Global Connections High School was a

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high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

in SeaTac,

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. It was one of three

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at the

Tyee Educational Complex Tyee High School, formerly Tyee Educational Complex, is a public high school campus located in SeaTac, Washington, United States. It was founded as Tyee High School, a single public high school, in 1962. It is operated by the Highline School Distr ...

, along with the

Academy of Citizenship and Empowerment The Academy of Citizenship and Empowerment (ACE) is a public high school in SeaTac, Washington. It is one of two small schools at the Tyee Educational Complex, along with Global Connections High School. It was founded in 2005 when Tyee High Sc ...

and Odyssey-The Essential School. It was founded in 2005 when

Tyee High School Tyee High School, formerly Tyee Educational Complex, is a Public school (government funded), public high school campus located in SeaTac, Washington, United States. It was founded as Tyee High School, a single public high school, in 1962. It is op ...

converted into three schools, and accredited individually in 2006. Global Connections High School merged with the Academy of Citizenship and Empowerment again after the 2016–2017 school year ended. They are now Tyee High School again. It is operated by the

Highline School District Highline Public Schools (HPS) is a List of school districts in Washington, public school district in King County, Washington, King County, headquartered in Burien, Washington. As of October 2007, it served 17,331 students and had 997 teachers, an ...

. The school's enrollment was 499, as required by the

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in the conditions for the conversion grant. On the complex, Global Connections occupied the 300, 600 and 900 buildings on the east side of the complex. Global Connections combined with the other two Tyee schools to compete in athletics. Though the students who wished to play football had to travel to another school to be a part of their team as they had not had their own football team for quite some time.

External links

Global Connections High School on Highline School District site
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