James Hubert Blake High School
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| James Hubert Blake High School | |
|---|---|
 | |
 | |
| Location | |
 | |
800 Norwood Road , United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°6′49″N 77°1′6″W / 39.11361°N 77.01833°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1998 |
| School district | Montgomery County Public Schools |
| NCES School ID | 240048001044[1] |
| Principal | Ahmed Adelekan |
| Teaching staff | 102 FTE (2022–23)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,784 (2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.46 (2022–23)[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Black, blue, white, silver |
| Mascot | Benny the Bengal |
| Rivals | Paint Branch High School Springbrook High School Sherwood High School |
| Newspaper | Blake Beat |
| Yearbook | Tempo |
| Website | montgomeryschoolsmd |
James Hubert Blake High School (or Blake High School) is a public high school located in Cloverly, Maryland. It is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system. Blake offers a signature program in fine arts and humanities.
James Hubert Blake High School is part of the Northeast Consortium, an organization of three area high schools that allows students to select a school based on each school's signature program. The other members of the consortium are Springbrook High School and Paint Branch High School.
In the mid-1990s, Sherwood High School's enrollment had exceeded its capacity, and a new high school was needed to relieve classroom sizes.[2] A new high school was built with a capacity of 1,215 students.[3] Construction costs were paid by the state and federal governments.[4]
When deciding the name for the new high school, the community narrowed its choice to two deceased artists raised in Maryland: jazz legend James Hubert "Eubie" Blake and Muppets creator Jim Henson. In a straw poll, Jim Henson won. When the Jim Henson Foundation declined the honor, the high school was named after James Hubert Blake instead.[5]
When opened on August 31, 1998,[6] Blake High School had approximately 819 students enrolled, in the ninth and tenth grades. Eleventh and twelfth grades were added in the following two years, respectively.[3] Carole C. Goodman served as its first principal.[7] Its newspaper was temporarily given the name Blake Blank before being officially named Blake Beat.[6]
