Current News and Upcoming Events
Eighth Grade Families Applying to the Magnet for 2022-23
County Information about applying to the Blair Magnet Program and all other county-wide programs is available at https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/. Applications will be available via Synergy (https://md-mcps-psv.edupoint.com/PXP2_Login.aspx) on October 8th. Parents of students who reside in Montgomery county but do not attend an MCPS school will need to future register at their home middle school in order to get an MCPS student ID number and access to the application. See https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/ for more information.Applications are due November 5th.
In lieu of in person meetings due to the pandemic, there is a virtual, prerecorded meeting for interested students and their familes now available in English and en español (will become available at 12:00 Noon on October 11th).
National Merit Semifinalists
Congratulations to Blair's 54 National Merit Semifinaliasts: Hannah Zhang, Sirui Xue, Benjamin Westgard, Liam Volz, Samuel Verbrugge, Jeffrey Tong, Ashley Thommana, Amy Tang, Steven Su, Joy Song, Konchok Shonu, Michaella Sevalie, Zoe Schoeneman-Frye, Ava Santiago, Edward Rong, Henry Ren, Jared Ramirez, Jade Palosky, Rohan Ojha, Usim Odim, Simoni Mishra, Leela Mehta-Harwitz, Malcolm Maas, Grace Ma, Jason Liu, Emily Liu, Hawon Lee, Shrujana Kunnam, Jihwan Kim, Hyunku Kim, Sally Kaye, Tharindi Jayatilake, Samantha Jayasundera, Shane Jayasundera, Alena Hu, Grace Hu, Michael Hu, Albert Ho, Andrew Healey, Ryan He, Jocelyn Hao, Natanel Ha, Chujia Guo, Phillip Guo, Kevin Gehl, Efe Eroz, Maia Egnal, Charlotte Doughty, Benjamin Cohen, Samuel Chen, Aiesha Chaudhry, Aditya Chattopadhyay, Matthew Casertano, and Celeste Basken!
End of Year Awards!
Congratulations to class of 2020 Presidental Scholar Semifinialist Sujay Swain, 2021 National Cyber Scholarship winner Jason An, and Dhruv Pai and Simoni Mishra, who won Ambassador Awards from the United Nations Association of the United States of America.
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.
