GEAR-UP: Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs

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Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs

Implementation of this program which started with students at Franklin Middle school in 1999 ended at Blake High School in 2005. Information represents program strategy and activities during that time period. For more information regarding this program contact Ruby Joseph, Principal Investigator at 974-9339.

Magnet Program:

Visual, Performing and Communication Arts
Accelerated Curriculum

Blake High School is a performing arts magnet school located in Hillsborough County, Florida. Our facility was built in 1997 and cost over $52 million dollars. Blake provides students in grades 9-12 with interrelated arts, technology, and academic program. This arts magnet program, housed within a traditional comprehensive high school, offers a college prepatory academic curriculum in addition to an intensive course of study in one of the following area: visual arts, performing arts and communication arts. The Accelerated Curriculum Program includes an array of online courses and distance learning formats along with innovative scheduling of traditional and AP classes and hands-on learning to motivate students to achieve their academic goals at an appropriate pace.

Students are on block scheduling to accommodate the time needed in the classes required for their major. Blake High School was named for Howard W. Blake. A native of Tampa, Blake attended Florida A&M University, Claflin University, and Atlanta University. His entire life was geared toward guiding young people to their optimal education and vocational potential.

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