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September 23,2010 Blake Upper School

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September 2010

Homecoming Dance

Continuing The Legacy

Saturday September 25th packaging activity, along with a new
from 8:30-11:30 PM at the activity, where we will build bird houses
Middle School for various park systems in Minnesota.
Many of the upper school stu-
School Picture Day dents enjoy seeing their younger legacy
Friday October 1st day group members grow from the year
before and helping them to have fun in
MISP College Fair the organized activities. Lucia Sand-
Sunday October 10th
berg ‘12 explains that “what makes
from 12:30-3 PM at Minne-
haha Academy [Legacy Day] fun is being able to spend
time with the middle and lower school
Blake Haunted House kids who we don’t see on a daily basis.”
Saturday October 16th
from 7-9 PM at the Middle
School
Photo from 2008 Legacy Day
Congratulations To
No School This Year’s Forum &
From October 20-22, all
Community Judiciary

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grades have conferences. students to take a day of from school and
Katie Emory & Bailey Dunning
Staff Writer & Editor In-Chief
focus on other things like community Board Winners!
service and school unity.” Marc Bogur-

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Students t is once again the time of year when
we have all merrily come back to greet
the hallowed halls of the Blake Upper
Back @ Blake School. Clubs are starting up and fall
After SYA sports are already well under way. We
have new classes, new students, and
sky has told us that the theme this year is Forum (9th Grade):
Go Green! (And Blue!) because the school
“is making significant commitments to
Hirsh Shekhar & Margaret Graham
be more environmentally conscious.” CJB (10th Grade):
He also added that we will “cut landfill
bound waste significantly, by 70%.”
Adam Johnson & Patrick Lelich

new laptops. One thing we can count
on to be consistent in this flurry of
excitement, though, is Convocation and
Legacy Day. On Legacy Day, the upper,
middle, and lower schools will gather on
the 24th of September to participate in
a day dedicated fostering school unity
Steve Carlson & among students of all ages and to instill-
ing a sense of community and generos-
Sydney Perkins
ity in everyone involved with Blake.
(Italy) Jack Schnettler ‘11 describes
Legacy Day as “a great chance for Blake
There will also be a variety of differ- CJB (11th Grade):
ent speakers this year, including Austin
Gromatsky ’11, the senior class presi- Bennett Winton & Marae Pelton-Lipson
dent, John Gulla, the head of school, and CJB (12th Grade):
lower school teacher, Cynthia Hector,
who will MC the event. We all then split TBD (no one ran)
into small Legacy Day groups, consisting
of students from 3 different grades, with Congratulations to the 12
4-year intervals in between each. Mr. seniors who are National
Bogursky said we will do similar service Merit Scholars!
projects as last year, including the fleece
blanket activity, the global hunger food

INSIDE:
Girls China at Name
& Boys Blake: Games:
Dafina Bobo &
Lizzie Goulland
Soccer: Read the stories from Are athletic team
students and faculty names the source of
Headed For about their adventures gender inequality at
(China) State? in China. Blake?