In this article, the author describes the one 50-minute lunch period for all students, teachers, and staff members at James Hubert Blake High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. The one lunch period, which began in 2000, allows students to eat in certain areas of the school, including classrooms, hallways, and resource areas. Teachers use the lunch period to work informally, one-on-one with students, and students can use the extended period to study. After six years in practice, one lunch period at Blake has empowered students and staff members, raised student achievement, improved staff collegiality and planning, and overall created an extremely effective and overwhelmingly positive school climate. The consensus of the school community is that Blake's single lunch period is highly successful and absolutely here to stay.