History
As the oldest high school in the city of Idaho Falls, IFHS originated around the turn of the 20th century. The first building was a three-story structure on the corner of North Water and Walnut Street, behind what would later became O. E. Bell Junior High School. Following the construction of a larger building that occupied the entire block between 6th and 7th Streets and S. Boulevard and South Lee Avenue (where the Wesley W. Deist Aquatic Center is presently located), the original school building became the school district administration building and was also used for overflow classrooms as part of O.E. Bell Jr. High. It was later razed and is now part of the parking lot behind the present O.E. Bell office building.
When the current campus on South Holmes Avenue opened in 1952, the building on 7th Street became Central Junior High School, which burned down on April 24, 1971. The Civic Auditorium was concurrently constructed by the city in 1952, adjacent to the then-new IFHS, and remains a major center for performing arts in the area. The school newspaper is the Tiger Times and the yearbook is The Spud. Paul Haack wrote the school song Dear Old I.F. High in 1927.
The school district added the freshman class to the high schools in August 2012, and IFHS is now a four-year school, grades 9–12.
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