The Blake Beat James Hubert Blake High School Silver Spring, MD

Issue Date: Friday, November 03, 2006 Issue: 2006 November Last Update: Sunday, November 05, 2006

For Mr. Loun, it’s shear madness: First-year teacher cultivates love for education while running farm

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 By: Amanda Perlman

If you think life as a teenager is hard to balance, try being a first-year teacher and farmer at the same time while raising two children and having a 40 minute commute to work everyday. English teach
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Bathroom lockdown, bladders burst: Hard to get by without afternoon restroom access

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 By: Jake Feldman

Smoking is not allowed on school grounds (for all you 18-year-old seniors). You may smoke on your own time in the privacy of your own home, but do not light up on the premises. The same goes for urina
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Alternative education program accepted with open arms, hearts

Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Pamela Dysland

Have you ever considered what it would mean to have a cognitive disability?This year, Blake is running a school-community based (SCB) program with six freshmen who have been diagnosed with various cog
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Football struggling to score, looking to final games for redemption

Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Zack Burger

With only one win, the football team has found it difficult to get into the end zone, losing, 46-0, to the Richard Montgomery Rockets October 27.The Bengals started the game shorthanded, without two o
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No matter how you slice it, this director definitely is Eising on cake: Teacher balances multiple performing groups while earning master’s

Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Priscilla Tiglao

Only the skilled can balance learning with working. The talented can balance learning, working and another extracurricular activity. The amazing, however, can balance teaching, conducting, learning, w
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Elite dancers pirouette into Cloverly Studio

Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Jordi Kauffman

Calling one, calling all! There is a new dance studio in town for children short and tall. Dance supplies, dance outfits, dance lessons...they have it all.
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Boys’ soccer ends with 2-10 record

Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Jake Feldman

After a bold 2-1 start, the boys’ varsity soccer team dropped nine straight games and ended the regular season at the bottom of its division with a 2-10 record.Their most recent loss, October 18, came
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College tuition costs big bucks: Schools raise price of higher education

Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Amanda Perlman

Although increases in college tuition continue to slow down, according to a College Board press release, the rates are still outpacing inflation, and prices are up 35 percent from five years ago at so
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Varsity field hockey shocks opponents, leads division: Motivated team dominates Blair in first-round of playoffs

Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Stephen Stathem

After going 9-3 in the regular season, the varsity field hockey team dominated in its first playoff game against the Blair Lady Blazers and has high hopes of winning the regional championship.The girl
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Italian stallion rides foreign exchange horse into States

Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Meagan Lanning

For years, every school year has begun with a thousand greetings, hugs and questions about summer. But for one student, the school year started with a different type of greeting: “Are you the Italian
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On October 25, the University of Maryland held a math competition at Blake in which 31 students participated in. Students who qualify will take part II of the test November 29. The lone freshman parti

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HOMECOMING 2006: Blake students filled with pride

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I want to fill your room with pineapples-------------------------------------------------Kathryn, thou unnecessary letter-------------------------------------------------Lauren is the coolest AP Stat

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Play that funky music: English teacher puts music collection in pocket: Electric, eclectic, J-Po’s iPod has everything from heavy metal to pop

Thursday, November 02, 2006 By Brendan Kelly

It seems that everybody today has an iPod, from comedian Stephen Colbert to your grandma, and, not surprisingly, even some of your teachers. English teacher Jason Potyk’s musical library ranges from P

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Backpack, backpack! Spongebob, Dora create new trend: Cartoon bags make fashion statement

Thursday, November 02, 2006 By Priscilla Tiglao

Little kid backpacks are popping up all over the place, and not only on the backs of young children either. Cartoons like Spiderman, Spongebob and Dora the Explorer are just a few examples of what are

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Look out! Health officials fear outbreak of outrageously contagious senior ailment: We'd fight for a cure, but we're just too lazy

Thursday, November 02, 2006 By Megan Casady

Once upon a time, someone may have called me an overachiever, teacher’s pet, or model student, but lately circumstances have been different, and there is only one thing to blame: senioritis.Throughout

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Harry Potter bewitches fanatics everywhere with suspense: Wizard, sidekicks not just fiction, fantasy; fans dive into enchantment

Thursday, November 02, 2006 By Katie Mackenzie

Fanatics are everywhere: sports fanatics, art and theatre fanatics, music fanatics. Aside from these common types, there are fanatics of a different world, a world of witchcraft, wizardry, muggles and

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Board-om solved by childhood games: Play time ain’t what it was ten years ago

Thursday, November 02, 2006 By Zack Burger

Let me Clue you in on how much Trouble you’re giving me. It’s illegal to have a Monopoly. Okay, I’m Sorry, I have no Life.If you have trouble recognizing these board games, you just might not have had

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Myspace: personality shines through: Users ain't never had a friend like Tom

Thursday, November 02, 2006 By Liz Wabik

MySpace.com: A place for friends…and those who you have seen around the halls, maybe at work, or just in the street.With MySpace, you can easily message your friends like you would in an email, or you

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