History
The idea for Eastside Catholic originated in 1974 and the new school opened its doors in 1980 in downtown Bellevue. For its first nine years, its campus was south of the Bellevue Square mall, at the former Bellevue Junior High School (old Bellevue High), now the Downtown Park. The next campus was also rented from the Bellevue School District at the former Ringdall Junior High (1970–87) at 11650 SE 60th Street in Newport Hills. Eastside Catholic occupied that campus for nineteen years, from 1989 to June 2008. The new $42 million campus in the city of Sammamish opened in August 2008, which included an expansion to include grades 6-8.
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