James Hubert Blake High School is a secondary school located in Silver Spring

Silver Spring, Maryland

Silver Spring is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It had a population of 71,452 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth most populous place in Maryland, after Baltimore, Columbia, and Germantown.The urbanized, oldest, and...

, an unincorporated section of Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County, Maryland

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, United States

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Founded in 1998, Blake High School is a public high school that offers a signature program in fine arts and humanities as well as business and technology. Its mascot is the Bengal

Bengal

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 and its current principal is Mr. Christopher Berry. Blake was named after James Hubert Blake, a ragtime

Ragtime

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 musician of the early and mid-20th century, chosen over Jim Henson, the creator of The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show

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and graduate of the University of Maryland

University of Maryland, College Park

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The school is part of the Northeast Consortium

Northeast Consortium

The Northeast Consortium is a group of high schools in northeast Montgomery County, Maryland, composed of James Hubert Blake High School, Paint Branch High School and Springbrook High School...

, an organization of three area high schools that allow middle schoolers

Middle school

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 to choose their destination school based on each school's signature program. The other members of the consortium are Springbrook High School

Springbrook High School

Springbrook High School is a public high school. It is located in Silver Spring, an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, between the Colesville and White Oak communities....

 and Paint Branch High School

Paint Branch High School

Paint Branch High School is a high school located in Burtonsville, an unincorporated section of Montgomery County, Maryland.It is named after the Paint Branch creek. The school was founded in 1969 and is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools System. The school lies on Old Columbia Pike,...

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Notable alumni

• Louise Schlegel ('07), Miss Maryland 2009.

• Scott LoPresti ('01), rapper, comedian and food critic.

Arts

• Art and Culture A and B
• Painting 1A and 1B
• Painting 2A
• Ceramics/Sculpture 1A and 1B
• Ceramics/Sculpture 2A and 2B
• Ceramics/Sculpture 3A and 3B
• Photography 1A and 1B
• Photography 2A and 2B
• Photography 3A and 3B
• Digital Art 1A and 1B
• Digital Art 2A and 2B
• Studio Art 1A and 1B
• Studio Art 2A and 2B
• Drawing and Design A and B
• Fundamentals of Art A and B

Business & Technology

• Accounting A & B
• Computer Programming 3A & B
• International Business
• Advanced Accounting A & B, Honors
• Discovering Programming Concepts A & B
• Pre-Engineering A & B
• CCRD Seminar
• Entrepreneurship and Business Management 1A & B
• Site Based Work Experience
• College/Career Research and Development A/B (CCRD)
• Entrepreneurship and Business Management 2
• Software Applications by Design A & B
• Communications Systems Technology A & B
• Exploring Technology Concepts A & B
• Software Applications by Design A & B, Advanced
• Computer Programming 1A & B
• Financial Management
• Web site Development A & B
• Computer Programming 2A & B
• Hospitality & Tourism A & B