James Hubert Blake High School Totally Explained

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James Hubert Blake High School is a secondary school located in Silver Spring, an unincorporated section of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
Blake was named after James Hubert Blake, a jazz musician of the early and mid-20th century. Founded in 1998, Blake High School is a public high school that serves 1,932 students in grades 9-12. Blake offers a signature program in fine arts and humanities. Its mascot is the Bengal Tiger and its current principal is Ms. Carole Goodman.
It is part of the Northeast Consortium, an organization of three area high schools that allow middle schoolers to choose their destination school based on each school's signature program. The other members of the consortium are Springbrook High School and Paint Branch High School.

Academics

Blake High School has a rigorous academic program, including a full range of honors and AP classes. Although the focus of the school is on performance and visual art, the math and science departments offer multiple high level elective classes, and the Social Studies Department offers the most electives of any department outside of the arts. Classes such as Mythology and Ancient World History, Multi-variable Calculus, Creative Writing, and Speech and Debate are offered in addition to the standard course curriculum.
Blake High School mostly focuses on General Arts. Such classes include music, painting, photography, computer arts, etc. Other academics can change annually, but the required classes for graduation of Montgomery County Public Schools are available.
Blake High School also offers beginning and advanced journalism classes. The advanced classes produce the monthly newspaper The Blake Beat.

Music

As a school that specializes in General Arts, Blake High School has a myriad of music classes. There are six choirs (amount varies from year to year), including Festival Chorus, Bengal Chorus, Women's Chorale, Chamber Singers, Show Choir, Jazz/Show Choir, and A Capella. Many ensembles are available for those who play instruments as well. The classes include: Percussion Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band, Blake Big Band, Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and Symphonic Winds.

Athletics

Girls Lacrosse: Regional Champions and State 4A Semi-Finalist - 2006 and 2007
Gymnastics: State Champs 2005,2006
Girls Basketball 4A State Finalist 2007 - LINK (http://my.highschooljournalism.org/md/silverspring/blake/opinions.cfm?eid=8066)

Blake Student

-David Grenaldo

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