Past Organizations & Clubs

Juniors and seniors who wish to serve on this committee self-nominate, and the Dean of Academics chooses members on an annual basis. The committee hears cases of academic dishonesty and provides peer feedback, making recommendations about consequences.

The ACTA is the school’s yearbook. Junior and senior editors work throughout the year to produce a 230-page book of memories that is dedicated to a faculty member and distributed to the student body at the end of the school year.

Sophomores, juniors and seniors who apply and are accepted for this position serve as the bridge between the School and the greater Blair community. Through their work with the advancement and alumni relations offices, these ambassadors help to build stronger connections with Blair alumni, current students and friends through a variety of outreach activities.

Members of this club not only learn and practice sign language, but also raise awareness about the challenges hearing-impaired individuals face. To make the issue more visible around campus, the club arranges for members to sign during some weekend activities and School Meetings.

This club has bake sales throughout the year to benefit various worthy causes, including combating childhood hunger.

Under the direction of the English Department and senior editors, Blair’s annual literary magazine publishes a compilation of outstanding student writing and artwork. For students who want an opportunity to write outside of a formal publication setting, there is also a Blair Writing Club.

BAD is a student-run club that stages a number of choreographed performances at pep rallies and other school gatherings throughout the year. Blair also offers dance as an after-school activity run by a professionally trained faculty member.

What started as a student-run Instagram account where community members could submit photos of their meals for publication became a formal club of foodies who meet once-a-month and often go into New York City to try high-quality restaurants.

BIAC brings together Blair’s international students and their classmates from the United States to learn about each other’s cultures, promote inclusion and plan community-wide events, such as International Weekend.

Blair’s Blue & White Key Society pairs all incoming freshmen with a big brother or big sister in the senior class who helps them adjust to life on the hilltop. Big brothers and sisters reach out to their 9th-grader over the summer months before he or she arrives on campus. Once the school year begins, upperclassmen help new students get acquainted with Blair at events such as ice cream socials and boarding-game nights.

This club was started at Blair after a representative from the national organization of the same name visited the Society of Skeptics to talk about how Girls Who Code is inspiring and equipping high school girls to pursue careers in engineering and technology. Members follow along with the national organization’s coursework as they learn different programming languages.

The Blair Oracle is a student-run online publication that features work from members of the community, including news, essays, artwork, fiction and commentary. The Blair Breeze, the School's longstanding student-run, print-based news publication, was incorporated into The Oracle in 2016. For students who want an opportunity to write outside of a formal publication setting, there is also a Writing Club.

Leadership, honor and service are the three core values of this service organization. Members are nominated by their advisors and serve as leaders across campus, including as ambassadors at large campus gatherings such as Parents’ Weekend, Alumni Weekend and graduation. The Society also sponsors the Big Brothers & Big Sisters program.

The "Blue Crew"—Blair's most enthusiastic student supporters, who show their school pride by painting their faces, donning their best "Blair wear" and cheering the School's 26 varsity and 19 JV and thirds teams to victory—is a fixture at Blair athletic contests. Headed by a male and female member of the senior class, the group's energy and passion for Blair athletics is contagious, particularly when the Bucs are playing on Blair's all-weather turf field under the lights.

Members choose a book, read it in their spare time, and meet to discuss its themes and key takeaways. Typically, a student leader works with the Director of Timken Library to run the club and identify interesting reads that will pique members’ interests.

This group provides a supportive environment for examining questions of faith, meeting informally for a variety of activities ranging from social events to worship and study.

An official after-school activity, Blair’s debate team competes in local and regional tournaments with the goal of improving members’ writing and public speaking skills, as well as broadening their knowledge of current events.

At first glance, one may not think the fate of 1870s colonial Europe was being decided in the halls of Blair, but for those in the Diplomacy Club, world domination is a common conversation topic. Club members represent various nineteenth-century powers and strategically move armies around global supply centers with the blessing or opposition of their counterparts. Representatives from each country negotiate to ally, battle or remain docile in an attempt to gain the most ground.

Members of this club meet weekly to play dodgeball in Hardwick Hall’s Field House.

Students in this club literally “do stuff” in the local area, exploring museums, engaging in activities, trying new restaurants and supporting small businesses.

Club members learn to fly a drone and operate its camera. For those who don’t have a drone of their own, the club supplies parts and encourages members to build their own devices. Aerial Drone Club footage of campus and community events is often shown at School Meeting and shared in the Blair Oracle.

This longstanding Blair club promotes the understanding of and commitment to global and local environmental causes. Members encourage the Blair community to act as stewards of the environment; educate and raise consciousness about conservation efforts and sustainable living; and craft solutions to ongoing environmental concerns to reduce Blair’s ecological footprint. Among Earthshine’s activities: helping to tend to Blair’s hydroponic garden, which was built in 2015 and which regularly provides produce for dining hall meals and catered campus events, and challenging classmates to reduce paper and plastic waste by trading these products for reusable ones.

This extracurricular art opportunity gives students the chance to hone their figure-drawing skills at regular Friday-night meetings that often include real-life models.