Interlachen High School is a public high school located in Interlachen, Florida

Interlachen, Florida

Interlachen is a town in Putnam County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,475 at the 2000 census. The town is part of the Palatka Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Interlachen is located at ....

, operated by the Putnam County School Board

Putnam County, Florida

Putnam County is a county located in the state of Florida. The entire county makes up the Palatka Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 70,423. The U.S. Census Bureau 2009 estimate for the county was 72,893 . Its county seat is Palatka, Florida. The county is centrally...

. The current principal as of 2011 school year is Thomas Bolling, and the assistant principals are Andrew Burnett, and Charles Jenkins.

Students

There are currently 966 students enrolled at Interlachen High School. Most of the students come from close by middle schools C.H. Price or Q.I. Roberts.
Dean of Students is Sharon Spell.

There is a 5% dropout rate. 58% of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The student-to-teacher ratio is approximately 20:1.

Academics

Interlachen High School offers standard and Honors courses in the core curriculum (language arts, mathematics, social studies, science). An array of vocational programs are offered, as well, including agriscience, business, computer systems technology, criminal justice, health science, and television production.

Interlachen High School has many after-school and extra-curricular programs. IHS holds branches of several nationally recognized clubs, such as National Honor Society

National Honor Society

The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...

, Spanish National Honor Society

Spanish National Honor Society

Spanish National Honor Society is an academic honor society focused on Spanish language excellence in secondary education and promotes a continuity of interest in Spanish studies. The group, which was established in 1953 in the United States is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of...

, Future Business Leaders of America

FBLA-PBL

The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...

, Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America

Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America , formerly known as Future Homemakers of America , is a nonprofit U.S. career and technical student organization for young men and women in family and consumer science education in public and private schools through grade 12 across the United States...

, and Future Farmers of America

National FFA Organization

The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...

. Other clubs include drama, yearbook, literacy circle, genealogy, band, Society of Environmentally Conscientious Students (SECS) and Fellowship of Christian Students.

National recognition

In late 2008, the US News and World Report gave Interlachen High School national recognition when the school was listed as Bronze-level in the "Best High Schools" database. The Bronze level is described as "either do not offer AP or IB or do not achieve a college readiness index of at least 20 but successfully meet the other two key performance indicator criteria".

Band

Interlachen High School's band actively competes in competitions and festivals. From 1993-2005 the band held a "Superior" rating streak from the by the Florida Music Educators Association

Florida Music Educators Association

The Florida Music Educators Association, or FMEA, is the Florida state-level affiliate of MENC: The National Association for Music Education. FMEA is a not-for-profit, professional association that serves and supports music educators across Florida...

. In the summer of 2007, the band traveled to London

London

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, England

England

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, to perform in front of Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...

. The color guard is among the few to have performed at Westminster Abbey. In 2009 the band also received a "Superior" at the Florida Bandmasters Association for marching with their show La Nouba. The band is led by Nick Albanese, who has been conducting Interlachen High School's music program since 1992.

Baseball

Jeff Finch's Varsity baseball team for 2008-2009 school year beat UCHS by the slaughter rule(10 points or more after 4th inning) for the first time in the schools history during the semi-final round of the District Championship,
Interlachen went to finals against KHHS and was defeated, 10-6.

External links

• RAMpage, with school information (including course catalog, bell schedules, pictures, etc.)