Pine Lake Middle School
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3200 228th Ave. S.E. Sammamish, Washington U.S. |
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| Type | Public intermediate school |
| Established | 1974, 43 years ago |
| School district | Issaquah S.D. |
| Principal | Michelle Caponigro |
| Faculty | 36.2 (on FTE basis) |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| Enrollment | 837 (Dec 2011) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 30.12 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Orange |
| Mascot | Wolverine (Wally) |
| Rival | Beaver Lake M.S. |
| Information | 425-837-5700 |
| Website | School website |
Pine Lake Middle School is a public middle school in Sammamish, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. A part of the Issaquah School District, it serves students in grades 6–8 and is a feeder school to Skyline High School.
The school opened 43 years ago in 1974 on the Sammamish Plateau as Pine Lake Junior High School, a feeder school to Issaquah High School. When Skyline opened in 1997, Pine Lake sent its graduates to both Issaquah and Skyline, and for five years (2005–10) through the Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus. When the two high schools added freshmen back to their campuses in the fall of 2010, PCFC was converted to Pacific Cascade Middle School, a feeder school for Issaquah High, and Pine Lake became a feeder to Skyline only (except in special circumstances). In 1999, Pine Lake was completely renovated.
As of the 2012–13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 837 students and 36.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 30.12.
The school has an "exceedingly high participation in Junior National Honor Society," according to the Issaquah School District Web site. In 2005, almost half of all Pine Lake students (425 out of 940) qualified for the honor society.
The principal is Michelle Caponigro, and the assistant principal is Mike DeLetis.
Pine Lake's mascot is Wally the Wolverine.
As of the 2005–06 school year, the school had 940 students and 39.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 23.6.
In recent years, the school adopted new math and science curricula. In the “All School Write” program in the spring of 2005, all students "were directed by a carefully selected prompt to write an expository essay". Specially trained teams of teachers then evaluated the essays and compiled data on areas of strength and weakness.
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