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Independence High School is a public High School located in the Berryessa area of San Jose , California , USA . It serves the neighborhoods of Berryessa and East San Jose . The high school is located on Educational Park Drive and is just north of Overfelt Gardens . Student population is approximately 3900, with approximately 180 teachers serving the school. Independence is part of the East Side Union High School District . Independence High School's mascot is the 76er (more commonly known as the SIXER), so-called because of its founding in 1976. It correlates to the patriots who signed the United States Constitution in 1776. Currently the whole school is undergoing major renovation. YEARBOOK Independence High School's award-winning yearbook, ''The American'', is known for detailed writing. Its annual budget is $65,000. BAND Independence has a band program that includes Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, and Symphonic Band. Independence also has Winter Percussion, WinterGuard (A and Open) programs. Independence's band, the 76th Cavalry - Marching Band And Color Guard was World Champion in 1981 and are currently competing in the WBA circuit and are in the AAA division. CHOIR IHS has two choirs-- the Concert Choir and the Chamber Choir. Chamber Choir is audition only, auditions during May/June. The choirs have many concerts in December and May, but the Chamber Choir has a fundraising concert in Mid-January. DANCE Dance classes offered at Independence include: Jazz 1, Jazz 2-3, Ballet 1, Ballet 2-4, Modern 1, Modern 2-4, and Theater Dance (also known as IndepenDance Company, audition only). However, recent events have taken place so that Jazz 1 -- which could be taken in place of P.E. -- will be removed from the list of classes that one can take to receive P.E. credit, starting from the year of '06-'07. This will inevitably lead to a lower membership in IndepenDance, and the Dance department overall. EXTERNAL LINKS
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