Current News and Upcoming Events
Volunteers Needed for February 18 Meeting
On the evening of February 18, there will be a meeting for the 8th grade students invited to attend the magnet program beginning this fall. We are looking for Blair student volunteers to escort groups of incoming students and parents around the building.
We also need a few parents for the evening to sit on a Q&A panel and to stay with groups of incoming parents as they move around the building.
If you are interested in volunteering, please e-mail Mr. Ostrander at Peter_M_Ostrander@mcpsmd.org. Volunteers will be needed from 6:30 until 8:45. Blair students will earn community service hours for their time. Thank you!
MAN Rescheduled
Magnet Arts Night (MAN) will be rescheduled for Friday, Feb. 12th due to the snow.
Congrats to Intel Semifinalists and Finalist!
Twelve Blair magnet seniors were named semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search (STS) competition, one of whom went on to be named a finalist. Congratulations to semifinalists Michael Cohen, Pin-Joe Ko, Jeff Lin, Li Ma, Nils Molina, Kamal Ndousse, Rohan Puttagunta, Kristen Rosano, Ben Shaya, Conway Xu and Xinyi Zhou and finalist Yifan Li!
Grade Level Meetings for Parents
Our grade level meetings begin tomorrow night for parents of current ninth grade students. Each meeting will be held in the Blair Auditorium beginning at 7:00 and will last about an hour. Please note the date for your child's grade.
January Newsletter
The January Magnet Newsletter is now available
Blair wins Knowledge Master Open
A team of approximately 160 students from Montgomery Blair High School finished in first among 678 high schools in the 53rd Knowledge Master Open, the largest high school academic tournament in America.
Tens of Thousands of students throughout the country and in some foreign countries competed December 2nd in this academic tournament. The team, led by It's Academic team members Jeremy Fallick, Joel Muskin-Pierret, Diana Jing and Mario Choi, answered 200 multiple choice questions via computer covering all facets of academia. The team score of 1797 points out of a possible 2000 - one of the highest scores in the history of the tournament - proved to be enough for the squad to be named the Fall 2009 KMO Champions.
The group was prepared by Magnet Physics teacher James Schafer.
Silver Quest 2009
The 2009 version of the Magnet Magazine, Silver Quest, is now available online as a pdf
Recognizing that education is an individual experience that depends on the unique talents and interests of each person, the mission of the Blair Magnet Program is to provide an environment in which each person's education is maximized by emphasizing the interrelationships among the disciplines, developing a repertoire of problem-solving techniques, and pursuing both independent and collaborative research projects
To realize the above mission, the staff nurtures the special talents of its academically able students by fostering individualism, independent thinking, and self-confidence by challenging those students through a unique, diversified curriculum. The environment, structure, and content promote the self-learner concept in which students participate in constructing their own knowledge base and learn problem-solving strategies that foster the multidisciplinary approach. The scope of their education extends beyond traditional classroom boundaries as students are asked to connect with a community that includes not only parents, mentors, other students, and staff but also a physical environment as diverse as our region.
