Company, Keilly Escobar, Ms. D'Anna, Winter Concert

The Winter Dance Concert took place on Friday, January 24, 2025, featuring performances from all the dance classes offered here

Features Life

The Incomparable Ms. Yargici-Cooper

January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 Former Staff Member Blake, Incomparable, Ms. Yargici-Cooper, Ray Njassu, Signature Coordinator, Versatile

Even if you don’t know her name, you’ve almost certainly seen Ms. Yargici-Cooper before. She’s at almost every school event,

Arts Entertainment Opinion

Winter/Autumn Paris Fashion Week 2025 is officially over. Let’s talk about it.

January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 Josephine McBride Autumn, Balenciaga, Comme des Garcons, Fashion Brands, Paris Fashion Week, Rick Owens, Style, Trends, winter

Paris Fashion Week 2025 was an absolute revelation, the collections from brands like Balenciaga, Rick Owens, and Comme des Garcons

Life Sports

Join our Team! A Conversation with Mr. Fribush

January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 Giselle Wyche Blake Athletics, Blake Community, Giselle Wyche, Mr. Fribush, Nicole Johnson

Recently, Blake has added a lot of new coaches to our athletics program. Swim and Dive, Girls Basketball, and just

Life Opinion

Navigating Through Junior Year

January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 Former Staff Member AP, High School, Junior Year, opinion, Rose O'Croinin, SAT, Student Voice

The majority of people dread going into their junior year of high school, but is it as difficult as people

Life

Elon Musk and his Involvement in the US Government

January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 Josephine McBride Controversy, Elon Musk, Inauguration, Involvement, Josephine McBride, Politics, Tesla, Trump, US Government

Elon Musk was seen at President Trump’s inauguration this week, where he gave a speech and saluted the crowd twice.

News

How Do Students Get MCPS Snow Day Predictions?

January 27, 2025January 28, 2025 Kimberley Trang Instagram, Kimberley Trang, MCPS, Snow Day, Weather

After a three day closure for MCPS, students returned to school with a two-hour delay on Thursday, January 9. Subsequently,

Features Life

Spotlight on APUSH

January 27, 2025January 27, 2025 Former Staff Member 9th grade, APUSH, Hiryakos Tesfay, Mr. Mendenhall

AP US History is the only AP class you can take during freshman year in Blake so I asked Mr.

Life Opinion

Are Teenage Boys the New Looksmaxxing Fangirls?

January 27, 2025January 27, 2025 Former Staff Member Dustin Garcia, Looksmaxxing, Social media, Societal Norms, Teenage men, TikTok

Looksmaxxing it’s been all over the place since 2021 but more importantly, its continuous prominence on TikTok. What draws young

Life Opinion

Models & Humans

January 27, 2025January 27, 2025 Former Staff Member Dustin Garcia, Humans, Models, Social media, Society, Trends

We see models everywhere. They appear in TV commercials, YouTube ads, magazines, TV shows, movies, and anything related to some

Opinion

On New Year’s Resolutions and Why We Don’t Need Them

January 27, 2025January 27, 2025 Former Staff Member Ean Ayuk, Goals, New Year's Resolutions, New Years, Resolutions, Self Improvement

Studies reveal that while 38.5% of U.S. adults set New Year’s resolutions annually, only 9% successfully keep them—a depressing figure,