The Overlake School
| Overlake School | |
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| Location | |
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Redmond, Washington United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1967 |
| Locale | Suburban |
| Head of School | Matthew P. Horvat |
| Faculty | 58 |
| Grades | 5-12 |
| Number of students | 0 |
| School color(s) | Green, Gold |
| Mascot | Owl |
| Endowment | $15 million |
| Website | www.overlake.org |
The Overlake School is a private, non-sectarian, co-ed, college preparatory school located in Redmond, Washington, United States. It serves 531 students in grades 5 through 12. The school was founded in 1967 by Charlie Clarke. The current head of school is Matthew P. Horvat.
Overlake offers honors tracks in science, math, English and history. Most students take more than one of the fourteen Advanced Placement courses offered in their junior and senior years. Students can study Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese and Latin from sixth grade onward; at least three years of one language are required to graduate. Students are also given the opportunity to travel to a native country of the language they are studying during Project Week in high school. Overlake offers humanities electives, including "Race and Ethnicity", "Comparative Religion", "The Age of Genocide", "Constitutional Issues". Other electives span the sciences, including computer science.
The student-teacher ratio at Overlake is nine to one and the average class size is thirteen.
Overlake competes in the Emerald City 1A League of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA).
The theater department at The Overlake School has grown substantially since the addition of The Fulton Performing Arts Center in 2002. Since then, the school has put on two to three performances per year. In 2005 the school became host for the August portion of the Seattle Chamber Music Society's summer festival of chamber music.
Beginning in 2007, the school began to submit their theatre productions to the 5th Avenue Theatre High School Musical Awards program, in which it has received many nominations and awards.
The Fulton Performing Arts Center also houses the school's choir groups, orchestra, concert band, and jazz band. Conducted by Mr. Steve Mraz, the jazz band travels locally to competitions, gigs, and workshops.
Every year in April, Overlake offers a week of co-curricular educational projects to the students. This is known is Project Week. In the past, the projects offered have been as diverse as a cooking class in Seattle, a forensic science project based on CSI, a choir trip to Italy, home rebuilding in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, dog sledding in Montana, and international language exchange trips to Spain, France, Italy, Japan, and China. Many students feel that Project Week is an essential part of the Overlake experience.
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