Blake High School PTSA

The annual Swing Night at Blake High School featuring our very own “Eubie Blake” Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Mr. Brian Damron.  On Friday, March 19, 2010 at 7 :00PM the Blake HS cafeteria will be transformed into a Jazz Club and all are invited to attend this great event.  The night will be filled with music, dancing, food and fun.  This year’s selections will include the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, and so much more.  A wonderful Italian dinner, desert and beverages is included in the price of admission.  Dancing is always welcome so bring all of your friends. 
 
Pre-purchased tickets are $25 per person. Tickets at the door are $35 per person. (Only a view tickets will be available at the door, no guarantee)
 
To order tickets
Call Mr. Damron at 301-879-1339 (or) damron@blakemusic.org
Make check out to: Blake Music Boosters
 
Upon request a table of 10 can be reserved with ordering the tickets.

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 »

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW at Blake High School will be presented this weekend at 7:30 pm on Friday and Saturday and next week on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  There’s an Italian Dinner & Cabaret Pre-show before the performances on each Saturday night.  (November 14th and 21st).

For more information or to reserve seats for the performance and/or the dinner pre-show, please call 301-879-1327 or email Mr. D’Anna at Michel_D_D’Anna@mcpsmd.org.

The story: The story, modernized into the 1990’s Italian Chic Era, concerns the problesm of a wealthy merchant who lives in Padua — Italy’s great city of the arts. Baptista Minola has two daughters. His youngest, the lovely Bianca, is in demand! Read more »

“Donuts for Dads”
NAACP Parents’ Council
Nov. 11, 2009,  8 a.m.

• Blake fathers will hear a presentation on “The State of Black Males at Blake” from Mr. Tyrell.
• Blake fathers will be introduced to Edline as a way to help students succeed.
• Blake fathers will be introduced to Naviance, a college related website. Read more »

The first Blake PTSA staff appreciation event (A is for Apple) was held October 21. Staff appreciation events are a way for parents and students to say thanks to the staff for everything they do for us.

Watch this space for announcements of future staff appreciation events.

If you’d like to volunteer for future events, contact the coordinators, Patrice Kelly and Cathy Clark, at: kellychirigosATaol.com.