Interlake High School (IHS) is a public

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Bellevue, Washington Bellevue ( ) is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area and has variously been characterized as a s ...

, one of the four traditional

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s in the

Bellevue School District Bellevue School District No. 405 (BSD) is a public school district in King County, headquartered in Bellevue. As of October 1, 2016, the district has an enrollment of 19,974 students. The Bellevue School District includes 28 schools: 15 element ...

. Its mascot is a Saint Bernard named Bernie, and the school's sports teams are known as the "Saints."

History

Interlake High School opened in 1968. In 1997, Interlake began offering the

International Baccalaureate The International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly known as the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and founded in 1968. It offers four educational programmes: the IB Dip ...

program. 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.

Students

Clubs and Activities

Interlake High School hosts multiple clubs, which include co-ed sport clubs such as Badminton and Cricket Club. A variety of STEM clubs also exist, including clubs such as a Robotics Club known a
Saints Robotics
a Programming and Computer Vision club, Game Development, Rocketry Club, Coding for Medicine Club, Science Club and Math Club. Other clubs include

National Honor Society The National Honor Society (NHS) is a nationwide organization for high school students in the United States and outlying territories, which consists of many chapters in high schools. Selection is based on four criteria: scholarship (academic achi ...

,Speech and

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, Junior Statesmen of America, DECA, Key Club, a

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club, HOSA, newspaper club known as th
Interlake Inquirer
a Stocks club and Taichi club and Spirit Squads like Cheer and Drill.

AL Program

The AL program at Interlake is part of the Advance Placement program offered in the

for grades 2 through 12. The AL program is a selective program; in which applicants must have a minimum score of 144 on the

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. 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

schools;

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and

Tyee Middle School Bellevue School District No. 405 (BSD) is a public school district in King County, headquartered in Bellevue. As of October 1, 2016, the district has an enrollment of 19,974 students. The Bellevue School District includes 28 schools: 15 element ...

. 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. 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

* Michael Allan – former NFL

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– former

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pitcher *

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– highest finishing American in the 10k at the

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and current Interlake cross country and track coach *

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– former

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for the Grammy-nominated band

Queensrÿche Queensrÿche is an American heavy metal band. It formed in 1982 in Bellevue, Washington, out of the local band the Mob. The band has released 16 studio albums, one EP, and several DVDs, and continues to tour and record. The original lineup ...

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– former state senator and chairman of the

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Tom Flick Thomas Lyle Flick (born August 30, 1958) is a former American football quarterback who played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with five teams. He played college football at the University of Washington, and is currently a corpo ...

– former NFL quarterback * Glenn Kelman – CEO of

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and co-founder of

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* Bryan and Denny Kirkwood, twin American actors *

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–

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boxer *

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– soccer player and the cofounder of Sozo Sports *

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– former U.S. soccer midfielder * Jim Mora – former NFL

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– former MLB first baseman *

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– professional actor, currently on

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(USA Network) *

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– former NFL linebacker * Steve Pelluer – former NFL quarterback * Matt Pitman – former

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of the

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– radio play by play announcer of the NBA's Chicago Bulls *

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– film director, producer, and writer *

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– co-leader with her sister Ann of the band Heart; class of 1972 *

Michael Wilton Michael F. Wilton (born February 23, 1962) also known as The Whip, for how fast his fingers "whip" around the guitar fretboard, is an American musician, best known for being a guitarist and songwriter in the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, wh ...

– lead guitarist for the Grammy-nominated band

* Brian Wood – anchor and reporter for

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References

External links

* {{Authority control High schools in King County, Washington Bellevue School District International Baccalaureate schools in Washington (state) Educational institutions established in 1968 Public high schools in Washington (state)