Blake Updates
December 9, 2018
Lock Down with Options Drill Information
Dear Parents and Community Members:
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is committed to providing a safe and welcoming learning environment for our students and staff. Every year, each MCPS school conducts a number of emergency drills to ensure students are prepared in the case of an emergency. These drills include:
Evacuation
Reverse Evacuation
Shelter-in-Place
Drop, Cover, Hold
Severe Weather
Lockdown
This year, in alignment with the Maryland Safe to Learn Act of 2018, MCPS schools will train staff and students in an active assailant drill.
An active assailant drill is very similar to a Lockdown drill. In a Lockdown drill, the teacher locks the classroom door, covers the door window, and has the students sit alongside a wall out of view of the door, and remain silent. The new drill in MCPS is called a Lockdown with Options. The key element of this drill is to prepare staff and students to avoid and escape harm if they cannot get into a room that locks because they were out of the classroom for any reason. The expectation is that students would exit the school to its boundary to avoid danger. During the first Lockdown with Options drill, students will not actually leave the school, but they will be taught that they can exit as a way to ensure their safety.
James Hubert Blake High School will hold our first Lockdown with Options Drill on December 17th. On the day of the drill, counselors will be available to support any student or staff member who expresses concerns or questions as we train in new active assailant protocols.
Thank you for your support as we take steps to keep students and staff safe.
Sincerely,
Bob Sinclair, Principal
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Brownies with Mr. Brown
The class of 2020 is inviting all students in the class of 2020 to attend Brownies with Mr. Brown. It will be held on Thursday Dec 13th in the amphitheater during lunch. This event is for students in the class of 2020 to meet Mr. Brown and ask questions regarding Blake High School.
Key Dates
- December 12- Instrumental Winter Concert (7:30 p.m.- Auditorium)
- December 13- 9th & 10th Grade Peer Parent Meetings (7:00 p.m.- Amphitheater and Cafeteria)
- December 17- Registration Kick Off
- December 17- Active Assailant Drill
- December 19- Winter Choral Concert (7:30 p.m.- Auditorium)
- December 24- Holiday- School Closed
- December 25- Holiday- School Closed
- December 26-31- Winter Break- No School
- January 1- Holiday- School Closed
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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
Twitter: @Blake_Principal