| Interlake High School | |
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| Location | |
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16245 Northeast 24th Street , 98008 United States | |
| Coordinates | 47°37′44″N122°07′26″W / 47.629°N 122.124°W /47.629; -122.124 |
| Information | |
| Type | Publichigh school |
| Motto | Integrity,Humanity,Scholarship |
| Established | 1967; 58 years ago (1967) |
| School district | Bellevue S.D. |
| CEEB code | 480069 |
| Principal | Bret Cochrun[2] |
| Teaching staff | 82.26 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,604 (2023–2024)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.50[1] |
| Colors | Navy blue, Columbia blue, White |
| Mascot | Saint Bernard |
| Nickname | Saints |
| Newspaper | The Interlake Inquirer |
| Website | School website |
IHS main entrance in 2017, with 50th anniversary banner | |
Interlake High School (IHS) is a publicsecondary school inBellevue, Washington, one of the four traditionalhigh schools in theBellevue School District. Its mascot is aSaint Bernard named Bernie, and the school's sports teams are known as the "Saints."
Interlake High School opened in 1968.[3] In 1997, Interlake began offering theInternational Baccalaureate program.[4]
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.[5]
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The AL program at Interlake is part of the Advance Placement program offered in theBellevue School District for grades 2 through 12.[6][needs update]
The AL program is a selective program; in which applicants must have a minimum score of 144 on theCognitive Abilities Test. 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 twoBellevue School District schools;Odle Middle School andTyee Middle School. The high school AL program continued from the middle school AL Program extends the science, English, and social studies classes further in theInternational Baccalaureate (IB) program.[7] In the IB program, AL students complete the IB diploma during 10th and 11th grade, rather than the usual 11th and 12th grade.