Blake Updates
June 14, 2020
Thank you Blake Staff
This has been a crazy year and I truly appreciate their efforts in continuing to connect with and support our students and families. They have worked incredibly hard the past three months to find ways of engaging our students, supporting student learning, and doing so while taking care of their own families.
Thank you staff!
Diploma Distribution- Wednesday 6/17
Congratulations to our seniors on their graduation!!!
We will be distributing diplomas and collecting any Blake/MCPS items seniors still have this Wednesday, June 17 from 8am until 2pm. Seniors can come at any time on Wednesday, here are the details. Diplomas can only be picked up by seniors or family members listed on emergency contact cards. Students who are unable, or who choose not to pick up diplomas on June 17th will have them mailed home.
- Location- We will be setting up in front of the building in the bus drop off area. There will be three lines for cars to go through, each one for a different part of the alphabet (Using your last name). You will dropping off any items you have and receiving your diploma at the same spot.
- Materials to Return- please place any Blake or MCPS items you have (books, uniforms, chromebooks, etc) into a bag to be returned. We ask that you try to place a label in or on each item with your name and ID number to help us track what you are returning.
- Picking up your Diploma- please have a sheet of paper with your name written in large writing to show us to make it easier to locate your diploma.
- Family Selfie Opportunity-As we did with cap and gown distribution we will have our Blake backdrop up down by the cafeteria. If families would like to take a quick picture they can. We will NOT have a photographer. This is just an opportunity for any families that would like to to take a picture. Please keep social distancing and safety procedures in mind.
Material Drop off and Retrieval
Students will be returning any school or MCPS materials or items they have except chromebooks. Students in grades 9-11 will keep chromebooks for the summer.
Students will be able to pick up items that staff have retrieved from hall lockers, PE lockers and classrooms. Students who ordered yearbooks will also get their yearbooks at this time.
The details are below followed by the schedule and a map of the process.
- Material Prep-Students should gather all items that need to be returned to Blake. STUDENTS IN GRADES 9-11 ARE NOT RETURNING CHROMEBOOKS AT THIS TIME. Students should put a sheet of paper on/in each item they are returning that includes their name and student ID number.
- You will also need a sheet of paper where you write your name in large print on it that will be used during material pick up.
- Bag Materials- Students should place all materials that are being returned in a bag large enough and strong enough to hold the materials they are returning
- Find Your Time- Using the chart below identify the day and time that you are assigned to come by last name.
- Drop Off- You will start by going through the student parking lot. Each car will pull up to the drop off area, one person can get out of their car and place their bag of return items on the sidewalk in the drop off area. If you have nothing to pick up you may exit through the Johnson Road exit to avoid traffic.
- Pick Up- You will remain in your car. If you have items to pick up you will proceed through the front parking lot to the area down by the cafeteria. When you arrive you will show the staff there the sheet of paper with your name on it and open your trunk. The staff will retrieve your items from the cafeteria and place them in your trunk.
- All traffic will exit through Johnson Road
- June 15- Last day for students
- June 17- Senior Diploma Pick Up and Final Material Return
- June 21- Last Weekly Update for 20-21
- June 22 - 26- School-wide material return and pick up
James Hubert Blake High School
James Hubert Blake High School is a Signature School for the Fine Arts and Humanities
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Email: Robert_Sinclair@mcpsmd.org
Website: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/blakehs/
Location: 300 Norwood Road, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Phone: (240)740-1400
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