Magnet News: Spring 2019

• The Blair Robot Project won the 2019 FIRST Chesapeake Bethesda event, their first blue banner in fifteen years! (@FRCteam449)

  • The team won the Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers Entrepreneurship Award at both the Bethesda event and the Blacksburg event.

  • At the Chesapeake District Championships, the team reached the finals, barely missing the championship by two points.

  • The team is competing at the FIRST World Championship in Detroit April 24-27th, but they need financial support to cover the $5,000 registration fee. Please consider making a donation on BoostMySchool or on Facebook.

Senior Research:

• • Blair's three Regeneron STS Finalists, Grace Cai, Kevin Qian, and Daniel Schäffer, joined their peers in Washington, DC where they each won $25,000 scholarships.

  • Daniel Schäffer's research was highlighted by the NIH Intramural Research Program.

  • Naveen Durvasula won the 2018-19 ACM/CSTA Cutler-Bell Prize, a $10,000 cash award.

  • Steven Qu was selected to compete at the 2019 National JSHS in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (@MsBosseBlair)

  • Kevin Qian won the Physics category at the 2019 Montgomery County Science Fair and will compete at the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Phoenix, Arizona. (@MsBosseBlair)

    • Naveen Durvasula won the Mathematics category and is the first alternate for ISEF.

    • Rohit Harapanhalli won a first place prize in the Biology category; and Lara Ojha won a first place prize in the Physics category.

    • Ryan Cho and Telon Yan won a $100 prize from the American Nuclear Society.

    • Anika Seth and Shruti Chauhan won a $100 prize from the Biophysical Society.

    • Rohit Harapanhalli and Amanda Liu won a $100 prize from Sigma Xi.

More Student Achievements:

• • Senior Nobline Yoo was one of the national winners of the 2019 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing.

  • Senior Daniel Zhu was part of the U.S. team that won the Romanian Master of Mathematics competition. (maa.org)

  • Junior Justin Haddad won a gold medal at the 2019 USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships. (WTOP)

  • Junior Amanda Liu is one of Bethesda Magazine's 2019 Top Teens.

  • Freshmen Dhruv Pai & Priya Moorjani won Honorable Mention in C-SPAN's 2019 StudentCam competition, asking "What Does it Mean to Be American? - We Are"

Blair Clubs and Teams:

• • Math Team: Blair hosted the 5th annual Montgomery Blair Math Tournament for middle school students.

• Rubik's Cube: Blair's teams won the 2x2 and 3x3 competitions at the Baltimore Rubik's Challenge. (@MrPham_at_MBHS)

  • Ocean Science Bowl: Blair's teams finished 2nd and 3rd at the Chesapeake Bay Bowl. (@MrPham_at_MBHS)

• Science Olympiad: Blair students won several medals at the Maryland state tournament. (@ihartblair)

  • Biology Team: Freshman Ashley Thommana placed 2nd at the D.C. Regional Brain Bee (@MBHSBioTeam); three students are semifinalists for the U.S. Biology Olympiad (@MsBosseBlair).

  • Cybersecurity Team: Blair competed against college teams, finishing in 3rd place at UMBC DawgCTF 2019 (@UMBCCyberDawgs) and in 2nd place at UMDCTF 2019 (@umdcsec); the fourth annual ångstromCTF competition is underway!

  • Debate Team: Blair was the first place team at the 2019 Maryland Debate Championship. (@blairprincipal)

  • Quiz Bowl: Blair won the 2019 Montgomery County Academic Beltway League (@blairprincipal) and tournaments at Richard Montgomery (@BlairQuizbowl) and East Brunswick (@BlairQuizbowl)

Puzzlepalooza is seconds away . . . The tenth annual Puzzlepalooza will take students to the National Zoo, and the Puzzlelords need volunteers on May 23rd.