History - Montgomery Blair High School Magnet Foundation

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In the Press:

Magnet Switches Blair High Image to Positive; Math, Science Classes Help Right Md. School's Racial Balance, Washington Post June 28, 1989
Blair's Whiz Kids, Washington Post October 3, 1991
In a Minority District in Maryland, A Magnet School That Really Draws, New York Times March 3, 1993
The Wiz, Washington Post June 13, 1993
Intel Finalists on NBC Nightly News March 9, 1999
Secrets of One of America's Best High Schools, ASEE PRISM September 1999
Montgomery Blair's Secrets of Success, Washington Post November 14, 1999

Student Reports:

Influences of the Magnet - a 2002 project by Elizabeth Green '02
Fighting Segregation With Diversity: School Integration and Residential Segregation in Montgomery County, MD (pdf) - a 2006 report by Ted Jou '99

Articles on Magnet History:

Founding a Foundation (Spring 2009)
The Class of 1989: First Class (Summer 2009)
The First Magnet Coordinators: The Magnet Evolves (Fall 2009)
Magnet 25th Anniversary Reunion (Winter 2010)
The Blair Magnet's Science Talent Search Success (Winter 2017)

In Memoriam: Members of the Magnet family who have left us