About Clear Lake High School

First established in 1901, Clear Lake High School was located at its present site in 1965 in Lakeport, California, and is a part of the Lakeport Unified School District. Clear Lake High School is the only comprehensive high school in the district, which includes one elementary school (grades K-3), one middle school (grades 4-8), one community day school (grades 6-9), one continuation high school, and one alternative school (home school/independent study). The school campuses are adjacent to one another. Lakeport is the county seat of Lake County that is approximately 100 miles northeast of San Francisco and characterized by mountainous terrain. Its major topographical feature is Clear Lake-- the state's largest natural freshwater lake.

Our Goal

Clear Lake High School promotes critical thinking, lifelong learners, healthy choices, and social awareness, to ensure all students have opportunities to be college, career, and life ready.

Our Vision

Student Learner Outcome

Our core values reflect what it means to a Cardinal… Each staff member and every student is expected to develop these qualities and skills at CLHS and to display them in the larger community

• Take initiative to set goals and work independently and tenaciously to achieve them
• Take into consideration other possibilities and point of view
• The ability to tackle unexpected problems and resolve
• Apply background knowledge, creativity and persistence to solve problems

• The process of learning anything that strengthen your mind, improves memory and instills higher levels of self
• Practice communication that is appropriate to the situation
• Reflect on daily learning experiences to give real meaning to learning
• Enter post high school life with the practical abilities to successfully manage adulthood

• Contribute, serve and participate productively in our school and community
• Become aware of how and where to seek help for ourselves and others
• Work effectively as part of a team
• Understanding and practice achieving a growth mindset

• Show tolerance of individual and cultural differences
• Demonstrate effective conflict resolution strategies
• Practice compassion, empathy, and understanding
• Make a conscious decision to understand others emotions, reactions and responses.