There are 13 seats left on Graduation Bus 7 as of Wednesday evening, 5/16/12. If you wish to ride the bus, now is the time to act. Seats are going FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.

On graduation morning, please be at the school by 7:00 - 7:15 a.m., so that you may determine your bus number and be checked in. Refreshments will be served in the cafeteria until the buses load. Buses leave promptly at 7:40 a.m. to allow for rush hour and possible delays, so don't be late! :)

If interested, please contact: Joan Taylor
1320 Sarah Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20904
240-602-4404

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HSA and Senior Exam Schedule

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Parent/student interest meeting for Springbreak trip 2013 to Spain and Morocco on Tuesday, May 29th at 7:00pm in room A200.

The Kiwanis Foundation is having a tee shirt design competition here at Blake High School. The competition is in support of the Kiwanis Foundation Scholarship Fund. Students interested in participating may complete the following application and submit it with their designs. Deadline for submission is June 4th 2012. The theme for the fundraiser will be “Be Their Wings” . The Kiwanis Foundation will be using the shirt as a fundraiser for the Scholarship Fund and request that the tee
design be thematic and represent this theme. Suggested images are a representation of angels such as those that are found in stained glass church windows.

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This year, the Summer Musical Theatre Institute will be producing GREASE on July 19, 20, 21, and 22. Auditons for the show begin on April 24 and 25. The session begins on June 21st and ends July 25th. This includes optional attendance days on June 21 and 22 and July 23 - 25.

The summer musical theatre program has been widely acclaimed for its training and success with huge audiences seeing our shows: HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2, CAMP ROCK, AIDA, and ALL SHOOK UP. Don't miss out on another fine musical experience! The High School Institute is open to stduents who will be in Grades 9 - 12 in 2012/13 as well as senior graduates.

Teachers for the institutes include Michael D'Anna, recognized nationally as one of the best directors of musicals and plays, and who has worked with Musica Theatre international and the Disney Theatricals Company on many projects; Michael Kelley, a professional actor and director who has worked in the DC/Metro Area, and Harry Winter, a professional singing director who works professionally at theatres in DC: Signature and Olney to mention a few.

For information, write Michel_D_D'Anna@mcpsmd.org or see the Company Website at: www.blakestagecompany.org.

A series of more than twenty, one-week programs offered the week of June 18 and June 25 to Middle School-aged (Grades 5-8 in school year 2011-12) children. Camp programs are half day or full day. Full day camps are from 8-4 p.m. Check out our summer programs at www.blakesummerprograms.org

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The James Hubert Blake It’s Academic Team won the Washington-area Metro Championship Saturday on It’s Academic in come-from–behind fashion over Montgomery Blair and Holton Arms. The final score was Blake 555, Blair 485, Holton Arms 400.

Junior starter John Beers and sophomore starter Mary Aronne were magnificent, but the team was powered by senior captain Lucas Irvin, who played with the heart of a champion. The team was in third place at halftime, having going just 2-2 in the two initial rounds for a net total score of zero on competitive buzz-in questions to that point (in their two previous playoff games, they were 11-1 and 12-1 at this point in the game). After halftime, the team answered all eight question in the packet round but were still in third place, still without any semblance of rhythm in the competitive rounds against two exceptional opponents. Then came the final grab bag round—with what turned out to be 19 questions. Blake got off to a very fast start and took the lead almost immediately—breaking the finals open and finishing the game with an 8-0 run with the game on the line as Blair went 4-1 and Holton Arms went 4-2.

In the inter-city Regional Super Bowl Championship game directly afterward, Blake led wire to wire against Baltimore champion Catonsville and Central Virginia Champion Louisa County. The final score was Blake 630, Catonsville 385, Louisa County 280.

Over his three-year career, Lucas finished 10-2 as a TV starter and ties the school record for most appearances on It’s Academic (with Isaac Hirsch, 2010) while establishing the school record for most wins by one player. John and Mary return next year as starters on Blake’s defending It’s Academic championship team.

The team was prepared by English teacher Joseph Caulfield, the first-ever recipient of the Sophie Altman It’s Academic Coach of the Year Award in 2009, and journalism teacher Kevin Keegan.

Our players and coaches wish to thank principal Chris Berry, who was in attendance and our biggest cheerleader for both games Saturday. As many of you know, Chris was a starter on his Lansdowne High School It’s Academic team in the early 1980s.

Photos to follow.

Here are the airing dates for Blake’s playoff games on WRC-TV Channel 4:

Saturday, May 19: quarterfinals vs. Sherwood and DeMatha, 10:30am
Saturday, June 16: semifinals vs. Georgetown Day and Langley
Saturday, June 23: finals vs. Montgomery Blair and Holton Arms
Saturday, June 23: Super Bowl vs. Catonsville and Louisa County

PTSA GRADUATION BUS HAS 60 SEATS AVAILABLE! BUS #7 AWAITS YOU!

The PTSA still has room for 10 - 15 - 20 families, or 60 Seniors, or any combination thereof! Come one, come all and get your seats while you still can. They are $21 apiece. The sixth bus sold out in 3 days, so I recommend hand-delivering your form ASAP to:

1320 Sarah Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20904

You can slip your envelope inside the front door. Please make your check out to:

Blake High School PTSA

The bus seat request form is attached for your convenience. Remember, your graduate must pay for a seat to ride the PTSA buses.

The Blake It’s Academic team led Saturday from wire to wire and defeated Georgetown Day and Langley to advance to the DC Metro Championship this Saturday at 11am in the WRC-TV studios. The final score was Blake 755, GDS 585, and Langley 465 in a game that will air on Channel 4 June 16 at 10:30am.

This is the highest point total for a semifinal game in Blake history.

No tickets are need to be in the live studio audience, so plan now to be there as the Bengals take on Montgomery Blair and Holton Arms in a rematch of the 2009 It’s Academic title game.

Congratulations to senior Lucas Irvin, junior starter John Beers, and sophomore starter Mary Aronne.

Blake’s quarterfinal win over Sherwood and DeMatha will air on May 19 at 10:30am

Become a fan of the Blake Arts & Humanities on Facebook to stay in the loop! (Remember, you cannot access Facebook from MCPS computers.) www.facebook.com/blakeartsandhumanities

Click here to go to the Alicia Betancourt Scholarship Page

Blake Alumni, Priska Neely, was co-editor-in-chief of The Blake Beat with Gilad Barlev, in 2004-2005. She partnered with Sally Lok, one of Blake's best TV Production kids, and made a youtube video called “Ode to Condiments”. Check It out Below.

These 6 Blake students were among the 35 recipients of the Riderwood Scholarship which is awarded to qualifying seniors who work at Riderwood Community in food service. A special awards ceremony was held in their honor. Blake senior Cadijah Walcott was chosen as student speaker for the event.

Congratulations to Riderwood Scholarship Recipients:
Lola Oluremi, Joann Valentin, Tracy Velasquez, Cadijah Walcott, Henry Aparicio, Abigail Asantewaa

James Hubert Blake High School Senior Rhea Wyse has been named a recipient of the Morehead-Cain Scholarship, which provides full funding to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the only MCPS student to receive the prestigious scholarship this year. The total value of the scholarship is nearly $100,000 and covers tuition, student fees, housing, meals, books and a laptop, as well as four tailored summer enrichment experiences. Blake High School Principal Christopher Berry said, “Rhea has excelled in her four years at Blake both inside the classroom and out. This scholarship comes as no surprise to her teachers and fellow students, and affirms her hard work on behalf of the Blake community.” The Morehead-Cain was the first merit scholarship program established in the United States. There are currently 230 Morehead-Cain Scholars enrolled at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Click on the button below to find out how you can donate your old cell/mobile phones and raise money for Blake High School. It's easy!

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Student attendance in all classes is critically important to maximize student learning, attain good grades, and earn credits in high school.  Due to inconsistencies in the implementation of attendance procedures and resulting inequities among students across Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) high schools, the loss of credit procedures were eliminated during the 2010–2011 school year.  However, it was found that the elimination of these procedures during this past school year resulted in an unprecedented number of students being either late to class or not attending class, particularly seniors in their second semester. 

As a result of these findings, a team consisting of high school principals and other MCPS staff members worked to create a plan for the 2011–2012 school year to address these issues.  The following procedures will be implemented at all high schools for this upcoming school year and are designed to bring consistency to addressing student attendance issues and to reinforce the expectations that class attendance is critical to student learning.

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All parents that have 9th graders or a new student to Blake must activate an edline account.

• Go to www.edline.net
• Next to Sign-Up click on Click Here
• Under First, Enter your Activation code. It is a 12 letter code. Click on Enter
• Under Second, make sure your name is correct, click on activate this code
• Read the Policy and click on Agree
• Click on either new account or combined account

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