The Blake Beat James Hubert Blake High School Silver Spring, MD
Issue Date: Friday, November 12, 2004 Issue: 2004 November Last Update: Thursday, January 06, 2005

  • New grading policy receives mixed feedback countywide: Ideals of system praised, implementation criticized based on response from faculty members, students

    Friday, December 24, 2004 By: Gilad Barlev

    After receiving feedback from teachers across the county, Bonnie Cullison, president of the Montgomery County Education Association, issued a criticism of the new grading policy, echoing the sentiment

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  • Lady Bengals advance to regional finals for first time in school history: Field hockey sticks it to competitors; ends with record season

    Friday, December 24, 2004 By: Kelli Hunter

    Sticking it to everyone in their way, the girls’ varsity field hockey team demolished last years’ record, finishing a ground-breaking 10-1-1, earning the first place spot in the region playoff seed an

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  • Mr. D’Anna elevates level of excellence in arts, humanities: New signature coordinator brings experience to school

    Friday, December 24, 2004 By: Margaret Lee

    After teaching at Magruder High School for 25 years, theatre connoisseur Mike D’Anna has taken over assistant principal Christopher Berry’s former position as Blake’s new signature program coordinator

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  • Teacher Marriages: New spouses make grade for recent honeymooners Parsons, Green

    Friday, December 24, 2004 By: Maya Yette

    While many students have siblings that attend school with them and other students’ parents are even teachers, this school year, several teachers have returned with more family in the building – their

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  • Cutting-edge technology helps freshman beat rare heart condition: Despite implanted defibrillator, Esteves lives comfortable high school life

    Friday, December 24, 2004 By: Priska Neely

    Whether it goes lub-dub, lub-dub or thumpity, thump, every heartbeat is a precious aspect of life that many people take for granted.Freshman Alex Esteves has a higher appreciation for his heart everyd

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  • Cutting-edge technology helps freshman beat rare heart condition: Despite implanted defibrillator, Esteves lives comfortable high school life

    Friday, December 24, 2004 By: Priska Neely

    Whether it goes lub-dub, lub-dub or thumpity, thump, every heartbeat is a precious aspect of life that many people take for granted.Freshman Alex Esteves has a higher appreciation for his heart everyd

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  • Devoted fan of household guru shows love, adoration

    Friday, December 24, 2004 By: Clare Boyle

    Recently on her website, household guru Martha Stewart asked for fans to write her letters in prison because she was growing lonely. Being a devoted follower of the 63-year-old domestic goddess, I dec

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  • Mr. Daniel reveals sensitive side of macho Spike TV

    Friday, December 24, 2004 By: Matt Boyle

    English teacher and poet Omari Daniel will be featured with his father in a documentary about father-son relationships airing on Spike TV (Channel 70) December 17.

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  • Quince Orchard throws elbows; Blake girls kick back, but fall, 2-1: Claws clash as primal fury is unleashed between Lady Cougars, Bengals

    Friday, December 24, 2004 By: Kyle Wannen

    Facing the former state-champion Quince Orchard Lady Cougars was tough enough the first time for the Lady Bengals’ soccer team, and it was even rougher the second.

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  • Lady Bengal volleyball playoff run falls short with semi-final loss

    Friday, December 24, 2004 By: Rebecca Mondoñedo

    Drawing the highest seed possible for a team not seated in the top six, the Lady Bengals Volleyball made it to the semi-finals in the Maryland 4A tournament.

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Sea of trash floods building service
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LUNCHTIME, THE BEST period of the day, a time where you can socialize, chow down, surf the net and do the homework you didn’t do the night before. But for building services, it is the climax of a nigh
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Superhuman coaches train wiz kids
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FIFTEEN KIDS EACH season play on Teen Jeopardy. Fifteen more play on College Jeopardy. There are over 25,000 high schools in the country. The odds of a school sending one student or alumni to either o
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Yes or No?: Should marijuana be legalized?
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One of the most controversial issues of the new millenium is whether or not marijuana should be legalized. Jesse Levine and Gilad Barlev square off on this important topic.
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Loser? Angsty? Desperate for attention?: Livejournals let you share misery with world
Friday, December 24, 2004 By Caitlin Keeley
Last night, I sat staring blankly at my computer, thinking to myself, (okay, maybe I was talking to myself) “I really should be doing my homework.” But being the procrastinator I am, I sat and stared.
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Crying over spilled wine: what’s the beef with France?: Junior loses taste for “freedom fries” in post-9/11 USA
Friday, December 24, 2004 By Jackie King
I walked into an old-fashioned diner last night, sauntered up to the counter and ordered some French fries. The woman looked me straight in the eye and said, “We don’t have French fries. We have freed
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Strathmore Mansion expands; Pfanstiehls hear true calling
Friday, December 24, 2004 By Sasha Gallant
For our elementary school career days we brought in our lawyer, accountant, secretary and doctor parents to bore our peers to tears. How many of us could bring in the head of Montgomery County’s most
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