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Blair High School
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Parent Reviews (23 reviews)
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Some distinguishing programs at Blair IB Magnet (6th-12th grade) are the IB Diploma and Middle Years Programme, the Health Careers Academy and JROTC. Both the Culinary Arts and the Drama/Choir Departments offer very enriching experiences and the Instrumental Music and Athletic Departments are improving. This school is growing stronger year by year despite a lack of consistent district support. The Blair IB Magnet community is extremely committed to the vision of building a world class education for all students and that goal keeps them focused and moving in the right direction despite these difficult financial times. The recent passage of a district facilities bond means that Blair's Middle School Campus is scheduled to be rebuilt starting fall of '09 and promises to provide amazing facilities for the 6th-8th grade students. The bond money will then be applied to improvements on the high school campus including a new 9th wing.
The IB staff at Blair IB Magnet prepared me for the challenging and rigorous classes that I have come to encounter while attending college for the past two years. Both the staff and the students involved in the IB program put all their time and effort into making the program a great success. And, my experience with extra curricular activites, such as ASB, choir, and swim team, have helped me develop good leadership and social skills.
I graduated from Blair IB Magnet in 2007 and have since traveled the world with the global education program Up With People, as well as just finished my first year at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. While attending Blair, I had some pretty fabulous, intelligent teachers in the IB program who prepared me for college and always put 110% into every class! And, I had an amazing experience performing with Blair's award-winning Performance Choir every year in Ovations!
This school has a terrific principal and great potential, but has been held back by indifferent support from the district, which has many problems to deal with. The signature IB program is under fire from bureaucrats who only seem to care about test scores and not about attracting students who would otherwise attend private schools. It is a great school for my child, but it could be better, in my opinion.
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