Blair was recognized for its Gifted and Talented prgrams:

• Montgomery Blair High School was one of five schools to win the Maryland Excellence in Gifted and Talented Education (EGATE) award.
  
• James Shafer was featured in the Gazette's "Voices in Education."

Blair students continued to win many awards:

• Montgomery Blair High School finished in second place nationwide in the Fall 2010 Knowledge Master Open.
  
• Blair had seven semifinalists in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search: seniors Fang Cao, Andrew Das Sarma, Ajay Kannan, Nilay Kumar, Winston Liu, Sandra Yan, and Raina Zheng.
• The Blair team of Alexander Briese '11, Andrew Das Sarma '11 (Capt.), Diwakaran Ilangovan '13, Sandra Yan '11, and Samuel Zbarsky '13 won first place at the Maryland Science Bowl.
  
• Alexander Gibiansky '11 won first place at Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) Greater Washington, DC Regional Competition on January 7, 2011.
  
• Shilpa Kannan '11 won the 2010 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement for the state of Maryland. (pdf)
• Adam Ewel '12 earned the rank of Eagle Scout after completing a service project planting trees in Little Bennett Regional Park in Clarksburg.
• Many students won awards at the Montgomery County Science Fair.