Bell High School (Bell, California)

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Bell High School
Location
Bell, California, USA
Information
Locale Bell, California
Principal Onofre Di Stefano
Type Public High School
Grades 9-12
Motto Honor Lies In Honest Toil
Mascot The Mighty Eagle
Established October 23, 1925
Homepage http://www.bell.k12.ca.us/
For other schools with the same name, see Bell High School.

Bell High school is a secondary school in Bell, California, United States.

The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of District 6 of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Bell Highs motto is "Honor lies in honest toil", their mascot is the eagle, and the school colors are Purple and Gold. They are Rivals with the Huntington Park Spartans. It is the only high school in the City of Bell, and it also serves the surrounding cities of Cudahy and Maywood. Some portions of Huntington Park and Maywood are zoned to both Bell High School and Huntington Park High School.

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[edit] History

Bell High School began as the Bell Unit of the Huntington Park Union High School, and opened with only two classes, freshmen and sophomores. There were only 14 teachers and 325 students. Mr. Claude L. Reeves, a graduate from USC, was the first principal of Bell High School and he remained until 1939.

Located in the Southeastern section of Los Angeles County, Bell High School is a multi-track Year Round comprehensive high school (grades 9-12) serving 4,375 (2006 – 2007) students from the tri-communities of Bell, Cudahy, and Maywood. One of six high schools in Local District 6, and one of forty-nine comprehensive high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, Bell High School opened its doors in 1925 for 800 students. It has faithfully served the community through dramatic historical, social and technological periods of transition, and now faces even newer challenges of educating its increasing student population on the 1925 original school ground acreage.

The ethnic makeup of our students is 97.9% Latino (2006 – 2007). This designation encompasses a broad spectrum of Spanish speaking cultures including those of Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America. Of the remaining 2.1%, approximately 1.6% are White and .5% are Native American Indian, Asian, African American and Filipino.

Mission Statement: The mission of Bell High School is to educate all students to the highest degree of their abilities socially, academically, and technologically so that they become contributing members of society.

In 2005, South East High School in South Gate opened, relieving Bell. In 2006, Maywood Academy High School opened. The project page describes the school, a non-zoned magnet school, to have relieved Bell.

[edit] Sports

-Bell High School usually competes with neighboring schools Huntington Park, South Gate, Southeast, Jordan, James A. Garfield and Rooselvelt High School's.


[edit] Clubs/Activities

  • Interact Club- The Interact Club in Bell is recognized as number 1 in Los Angeles County.
  • Academic Decathlon
  • Anime Club
  • Green Club
  • Sports Club
  • Drama Club
  • Watergirls - 2007/2008 Football Season had the first set of watergirls.

[edit] SLCs

MTCA - High School students go to one of the elementary schools in the area, and tutor the children for an hour everyday.
Humanitas -
IRBA - International Relations Business Academy
9th Grade House - Focused on freshman

[edit] The Pride of the South East

  • The Bell High Marching Eagles consists of the Marching Band, Color Guard, Short Flags and Shields groups at Bell High school.They are known as "The Pride of the South East" of the Los Angeles Area due to their excellent performances on the field during football games and field tournaments.

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

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Los Angeles Unified School District District 6
High schools
Middle schools