Blake School - Reflections / Call O Pan Yearbook (Hopkins, MN)

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WE'VE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER ... Then we were three schools and now we are one. In 1972 the Three School Foundation was formed. In 1974 Northrop Collegiate School. Blake School, and Highcroft Country Day School merged to form one school, the Blake Schools. In 1978 Blake’s Trustees decided to keep the Upper School on the Northrop Campus. In 1981, we pulled it all together, and we are now proud to have the school that we have been working for the past nine years. In the beginning, there was a hope that the three schools could come together to form one united school. There were many ideas about what the new school should be. but with these ideas came problems. Administration, faculty, and students alike were unsure of the ven- ture. Division remained and school spirit and tradition were slow getting started: plans for a new building soon faded, the school’s first president. Randolph Brown, resigned, sports participants had a difficult time adjusting to the shuttling between campuses. The process of finding a school identity was slow, painstaking, and frustrating; 2

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REFLECTION1981 Volume VI The Blake Schools 511 Kenwood Parkway Minneapolis, Minnesota

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but the school did not give up its search for a feeling of self. Now nine years after the merger, the school has made it through these problems and has put it all together. By learning from our mistakes and working together, we have finally united into one school. The administration, faculty, and student body have grown to understand each other and each other's needs. The Blake Schools has grown from an idea into a reality. In these pages we hope to show that the Blake Schools has pulled it all together. Through pictures and words we are showing unity and satisfaction within our school that has developed in the last few years. All facets of Blake life have changed and grown, and we present these reflections on the maturing of the Blake Schools. 3