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Blair students worked together all semester to host a fundraising dance marathon Saturday, December 10, to support the Children's Miracle Network.

In addition to panels and performances, exhibitions and games, Blair offers a variety of events each weekend to keep students active, engaged and broadening their horizons. In this photo essay, photography teacher Tyson Trish and his students share a few highlights from the hilltop last weekend. 

On Tuesday, December 6, Dr. Keisha Khan Y. Perry, a Presidential Penn Compact Associate Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, closed this semester’s Society of Skeptics series with a discussion of her current work and a recent eye-opening experience that impacted her studies and taught her a life lesson: the importance of embracing life’s spontaneity.

On Tuesday, November 29, specialist in eighteenth century history, professor of Literary History Dr. James Basker made his first appearance on the hilltop for the season’s penultimate Society of Skeptics event.

In 2007, the Thomas family established the Hardwick Fellowship at Blair, an award given annually at the Opening of School dinner to one faculty member new to teaching. Today, the Thomases’ daughter Monie Hardwick and her husband, Chan, continue to carry forward the family’s commitment, hope that their dedication to supporting educators through philanthropy will inspire others to do the same.

Blair Academy's Fall Concert was held on Friday, November 18, at 6:45 p.m. in the Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts’ DuBois Theatre.

Writer and film director and producer Cass Gardiner ’07 returned to her alma mater on Tuesday, November 15 to talk to students at the Society of Skeptics about what it means to work as an Anishinaabe Algonquin professional, have a career in film and fine art, and follow the “importance of pursuing and finding joy.”