Blake High School PTSA

The Prom and after Prom are fast approaching.  Here is some important information on these events.

Prom is on Friday, May 14 from 8:00pm-12:00am at the Samuel Riggs Alumni Center at the University of Maryland.
The After Prom is at Dave & Buster’s in White Flint Mall immediately following the Prom from 12:30am to 5:00am. Prom Tickets will be available for purchase on Monday, April 26-Friday, May 7.  The cost will be $55.00 per ticket. Tickets will NOT be sold the week of Prom.  After-Prom tickets will be included with the purchase of a Prom ticket.  For questions regarding Prom tickets contact Kelly McLaughlin, Junior Class Sponsor, Kelly_A_McLaughlin@mcpsmd.org.

After Prom Ticket ONLY: Blake Juniors or Seniors who wish to attend the After Prom ONLY may purchase ONE After Prom ticket for $10 during lunch beginning on Monday, May 10 -Weds., May 12.  For questions regarding After Prom tickets, contact Diane Bush at dbush10892ATverizon.net  or Maura McMullen at McMullens2ATverizon.net

Blake’10 After Prom
“Into the Night”

Hello Blake families,

With about 35 days to go until the 2010 After-Prom, we have just passed the 66% point of our Fundraising goal for Parent Donations. To the 81 families that have donated to the After-Prom, THANK YOU!!! To the other 900+ families at Blake, WE NEED YOUR HELP! Regardless of the grade your child is in, we count on your support. Our initial deadline is/was Friday, April 9.

Any contribution, large or small, is appreciated! Your donation will help insure a safe, alcohol and drug free evening for our Juniors, Seniors and their Prom dates! Read more »

Blake’10 After Prom
“Into the Night”

Hello Blake families,

By now you have received your 2010 After Prom donation letter.  To date we have received donations from 63 families totaling about 48% of our $10,000 goal.

First, we want to thank those of you that have sent in your donations and want to remind those of you that have not to pull out the yellow/blue paper from the inbox on your desk and send your donation in for the best Blake event ever!  Should you have misplaced your letter we have uploaded the After Prom letter on this web site for you to print out and send in. You may also pay online via PayPal—for more information, see our After Prom page.

For those of you who are Freshman and Sophomore parents, you may be wondering why you should help.  The After Prom is an event that your children will attend as upperclassmen and we depend on all Blake families to help make this Read more »

In case you didn’t receive it, or you’ve misplaced it, the After Prom donation letter is now available online. If you’d like to donate to the After Prom, you may print it out and send it along with your check to the After Prom Committee c/o Blake H.S. PTSA, 300 Norwood Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20905.

In addition, this year we now offer the option of donating to the After Prom festivities using your credit card or PayPal. For more information, see “After Prom Donations” on the After Prom page on this web site.

At the last After Prom Committee meeting, held on March 1st, the following items were discussed:

• Theme: We decided on “Into The Night” as the After Prom theme.
• Treasurer’s update: We are receiving responses to our Parent Letters but we still need a lot more donations.
• Current Fundraisers:
-Pizza sales have been going well. We have ~6 more left. If anyone wants to volunteer on Tuesdays at 2:00 please let Maura know.
-Fundraising letters were mailed. We have received donations from approx. 40 families and some businesses have sent donations and prizes.
-Dine-outs: Mama Lucia has been very successful. There is a dine-out planned at the Burtonsville Cheeburger on April 19.
• Bus Info.: We are offering one-way bus transportation from the Prom to the AP. Under the conditions Read more »

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.

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.

We will be having our second After Prom meeting on Monday, December 7th at 7:00pm in the Career Center.

PTA volunteers have been selling pizza, buttons and sponsoring several Dine-Outs to raise funds for the After Prom coming up in May.

At our next meeting we will discuss the upcoming  business and parent letters which we will be sending out in Feb.  (our main fundraisers), we will discuss what activities we would like to have at the After Prom-Casino tables, key chains, tattoos……. and we have basketball concessions coming up (we have signed up for 4 basketball and one wrestling match concessions).

We are looking forward to hearing your ideas to make this a great After Prom for our students. Please come and help us plan this wonderful event.  It takes a village to put on this big an event.  We would love to have Freshman and Sophomore parents get involved-your students will be attending the After Prom before you know it!

The After Prom Committee is sponsoring a fundraiser at Cheeburger Cheeburger in Olney on Nov. 3rd. The restaurant will donate 20 percent of all sales to those who bring in the Fundraiser flyer.

Please show your support for Blake by printing the flyer and coming to Cheeburger Cheeburger on Nov. 3rd. To print the flyer, click on this link: Cheeburger Flyer.

(Cheeburger will also have copies of the flyer available at the restaurant, for those who request it).

The first After Prom committee meeting was held on Oct. 5th. Watch this space for announcements about future After Prom committee meetings and events.

The committee is in charge of the After Prom, which will be held at Dave and Busters on May 15th. Committee member positions include Decorations, Fundraising, After Prom Activities, Prizes, T-shirts and others. In addition, the committee raises money to support the After Prom through such events as dine-outs at local restaurants and after-school pizza sales on Tuesdays.

If you were not able to come to the meeting but would like to help in any way please contact Maura McMullen (McMullens2ATverizonDOTnet) or Diane Bush at (dbush10892ATverizonDOTnet).