Blake High School PTSA

Students, Parents, Staff, Alumni, Family and Friends of James Hubert Blake High School,

You are cordially invited to “Blake Celebrates Carole Goodman”, on the evening of Thursday, June 10, 2010, at 7:00 p.m., in the Blake High School Auditorium. The evening’s program will feature student, staff and parents past and present in a tribute to Principal Goodman through spoken words, music, and art. The program will be followed by an informal reception open to all who attend.

Ms. Goodman is leaving Blake at the end of this month and has been appointed by the Board of Education to assume the position of Associate Superintendent of Human Resources for MCPS on July 1. As Blake’s first and only principal, Mrs. Goodman’s departure brings with it change for the Blake community.  But we cannot let Mrs. Goodman go without having a fitting celebration of her years at Blake. Please join the school community past and present in celebrating Carole Goodman’s leadership, creativity and the legacy she leaves James Hubert Blake High School.

You can RSVP to this event on the Facebook page, Blake Celebrates Carole Goodman.

Details events for the class of 2010, for the remainder of the school year—click here to see the pdf version of it.

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

If you missed the Senior Parent meeting last week, you may have missed obtaining a copy of the form to order tickets for the graduation bus. The Graduation Bus Form is now available on this web site, at our Documents and Forms page.

What are the Graduation Buses? The Blake PTSA hires buses to make getting to and from the graduation ceremony at DAR Read more »

The Fashion X Program, which was originally scheduled for Friday has been postponed to the fall.

In light of the potential for home basketball playoff games this week, the Mr. Blake Pageant has been rescheduled to Tuesday, March 23 at 7:30pm in the Blake auditorium.

Due to several circumstances, including the severe weather in February, the PTSA has cancelled Comedy Night 2010 on March 12th. However, we are trying to reschedule it in April. We will keep you posted through the PTSA web site and Eubiemail on any new date for the event.

Currently, Comedy Night is a committee of two parents who have been tied up with the Book Sale and other PTSA projects. We welcome parents and students who would like to help us get it going—even an hour or two will help. We especially need parents to act as judges for comedy try-outs during the school day and/or after school, and students to help us set up on the performance night. If interested, write Orit and Beth at: vp@blakeptsa.org.

Here are the upcoming Pennies for Patients events:

Tuesday 2/16- LEDO Pizza Night Colesville LEDO’s 4-10pm
10% of your bill will be donated to Blake’s PFP campaign

Tuesday 2/23- Bengal Ball Tournament 7pm
Team Registration due Friday 2/19- Forms can be found outside A201
$3 admission at the door

Thursday 2/25 Mama Lucia Night 5-10pm
8% of your bill will be donated to Pennies for Patients
We will have another round of T-Shirt orders when we return to school tomorrow.

All proceeds go to Pennies for Patients.

Finally, please encourage friends and family to donate online by accessing the following page:
www.nca.sy.llsevent.org/Blake

High School Challenge: Pennies for Patients!!! What you need to know:

This February, Blake HS will be participating in the Pennies for Patients High School Challenge sponsored by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This program challenges Montgomery County schools to various components, asking students to raise awareness and funds for the society through school-wide and community events.

Remember to donate to Pennies for Patients online!

Online Donations- Blake HS has an online donation page where students, staff and community members (near and far) can donate. The link is also on the Blake web page.

We will also be hosting a variety of events inside and outside of school:

1. 1st period classes- We will be collecting donations in all first period classes. The winning Read more »

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.

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 »