Welcome to Blake
Blake is AWESOME! We wouldn't have our kids anywhere else. We're a multinational family and we have the opportunity to raise our kids on several different continents. We stay in Minneapolis because of Blake.
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Greetings from the Director of Admissions
Blake welcomes you! We recognize that families in the Twin Cities have a variety of school-choice options, and we encourage you to consider Blake and what it offers you and your family. I hope that you will explore our web site and learn more about Blake’s extraordinary learning community. From prekindergarten through twelfth grade, Blake students contribute to the life of the School in a variety of areas including the arts, athletics, service learning and world citizenship. Read More
Come Visit Us
Campus tours of Blake include time in classrooms and are available by appointment throughout the year. To schedule your tour, please contact Carey Moe at 952-988-3420 or complete the form Request a Tour of The Blake School.
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Investing in early childhood education
More and more studies are showing the importance of early childhood education, especially pre-kindergarten education. Here are two separate articles ("Investments in Education May Be Misdirected" and "What's needed for preschool to pay off?") with research findings as food for thought.
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Student Swap Sparks Honest Talk about Race, Class
"When students from two vastly different Minneapolis high schools spend time together, will they focus more on their similarities or differences?" Find out in this Star Tribune story about a recent Blake-Patrick Henry High School student exchange.
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Visiting Author Brings Poetry to Life
Throughout her three-day residency at Blake, poet Naomi Shihab Nye shared personal stories that revealed how many of her poems came to be written and inspired Blake students of all ages.
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Middle School Mathletes Take Second in State
Blake is proud to announce the Middle School MathCounts team took second place overall in the recent state competition! The state competition involves 38 teams and a number of individual mathletes. Congratulations to team members Jackson Wahl '17, Daniel Jing '17, Joel Jude '18 and Jessie Kang '18 for a great job.
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Tear Down Those Walls
It's official! The walls are coming down and the transformation has begun on the Upper School’s new Center for Science, Design and Research. Construction progress photos will be posted weekly on Blake's Flickr site. To learn more about the project, read "All Systems Go" in the February Bulletin.
