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Mercer Island High School (MIHS) is a public high school located in Mercer Island, Washington in the U.S., as part of the Mercer Island School District.
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- Mercer island high school hall march snare cam
- Awards and recognition
- Academics
- Music Program
- Athletics
- Notable faculty
- References
As of the 2011-2012 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,448 students and 67.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 21.7.
Awards and recognition
During the 2006-07 school year, Mercer Island High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.
Academics
With average SAT scores of 635, 609, and 596 in the math, critical reading, and writing sections respectively, students who attend Mercer Island High School score just over one full standard deviation above the national average SAT score. Mercer Island also features the highest Washington Assessment of Student Learning scores statewide. Additionally, more than 90% of graduates pursue higher education, with 87% of those attending four-year institutions.
Types of class offerings include special education, fine arts, honors, world languages, career and technical education, and AP classes. KMIH 94.5 FM is a student-run radio station and also an educational class at Mercer Island High School.
Music Program
The MIHS music program consists of an orchestra, four concert bands, a marching band, a pep band, several jazz ensembles, a steel drum band, a Jazz Choir, and a Bel Canto Choir. Over 400 students annually participate in at least one of these groups, making up over a quarter of the MIHS student population.
The band programs and their affiliated students have been recognized for their skill in a number of different venues. In 2011, the MIHS marching band traveled internationally to participate in the 2011 London, England New Year’s Day Parade & Festival upon royal invitation. The following year, the marching band performed in the 2012 Rose Parade.
Other notable performances and honors are listed below:
Athletics
Mercer Island High School was honored by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association as the 3A Wells Fargo Scholastic Cup Champion for the 2005-06 school year, based on State championship victories in boys' track and field, boys' golf, boys' swimming and diving and boys' tennis.
Boys' Lacrosse has been to 10 out of the last 11 state championships and has won six of them.
Girls' Swim and Dive had an undefeated season in 2009 ending it by winning the State Championship. Boys' Swim and Dive also went undefeated in the 2009-2010 season, and went on to win their fifth consecutive State title.
The girls' and boys' tennis teams have won a combined 41 State championships since 1972. Both teams are current state champions.
The basketball team, formally coached by all-time Washington state wins leader Ed Pepple, recorded its first losing season in 38 years in 2006.
In 1981 Mercer Island Basketball Team lost the AAA State basketball final game to Shadle Park in a controversial decision. At 64-65 to Mercer Island, a last-second shot by Shadle Park "depending on who you are listening to, either clearly did or clearly didn’t beat the air horn." Though Shadle Park won the game, it is recorded as a "win" in the Islanders' official school records.
Boys' swimming was rated first in its class by the 2006-07 NISCA National Dual Meet Team Rankings.
The sailing team was Olympic medaled silver on two occasions. The championships are only a fraction of the total historical county, State, and national championships that Mercer Island High School has achieved. Those are listed on the walls of the primary sport courts, id est: drill team won State of Washington and King County championships during 2006; water polo & lacrosse are ranked nationally and have won national and international championships consecutive years; sailing; track & field; cross country; golf; baseball; basketball; gridiron football; tennis; squash; wrestling; soccer football; cheerleading; volleyball; gymnastics; softball.
There is no longer a school mascot. The “tropical warrior” Islander mascot of the ‘70’s was deemed to be offensive and has not been used since. The Snail Pound, a pep club made up of Junior and Senior male students adopted the "island logo" (a logo consisting of an island, water, and a sun, resembling the letters "MI") as a snail and used it as their own, having been used by the school for decades. However, the Snail Pound is not affiliated with the school.