Academics

Superior academic preparation is at the heart of the Blair experience.

Learning at Blair is a rigorous, creative and collaborative process, one that increasingly urges you to pursue your own academic interests and seek knowledge without limits. Teachers partner closely with you and encourage you to meet the concrete and abstract challenges that learning and inquiry demand. Together, you explore the questions, problems and ideas that inspire you to seek deeper understanding of a subject. Hard work and the mentorship of Blair’s faculty will make you a better student than you ever thought you could be. 

Academic News

  • Blair Book Club Offers Another Venue for Discussing Literature

    Posted May 9, 2013

    One of the many ways in which Blair students continue learning outside the classroom is through the book club run by Timken Library director Ann Williams. Over the last five years, the Blair Academy Book Club, better known on campus as the BBC, has read a wide range of literature, meeting episodically during the school year to share their thoughts and discuss themes, interpretations and suggestions for future readings.

  • Language Students Travel to NYC to See Spanish-Spoken Play

    Posted May 2, 2013

    Four of Blair’s Advanced Spanish Language and Literature students traveled to New York City on Tuesday, April 23 to the Repertorio Español, a Spanish playhouse on East 27th street in Manhattan.

  • Spring Lecture Series Focuses on Disease Patterns & Health Outcomes

    Posted April 26, 2013

    During a series of hour-long evening lectures throughout the spring, Blair’s assistant headmaster for faculty Rachel Stone is giving interested seniors an overview of the field of epidemiology, focusing on how and why certain diseases affect some people and not others.

About Academics at Blair

We consider a student’s academic commitment his or her most important responsibility. At Blair, students learn to read closely, think clearly, analyze quantitatively, communicate effectively and broaden their understanding of the world. 

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