Blake High School PTSA

We will be having our next After Prom meeting on Monday, February 8th at 7:00pm in the Career Center. This will be our Parent Fundraiser Letter stuffing party. We have almost 2,000 letters to stuff so we appreciate all the help we can get! This is our biggest fundraising effort.

We also will be discussing Prom and After Prom themes, decorations, T-shirts, activities, prizes…

If you have any questions please contact Maura McMullen (mcmullens2ATverizonDOTnet) or Diane Bush (dbush10892ATverizonDOTnet)
We look forward to seeing you.

We are gratefully accepting contributions of the following items for the Blake PTSA Used Book and Media Sale, which will be held on February 19-21, 2010, at 742 Cloverly St. in the Cloverly Shopping Center:

New or gently used books (hardcover and paperback)—fiction, nonfiction, mystery, science fiction, romance, young adult, children’s, cookbooks, history, politics, health, test prep, foreign language, other

Other media—CDs, DVDs, books on tape, videos, comics, manga

Donation opportunities
At the store: Donations may be brought directly to the store on drop-off days, the first of which is scheduled for this coming Saturday, January 30, from 10 to 1. People will be available to unload your car at the curb in front of the store in Cloverly and, on request, give you a donation receipt.

Donations may be carried into the store Thursday, January 28, 4-7 pm.

At school: Donations may be brought to the Blake High School main office (300 Norwood Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20905).

For more information, contact Orit at 301-384-3324, 240-460-1534, or oritilATyahooDOTcom.

Blake’s 2010 Used Book and Media Sale
Place: Cloverly Shopping Center (742 Cloverly St., Silver Spring, Md.)
Dates: February 19, 2-8 pm; February 20, 10-8 pm; February 21, 11-5

Other dates:
We will also be moving books from the school storage shed to the store on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 26 after school. Anyone who can help load or unload the truck would be greatly appreciated. Students too.

Our first book-sorting party will take place this Thursday, January 28, from 4 to 7 (and later, if anyone wants to keep going) at the store in Cloverly Shopping Center (742 Cloverly St.). If you have a folding table you could loan for that day or for the month, please bring it along–we should try to avoid having to bend over too much to sort the books. Please pass the word along to family, friends, people you see on the street, etc. We can use all the help we can get.

Also,  we’ll be collecting books, DVDs, CDs, and other media at the store on Saturday, January 30, from 10 to 1. All you need to do is pull up in your car, and someone will take your boxes and bags out for you.

Volunteer and SSL opportunities: This undertaking offers many SSL opportunities for students, particularly on drop-off days, during the sale, and immediately after the sale. Have your students contact Ms. Rigney at school or Orit Lowy Chicherio (oritilATyahooDOTcom) if they’d like to help out.

The next 11th Grade Parent-to-Parent meeting is on Thursday, January 28th, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the amphitheatre.
 
Mr. DuBoyce will present information about the upcoming Fall registration, the February 26th ACT/SAT opportunity, summer school, the May AP schedule, and more.  There’ll be time for questions and answers to keep you in the loop as well as a chance to provide input for topics at our April meeting.
 
Please join us and spread the word to other 11th grade parents!
 

The Blake It’s Academic team, which finished second among 81 DC-area schools in last year’s televised tournament, tapes its opening-round game January 23 at 10:15am against LaPlata and Wakefield high schools.

Admission is FREE to the taping in the WRC-TV studios, 4001 Nebraska Avenue, NW. Please consider coming down to be in the live studio audience: you’ll see yourself on TV later this year, and we promise to give you something to cheer about.

This year’s team will start returning captain Isaac Hirsch, senior Paul Sausville, and sophomore Lucas Irvin (with senior Timothy Yee and junior Conor Wallace as alternates).

The Guinness Book of World Records lists It’s Academic as the longest-running quiz show in the world, dating back to 1961.

Please remember to send in your Blake Blue Note articles for February and March by Jan. 23rd!  Please send the submittals to blakebluenote@yahoo.com/.

The Blake Counseling Department and Hospice Caring Inc. will be beginning our annual “Good Grief Group” this spring for students grieving a loss.  The primary purpose of the group is to provide a safe place where grief and loss can be expressed, and coping tools can be learned and practiced. Note – this is not a psychotherapy group, rather, it is a peer-support group.  Through listening to other group member’s stories, students discover they are not alone.   Grief and loss support groups provide an opportunity for adolescents to gain mastery that will benefit them now, and for the rest of their lives.
If your son or daughter has lost a close family member or friend recently, or even years ago and might be interested in participating, please reply directly to Christina_R_Gelb@mcpsmd.org.  Students will be interviewed to determine whether the group is appropriate or needed.  A parent/guardian letter and permission form will be sent home with the student.  This 7-week group will be co-lead by Ms. Gelb and a facilitator from Hospice Caring.
Thanks for your referrals!  Feel free to email me with any questions.

This Thursday, 7:30 pm, in the Black Box Theater, the Stage Company will host a performance by the Harvard DINS, an a cappella singing group from Harvard. Alum Justin Pereira is a member.

The program will last about 90 minutes and tickets will sell for $10 for all attending. In addition, the DINS will have their very own CD to sell.

This is a bit last minute, but we are very happy to establish something that is “alum-oriented” and hope to plan future “events” involving our graduates. Read more »

Blake’s Dine In/Out Night – After-Prom Fundraiser
Mamma Lucia – Olney Location
Wednesday, January 20th
5:00 p.m. to Closing

Enjoy a night out at Mamma Lucia’s in Olney or bring dinner home to your family! Either way, will help raise funds for Blake’s After-Prom.

Eat-in, carry-out, or delivery — 8% of all sales from 5pm to closing will be contributed to raise funds for the After-Prom! We encourage your participation as you take a night off from cooking and enjoy visiting with other Blake families and friends.

No flyer is required for this dine-out.

01/17/10 – Survival Kit Drive at Embassy of Haiti
From the National Organization for the Advancement of Haitians (NOAH)

***SURVIVAL KIT DRIVE***

NOAH will be conducting a Survival Kit Drive THIS Sunday, January 17, 2010 from 11am – 4pm at the Embassy of the Republic of Haiti in Washington D.C. located at 2311 Massachusetts Avenue NW.

In appreciation of your assistance light refreshments will be available. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact (718.755.0119) or (202.904.9070).

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