Blake Updates
April 22, 2018
This Week at Blake
We also had our required senior parent meeting. This meeting reviewed many of the end of year activities and processes including graduation and prom. Information from this meeting, including the presentation that was used and the process for obtaining additional graduation tickets can be found on our website.
This Thursday is "Take Your Child To Work Day". If you are planning on your child participating in this event and they will not be in school we are asking that you send a note to our attendance office as soon as possible. This is an excused absence if we receive the notes.
Our production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" starts this week. Check out the details below.
Graduation Date
OUR GRADUATION DATE IS CONFIRMED
June 7th at 2:00 p.m.
DAR Constitution Hall
Graduation Transportation:
As they have done in the past, PTA is providing an opportunities for families to travel to and from graduation. The details are below:
- Cost of bus $20 per person
- Deadline for signing up Friday, May 11
- Time to arrive at school for bus 11am
- Seats are limited (we only have 4 luxury, air-conditioned buses so when seats are gone, they’re gone!)
- To reserve your seat, email president@blakeptsa.org
25TH Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Our upcoming production of SPELLING BEE will be occurring on Thursday and Friday, April 26 and 27 and May 3 and 4 in the AMPHITHEATRE at Blake High School.
SPELLING BEE deals with an annual spelling bee in Putnam County (name your state). The play is rated PG-13 for audiences and is appropriate for middle school students and up. A series of vignettes displays characters looking to win the contest despite obstacles in their personalities as well as their familial backgrounds. The songs help reveal the unique and sometimes weird aspects of the characters as well as how spelling bees might be run. The musical is great fun and is one of the most popular musicals currently being produced in the USA.
An attraction to seeing the show is that audience members may participate as contestants in the Spelling Bee. We will have an “Interview Table” set-up ½-hour before each show to interview potential contestants. We are looking for normal people as opposed to “hammy” actors. Age is not a factor, nor is gender or any other thing. We may try to encourage Blake teachers to participate as a way of attracting student audience members. However, you may wish to use this “feature” as a way to attract participants.
We ask that you do your best to secure audience attendance for the show by inviting family and friends. All General Admission tickets will be sold at a flat-rate $10 per person for both students and adults. Reserved Seating for preferential seating will be a flat rate
$15 per ticket.
For additional information Click this link.
Summer R.I.S.E. Program
Operation Safe Ride to School Initiative
Throughout the year, Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) officers, in addition to their daily patrols educating the public on traffic laws and enforcing those laws, conduct focused traffic-safety initiatives. In April, which is recognized as Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the Police Department is conducting enforcement that focuses on the illegal use of cell phones while driving. In May, the Police Department will participate in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Click It or Ticket Campaign, which is intended to increase the awareness of using seat belts and child safety seats and using them properly.
The MCPD – Operation Safe Ride To School initiative is both an educational and enforcement campaign that focuses on distracted driving, and seat belt and child safety seat use around Montgomery County public school entrances and drop-off lanes during the morning arrival of students. It began this month (April) and will continue in May. The Department has received numerous complaints and concerns that drivers are talking on cell phones during school drop-off and are not properly securing children in car seats or not using safety seats. The Department recognizes that the arrival of children at school is often a very active time of heavy vehicular and pedestrian traffic and safety during this time is a priority.
This month, Traffic Division officers will begin the enforcement component of this initiative and will enforce the illegal use of cell phones by drivers and seat belt and safety seat violations around public schools during the morning arrival of students. The Department’s goal with this initiative is to work to maximize everyone’s safety during the arrival at school.
Don’t Miss the Gaithersburg Book Festival (English and Spanish)
Montgomery County Public Schools is proud to be a partner in the 2018 Gaithersburg Book Festival on Saturday, May 19, on the grounds of Gaithersburg City Hall, 31 South Summit Avenue in Gaithersburg. The book festival has a great lineup of authors and activities for children of all ages. Several members of the MCPS community will be conducting readings at the festival and there will be many programs, workshops, and activities in the Children’s Village that are designed to promote interest in reading and writing. For more information, visit gaithersburgbookfestival.org/.
AP Launch Party- Students and Parents New to AP Courses are Invited
Special Education Summit Set for April 28
MCPS parents, staff, and community members are invited to the fifth annual Special Education Summit, Leading the Way Today, Partnering for a Better Tomorrow. The summit will take place from 8:15 a.m.–1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at Quince Orchard High School, 15800 Quince Orchard Road in Gaithersburg.
The summit will feature keynote speakers and MCPS parents Robin Williams Evans and Wayne Evans on “Living a Happy Life with a Special Needs Child: A Parent’s Perspective.” Families will also have the opportunity to participate in 30 breakout sessions on various parenting topics. Those attending will have an opportunity to meet community partners’ and county agencies’ representatives.
To register for the summit or for more information, visit the Special Education website or call 240-314-4860. The summit is free to attend. A light breakfast will be offered. Interpretation services are available and childcare will be available on a limited basis.
Key Dates
- April 26- Take Your Child to Work Day
- April 26- Blake The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- April 27- Blake The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- May 1- College Decision Day
- May 3- Blake The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- May 4- Blake The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- May 8- Choral Concert (7:30 pm.)
- May 16- Instrumental Concert (7:30 p.m.)
- May 18- Prom
- May 22- Athletic Awards (7:00 p.m.)
- May 23- Academic Awards (7:00 p.m.)
- May 24- Dance Concert (7:30 p.m.)
- May 25- Last Day for Seniors
James Hubert Blake High School
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
Twitter: @Blake_Principal