Welcome to Blake School!
Board Goals
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 an 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.
The Blake School Board has committed to the following 3 year goals:
- Upgrade and maintain school facilities.
- Attract and retain highly qualified and effective staff
- Students proficient at grade level
- Provide instructional materials appropriate to multi graded classrooms
- Fiscally sound protecting the classroom from reductions in services
- Review the educational needs of 6th, 7th and 8th grade students.
- Update Board Policy - ByLaws - Regulations Manual
How Are We Doing?
The Blake School District is actively pursuring the achievement of each
our stated goals. In the Summer of 2007, the historic Red School House
(the Ward Muriel Woody Library and Art Center) underwent a certified
removal of all lead paint on the exterior and repainted and
sealed.
In the Spring of 2008, the Blake School Board approved the employment
of our new Teacher/Principal, Mrs. Dawn Carver. Mrs. Carver is a
graduate of CSUB, with a degree in Liberal Arts. She has a Multiple
Subject Teaching Creditial, valid
until 2011. Mrs. Carver was a outstanding teacher in the Kernville area
for many years, teaching multiple grade levels. Her passion for
teaching is evident the very first time you enter her classroom.
Mrs. Carver dedicates herself to the
improvement of the instuctional quality at Blake and to the achievement
of the students.
In the Fall of 2007, Blake Elementarty School added the Mavis Typing
Program, ALEKS Math and Scholastic Reading Counts! programs to their
instructional resouces. These programs will bring our students
opportunities to succeed in Reading, Math and Keyboard
efficiency. The students are already showing great improvements
in their math and typing scores. Each student is able to work on
the computers, at their own level of education and be instantly
rewarded for their achievements. Scholastic Reading Counts
motivated our students to read over 300 books in 6 short months! Their
comprehension scores averaged over 80% and reading levels for all
students increased by at least one grade level.
As of the Fall of 2008, our students each have text books and workbooks
that meet the California State Standards, including our recently
adopted California Mathematics curriculum. Our current curcirculum
includes:
Houghton-Mifflin: Language of Literature
McMilliam/McGraw: California Mathematics
Houghton-Mifflin: Science
Houghton-Mifflin: Social Studies
The Blake School Board has completed updating our Board Policies and
By-Laws with the assistance of our KCSOS Superindent Mr. Bud Burrow
and Mr. Michael Coleman (Contract Editor of our Board Policies). The
Blake School Board's goal to complete this project was achieved on July
9, 2008. A copy of the completed and adopted Board Policies and
By-Laws are available to the public at the Blake School District Office.