DATES
Saturday, August 24
Have a great summer!
- 8/24 MCPS Back-to-School Fair: Free shuttle bus service starts at 9:30 AM from various locations including Blair; Wheaton Mall; 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- 8/26 First day of school for teachers
- 8/29 Ninth Grade Orientation: 7:45 AM - 11:30 AM; Magnet and CAP students finish at 12:15 PM; regular school bus transportation will be provided
- 9/2 Labor Day: Offices and schools are closed
- 9/3 First day of school for students
- 9/5 Ninth Grade Parent Meeting; Alumni Auditorium; 6:30 PM
- 9/14 Red & Blue 5K Community Run/Walk; 8:30 AM
- 9/19 Back-to-School Night: arrive early for parking; 7:00 PM
NEWS
- Opening of school information, including the Principal's newsletter, information about athletics registration (UPDATED 8/9), summer assignments, senior portraits, and much, much more, is available here!
- Information about the Montgomery Blair High School and Montgomery County First Responders Red & Blue 5K Community Run/Walk, including how to sign up, is available here
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It's Academic Superbowl Champions '17. '18, and '19!
Congratulations to Blair's It’s Academic Team of Ian Rackow, Anson Berns, and Sophia Weng for winning the Washington Region Championship and Inter-City Championship for three years in a row!
- Student parking applications are now availbale; forms should be returned to the Attendance Office by 9/9
- Parents/Guardians! To receive Connect Ed Emergency Messages and other important informational emails from Blair, we must have your email address on file; if you do not receive Connect Ed emails, please fill out this form and return it to the Main Office so we can contact you!
- Testing help: Find resources to help with success in the SAT and/or ACT
- Help Blair and the PTSA...painlessly! There are many ways to raise funds for Blair with little or no effort! For example, sign up your Giant/Safeway/Target/Amazon accounts and cards so they support Blair with every purchase! Please note that many of these links have to reactivated annually, so update your cards today!
- Learn about the George B. Thomas, Sr. Learning Academy, a Saturday morning tutoring/mentoring program
- Check out the Twitter feeds of Principal Johnson and the Blair Magnet -- or or like us on Facebook!
- Blair families are reminded that the Student Handbook and Planner has all sorts of useful information, from Bell Schedules to Even/Odd Days, from Lunch Rules to Grading Policies, from College and Career Planning to Common Math, Science, and Grammar information, and so much more!
- Find out what you need to know about Student Service Learning (SSL) 4 more news items here
