Opening Day of School

The 2024-2025 school year for students will begin on Wednesday, August 28.  As we have done in past years, we will stagger our starting times for the students.  Arrival information for the opening day is as follows:

• Students in grade six report to the gymnasium by 7:40 a.m. for opening orientation. Advisory teachers will meet them there so it is helpful for students to know their advisory teacher’s name or have it written down with them. Your child's advisory teacher's name can be found in the email that was sent home with cluster placement in June.

• Students in grade seven report to the gymnasium by 9:45 a.m.

• Students in grade eight report to the cafeteria by 9:45 a.m.

• There will be a separate bus run beginning at 9:15 a.m. on the first day for students in grades seven and eight. Students should plan to be at their bus stops 2 hours later than the normal time.

• Students in grades seven and eight should not report to school before 9:25 a.m. on opening day

Student schedules will continue to be revised and finalized up until the first day of school. Should your child have electronic access to their Blake schedule because of older siblings, please remind them that we are continuing to balance out classes until the day before school starts, and we check and double check that everyone has what they need. Therefore,  everything can  and likely will change up until the first day of school. Students will receive a paper schedule on the first day  of school at Blake-- this will be their finalized schedule for 24-25. We do not want students to be disappointed because they think a mid-August version of their schedule is their actual schedule. Thank you for understanding and reinforcing this with your children if it comes up as a topic.