The Blake School is a private, coeducational, college-preparatory day school located in Hopkins, Minnesota. The school is located on two campuses in the Twin Cities area: the upper school (9–12) in Minneapolis with the middle and lower school, along with administrative offices, on the Hopkins campus.
Blake, originally an all-boys school, was established by a group of local businessmen in 1907 to prepare students for top colleges in the Northeast. In the 1970s, it merged with its sister school, the Northrop Collegiate School (founded in 1900) and the Highcroft Country Day School (founded in 1958) to become a coeducational institution.
Blake competes in the Independent Metro Athletic Conference (IMAC) and formerly in the Tri-Metro Conference, which is part of the Minnesota State High School League. The school athletic teams are named the Blake Bears.
Championships[]
In boys ice hockey Blake captured the Minnesota State Independent School Championship in 1971 and 1973.
The girls ice hockey team is one the most sucessful in the state with state championships in 2003, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.
Misc[]
They are also recognized for having their hockey team in a cameo for the 1996 Disney movie D3: The Mighty Ducks when the movie was shot on set at Blake's Hopkins campus hockey arena; they came from behind down 9–0 to tie the Ducks 9-9, with 9 third period goals.
Notable Ice Hockey Alumni[]
- Jim Warden (1972)
- Kent Patterson (2007)
- J. T. Wyman (2004)