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Howard W. Blake High School is a public high school in Tampa, Florida. It originally opened in 1956 as Don Thompson Vocational High School. It became a junior high after the end of segregation.

The school is named in honor of Howard W. Blake, a Tampa native who attended Florida A&M University, Claflin University, and Atlanta University. Blake's entire life was geared toward guiding young people to their optimal education experience

After Tampa integrated the schools, Blake was known as Blake Junior High and was a seventh grade center, until 1997.Upon re-opening in 1997, the school added a magnet school for the visual, communication and performing arts. The magnet program has continued to make headlines and win countless awards within each of its departments over the years.

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