Issaquah High School

Issaquah High School, also known as Issaquah Senior High School or IHS, is a public secondary school located in Issaquah, Washington, USA. Founded in 1905, IHS was the first high school in Issaquah, WA. Most of the current academic buildings were completed in 1962. As of 2006, IHS serves grades 10-12. The student body grew steadily from 1,275 in '98-'99 to 1,619 in '04-'05. At the beginning of the '05-'06 academic year, the student body dropped several hundred students due to the inauguration of the Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus and, thus, the removal of ninth grade students. The school principal is Ms. Paula Phelps.

Mascot Controversy

Issaquah is an Indian/Native American name and the name was passed down from generation to generation.

In the early 2000s, the school changed its mascot from the Indians, a mascot the school had previously held for nearly 100 years, to the Eagles. The change came about due to political-correctness concerns, after The Church Council of Greater Seattle adopted a resolution calling for an end to all Native American imagery in school mascots in 2001. The change went into effect in 2003 after working with the Snoqualmie Tribe to develop an image which they approved of.

Notable alumni

• Jennie Reed (class of '96), U.S. national champion cycle racer and Olympian (2004)
• Colin Curtis- Arizona State baseball star future MLB player

Trivia

The school is the location of a German textbook for high school English students called "Green Line New 4" by Klett Verlag (1998).

References

• [1], Office of the WA State Superintendent of Public Instruction, [2005]
• [2], History Link Ink. [2006]
• [3], Issaquah School District, [2006]
• Issaquah High School changes mascot, Seattle Post-Intelligencer / Associated Press (June 27, 2003)
• Student allegedly hacks into school computer to change grades KING 5 News (April 7, 2005)

External links

• Issaquah High School website
• Issaquah High School profile provided by schooltree.org
• Issaquah School District website