Inderkum High School
| Inderkum High School | |
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| Address | |
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2500 New Market Drive Natomas, California United States |
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| Type | Public |
| School district | Natomas Unified School District |
| Superintendent | Chris Evans |
| Principal | Dan Motherspaw |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Co-ed |
| Number of students | 1,984 (2016-2017) |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Nickname | Tigers |
| Website | Inderkum High School |
Inderkum High School is an American public high school located in Sacramento, California, United States serving grades 9–12 in the Natomas Unified School District. It is an International Baccalaureate World School located in the northwestern neighborhoods of Sacramento.
Inderkum High School has a student body that consists of a variety of students from inside the Natomas Unified School District. Students primarily attend Natomas Middle School for grades 6-8 and Witter Ranch, Natomas Park, Heron, and H. Allen Hight for elementary school. Students also come from Westlake K-8, NP3 Middle, Natomas Charter, and Leroy Greene Academy, which are all charter schools. Its name comes from Mr. Inderkum, a dairy farmer who donated the land. The mascot is a blue and gold tiger and the football stadium is often referred to the Home of the Tigers.
Inderkum originally opened its doors in 2004. When it was first opened, many students switched from their (now) rival school, Natomas High School, into Inderkum. As the first years went by, Inderkum High School had collected a reputation in its sports as well as academics.
Inderkum houses the culminating International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (DP) since 2012. The first class graduated in 2016. It is one of several high schools in the Sacramento area to offer this rigorous academic program. Students can either complete the full diploma by taking a certain battery of classes or pick and choose certain classes to take. The Middle Years Programme (MYP) is something that all freshman and sophomores participate in at Inderkum in addition to participating in their middle school years at Natomas Middle School. The primary years programme (PYP) is housed at H. Allen Hight Elementary School and will also be housed at the soon-to-open Paso Verde K-8 School in Westlake.
The first principal of Inderkum High School was Ron Zimbalist, former Natomas Middle School principal who was principal from 2004 to 2005. From 2005-2007, Ben Flores (former Woodland High School principal) was the principal. From 2007-2010 the principal was Leslie Sargent who is now at the Leroy Greene Academy, a charter school in Natomas Unified. From 2010-2013, George Tapanes, former principal at Fortuna Union High School served as principal until he was asked to step down. From 2013-2015, Heather Garcia was the assistant superintendent in charge of Inderkum. Since 2015, Dan Motherspaw, who has been at the school since 2005 has served as principal.
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