Interlake_High_School

Interlake High School

Interlake High School

Public high school in Bellevue, Washington, United States


Interlake High School (IHS) is a public secondary school in Bellevue, Washington, one of the four traditional high schools in the Bellevue School District. Its mascot is a Saint Bernard named Bernie, and the school's sports teams are known as the "Saints."

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History

Interlake High School opened in 1968.[3] In 1997, Interlake began offering the International Baccalaureate program.[4]

In 2003, most of the school was torn to the ground and rebuilt while its students continued to attend class in portables. The new building opened at the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year.[5]

Students

Clubs and Activities

Interlake High School hosts multiple clubs, which include co-ed sports clubs such as the Badminton Club and the Ping-Pong club, which won state in its first year. A variety of STEM clubs also exist, including clubs such as an Aviation Club, a Robotics Club, a Programming and Computer Vision club, Game Development, Rocketry Club, Coding for Medicine Club, Science Club, Research Club, and Math Club. Other clubs include National Honor Society,Speech and Debate, Junior State of America, DECA, History Club, Key Club, a Model United Nations club, HOSA, newspaper club known as the Interlake Inquirer, a Stocks club and Taichi club and Spirit Squads like Cheer and Drill.[6]

AL Program

The AL program at Interlake is part of the Advance Placement program offered in the Bellevue School District for grades 2 through 12.[7][needs update]

The AL program is a selective program; in which applicants must have a minimum score of 144 on the Cognitive Abilities Test. Reading and Quantitative scores must be of the 90th percentile or higher, one of which must be at or above the 97th percentile. Students who usually partake in the AL Program usually graduate from the middle school AL Program offered in two Bellevue School District schools; Odle Middle School and Tyee Middle School. The high school AL program continued from the middle school AL Program extends the science, English, and social studies classes further in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.[8] In the IB program, AL students complete the IB diploma during 10th and 11th grade, rather than the usual 11th and 12th grade.

Notable alumni


References

  1. "Interlake High School Profile". Bellevue School District. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  2. "Interlake Senior High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  3. Kelley, Mason (February 18, 2003). "Eastside school spotlight: Interlake High School". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  4. "Students attempting the IB Diploma". Archived from the original (JPG) on July 17, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
  5. "Interlake Construction". Bellevue School District. Archived from the original on October 16, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
  6. "Gifted Education : Student Services : Departments : Bellevue School District". October 16, 2010. Archived from the original on October 16, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  7. Nomura, Gabrielle (April 13, 2011). "Fierce Love: Local female fighter with Olympic potential". Bellevue Reporter. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011.
  8. Miller, Ted (May 9, 2007). "Mora will be a head coach again; will it be here?". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved September 5, 2010.

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