Bell County High School is the only high school in the Bell County Schools

Bell County Schools

Bell County Schools is the school district for Bell County, Kentucky, United States.It is the largest of the three districts in the county. Its most notable achievements were the 1991 and 2008 state football championships, Class AAA and the cheerleading team going to State in 2008-2011.-Schools:*...

 after the consolidation of Bell County High School and Lone Jack High School in the 1980s. It is located in Bell County, Kentucky

Bell County, Kentucky

Bell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed August 1, 1867, from parts of Knox and Harlan Counties and augmented from Knox County in 1872. As of 2010 the population was 69,060. Its county seat is Pineville...

 and accommodates grades 9-12. Commonly referred to as BCHS or Bell High, the current building was built after the flood of 1977 and succeeds the former high school (now known as Old Bell County High School, or simply Old Bell High) which is located in a flood plain and was heavily flooded in '77. Today's campus sits on a hill above US 25E

U.S. Route 25

U.S. Route 25 is a north–south United States highway that runs for from Brunswick, Georgia to the Ohio state line in Covington, Kentucky.-Georgia:...

 about 3 miles (5 km) south of the county seat of Pineville

Pineville, Kentucky

Pineville is a city in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,093 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Bell County. It is located on a small strip of land between the Cumberland River and Pine Mountain.-History:...

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History

Bell county High School (BCHS) is the home of students ranging from grades 9-12. Its football team was the 2007-2008 4A State Champions. It is the only remaining county high school after the consolidation of Lone Jack High School and Bell County High School in the 1980s. The current building was built after the 1977 flood that destroyed much of Pineville, KY. Prior to the flood, Bell High was located in a building now referred to as Old Bell High. Today's campus is located on a hill that overlooks US 25E about 3 miles (6 km) South of Pineville (the county seat).

Statistics

It is the home of 864 students with 50% being boys and 50% being girls. There are 52 teachers on faculty. Grade 9 is made up of 276 students, Grade 10 is made up of 219 students, Grade 11 is made up of 191 students, and Grade 12 is made up of 178 students.
The student teacher ratio is 1:17. The percentage of students eligible for free lunch is 66% and those eligible for reduced lunch is 9%. this schools Number of Managed schools is 8, Number of Students Managed 3,108, District Total Revenue $27,375,000, District Expenditure $27,923,000, District Revenue / Student $8,808, District Expenditure / Student $8,984, District Graduation Rates 72%.

Clubs

• National Honor Society
  National Honor Society
  The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
  
  
• First Priority
  First Priority
  First Priority is a youth organization that supports student-initiated, student-led Christian clubs on middle school and high school campuses.First Priority of America, Inc. supports local city FP movements in over 70 cities across the US....
  
  
• Beta
  National Beta Club
  The National Beta Club is an organization for 5th-12th graders in the United States, recognizing academic achievement, leadership, character and service....
  
   Club
• Air Force JROTC
• Drama
• Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
• National FFA Organization
  National FFA Organization
  The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...
  
   (FFA)
• Future Homemakers of America (FHA)
• Marching and Performing Band
• Health Occupation Students of America HOSA
  HOSA
  Health Occupations Students of America is a national career and technical student organization endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Technology Education Division of ACTE. HOSA is composed of secondary and postsecondary students. It is headquartered in Flower Mound,...
  
  
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a non-profit interdenominational Christian organization founded in 1954 and that has been based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1956. It falls within the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Although established by evangelical Protestants, the concept has...
  
  
• Science Club
• Spanish Club
• SkillsUSA VICA
• S.T.L.P. (Student Leadership Technology Program)
• Future Educators of America
• T.A.T.U. (Teens Against Tobacco Use)

Student government

The BCHS student government (commonly referred to as Student Council) is responsible for many activities within the school. It hosts all dances at the school, funds prom, and finds the annual senior trip. Popular among the council is the annual Talent Show. It is used as the platform at which candidates for the next year's council are introduced. The current president is Brittany Collins (school year 11-12).

Sports and Academic Organizations

• Football
  American football
  American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
  
  
• Marching Band
  Marching band
  Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
  
  
• Boys' basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
  
  
• Girls' basketball
• Baseball
  Baseball
  Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
  
  
• Softball
  Softball
  Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
  
  
• Track and field
  Track and field
  Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
  
  
• Cross country
  Cross country running
  Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
  
  
• Volleyball
  Volleyball
  Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
  
  
• Academic team
• Future Problem Solvers
• Science Olympiad
  Science Olympiad
  Science Olympiad is an American elementary, middle, or high school team competition which tests knowledge of various science topics and engineering ability. Over 6,200 teams from 49 U.S. states compete each year. Most teams compete in three levels of competition: regionals, states, and nationals...
  
  
• SkillsUSA
  SkillsUSA
  SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 320,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. Since 2010, SkillsUSA has had Thomas...
  
   VICA
• Tennis
  Tennis
  Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
  
  
• Golf
  Golf
  Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
  
  

Notable alumni

• Dr. G. Samuel Hurst - inventor of the first touchscreen
  Touchscreen
  A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus...
  
  technology

Sources

• http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/32175
• http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&rlz=1I7ADFA_en&um=1&q=pictures+of+bell+county+high+school&sa=N&start=40&ndsp=20