Welcome to Blake School!
Welcome to Blake School
Welcome to Blake Elementary School
Blake
Elementary School is located in the small ranching community of Woody,
California, approximately 35 miles from Bakersfield. This historic
school services Kindergarten through Eighth grade students, in which
the students are instructed in a K-8 grade, self-contained, one room
schoolhouse. The school currently serves 10 students, 5 girls and 5
boys. The Blake School District is one of the smallest school
districts in the state of California.
The
Blake School District employs one credentialed teacher/principal, Mrs. Dawn Carver,one
part-time instructional aide, Miss Rebekah Rogers, one part-time secretary, Mrs. Erin Rogers, and one part-time
custodian, Ms. Betsy Carver. Blake Elementary school receives adminstration
services and Speech/language services, which are contracted through
Kern County Superintendent of Schools. The Blake School District
Board consists of three board members from our Woody community.
The
instructional day begins at 8:00 am, and ends at 3:00 pm, Monday through
Thursday. On Fridays, the day begins at
8:00 am, and ends at 1:00 pm. The
school district has a resource room/computer room, which has a total of 6
student computers, all with internet access.
For students who are at high risk, tutoring is available, as well as,
small group workshops.
Blake
school is committed to laying a firm educational foundation for each and every
student. While serving in this diverse
classroom, the staff, community, and Administration are determined to achieve
success in producing and active learning environment for all students. The district has high expectations of not only
the students, but of the highly qualified personnel it employs. This district is focused on the whole
student, therefore, staff and
volunteers must create within the classroom and campus, a safe and orderly
environment conductive to learning and maturing.
We welcome our new teacher, Mrs. Dawn Carver, to Blake. Mrs. Carver is
coming to us from Kernville Unified School District with over 7 years
of teaching experience. Mrs. Carver has already started our
students in their core curriculum studies as well as reading the
timeless adventures of the Ingalls family in the "Little House" series
of books. The students spent their listening time making butter, just
like Laura and Mary did in the books. They discovered it was a lot of
work but the results were delicious!
Beginning on September 17th, Blake Students will join with the students
of Valley Oaks Charter School for enrichment classes every
Wednesday. Students will be grouped acording to grade level and
will study a variety of subjects. We thank Valley Oaks Charter School
for giving our students this wonderful opportunity.
Opportunities
for Parental Involvement
Blake
Elementary School welcomes parents or grandparents who want to be part
of their childs' learning experience. We send home monthly Parent
Newsletters, encourage attendance at all our field trips, and would
welcome any parent/grandparent into our classroom to listen to our
students read, play a math game, or help in an art project.
Please contact our school office to volunteer in any area.