Interlake High School
| Interlake High School | |
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16245 NE 24th Street Bellevue 98008 United States |
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| Coordinates | 47°37′44″N 122°07′26″W / 47.629°N 122.124°WCoordinates: 47°37′44″N 122°07′26″W / 47.629°N 122.124°W |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | Integrity, Humanity, Scholarship |
| Established | 1967 |
| CEEB code | 480069 |
| Principal | Maria Frieboes-Gee |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,503 |
| Color(s) | Navy blue, Columbia blue, White |
| Mascot | Saint Bernard |
| Nickname | Saints |
| Newspaper | The Interlake Inquirer |
| Information | (425) 456-7200 |
| Website | School website |
Interlake High School (IHS) is a public secondary school in Bellevue, Washington, one of the four traditional high schools in the Bellevue School District. It is known for its offering of the International Baccalaureate program and its Gifted and Talented program. Its mascot is a Saint Bernard named Bernie, and the school's sports teams are known as the "Saints".
Interlake High School opened in 1967 to serve students from the Eastside, mainly those within a few miles of Lake Sammamish. In 1997, Interlake began offering the International Baccalaureate program, and in 2006, the Gifted And Talented Education program started as an extension of the middle-school PRISM program.
In 2003, the Interlake High School Construction Project began. Over the next few years, most of the school was torn to the ground and rebuilt while its students continued to attend class in portables. Interlake reopened its brand-new doors at the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year.
Interlake's outdoor facilities include a turf football field and eight-lane rubber track, two concession stands (run by different groups), baseball and softball fields, seven tennis courts, a courtyard, and three parking lots. Its indoor facilities include three gyms, a Performing Arts Center, a technology wing, a horticulture building, a music wing with four soundproof practice rooms, a commons area, and a library.
As of the 2014–2015 school year, Interlake has approximately 1,503 students, the largest enrollment since the 1980s. Interlake's class sizes have grown larger and larger in recent years, beginning with the 250-student freshman body of 2006.
Interlake's students include a large variety of races, ethnicities, religions, ideals, and backgrounds. 41% of students are white, 34% are Asian, 14% are Hispanic, 8% are multiracial, and 3% are African-American. Many student organizations have been created to group people of different backgrounds, including the Jewish Student Union, Campus Christian (originally known as "The Reach" or simply "Bible Club"), Queer-Straight Alliance, Black Student Union, Ginger Club (for redheads), Islamic Cultural Awareness Club, French Club, and ELITES (Estudiantes Latinos Internacionales Trabajando por una Educacion Superior).
More than a third of students speak a first language other than English, and many more are multilingual. Widely known languages at IHS include Chinese, French, Spanish, Hebrew, Hindi, and Russian. Interlake requires two language credits and offers tuition in French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. It also has an extensive English as a Second Language (ESL) program that allows students arriving from foreign countries to learn English as a secondary language.
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