Bellevue_East_High_School
Bellevue East High School
High school in Bellevue, Nebraska
Bellevue East High School is a four-year public secondary school in Bellevue, a suburb south of Omaha, Nebraska. It opened in 1962 as Bellevue High School and was renamed Bellevue East in 1977, following the opening of Bellevue West. It is part of the Bellevue Public School System, with approximately 1,450 students in grades 9 through 12.
| Bellevue East High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
1401 High School Drive , 68005 | |
| Information | |
| School type | High school |
| Founded | 1962 |
| School district | Bellevue P.S. |
| Superintendent | Jeff Rippe |
| Principal | Jeffery Wagner |
| Staff | 98.20 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,482 (2018–19)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.09[1] |
| Language | English |
| Area | Bellevue, Nebraska |
| Color(s) | Purple, silver and white |
| Mascot | Chieftains |
| Team name | Chieftains |
| Website | Bellevue East HS |
| State championships[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Sport | Number of championships | Year |
| Fall | Football | 0 | |
| Cross country, boys | 0 | ||
| Cross country, girls | 0 | ||
| Volleyball | 0 | ||
| Softball | 0 | ||
| Golf, girls | 0 | ||
| Tennis, boys | 0 | ||
| Unified bowling | 0 | ||
| Winter | Basketball, boys | 0 | |
| Basketball, girls | 3 | 2002, 2006, 2011 | |
| Swimming & Diving, boys | 0 | ||
| Swimming & Diving,
girls |
0 | ||
| Wrestling, boys | 3 | 1961, 1964, 1972 | |
| Wrestling, girls | 0 | ||
| Bowling, boys | 0 | ||
| Bowling, girls | 0 | ||
| Spring | Baseball | 0 | |
| Soccer, boys | 0 | ||
| Soccer, girls | 0 | ||
| Track and field, boys | 1 | 1991 | |
| Track and field, girls | 3 | 1991, 1992, 1993 | |
| Golf, boys | 0 | ||
| Tennis, girls | 0 | ||
| Total | 10 | ||
Bellevue East's marching band won the 2021 NSBA state marching contest.
BEHS has three competitive show choirs. They include the mixed-gender groups "Take II" and "East in Harmony" as well as the all-female "Sensations".[3]
Currently under the direction of Jeremy Krug and Kaitlyn Keck, BEHS has seven bands along with many smaller ensembles. Those being their Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Winter Winds, Jazz 1, Jazz 2, and Campus Band. Marching Band runs from late May all they way until around the start of November. From there, it splits off into Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band for the concert season that runs through the rest of the year. Campus Band is a concert band that goes throughout the entire school year, consisting entirely on students that don't do Marching Band. Winter Winds is a group of students that participate in an indoor marching season that takes place from around the middle of November to April. Jazz 1 and Jazz 2 run throughout the school year, and can consist of students from Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Campus Band.
Bellevue East's Marching Band and Winter Winds shows have been written most recently by Michael J. Miller, famously known as the brass writer for the DCI group, Colts.
- Jerry DePoyster, Class of 1964: football player[4]
- Jim Webb, Class of 1965: United States Senator from Virginia, screenwriter, and author[5]
- Robert Hays, Class of 1965: actor[6]
- Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, Class of 1968: businesswoman and former U.S. Ambassador to Finland[7]
- Rik Bonness, Class of 1972: professional football player[8]
- Barclay Knapp, Class of 1975: Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, CEO & Co-Founder of M2M Spectrum Networks [9][10]
- Buddy Carlyle, Class of 1996: Major League Baseball player[11]
- Tyler Cloyd, Class of 2005: Major League Baseball player[12]
- Yvonne Turner, Class of 2006: WNBA Basketball player[13]
- "BELLEVUE EAST SR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
- "NEBRASKA SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION". Nebraska School Activities Association. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- "SCC: Viewing School - Bellevue East High School". Show Choir Community. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- Taylor, Eric (November 28, 2008). "Catching up with Jerry DePoyster". Wahoo Newspaper. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- Tsyver, Robynn. "At UNO, former Virginia Sen. Webb sounds like a presidential candidate". Omaha World-Herald. 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- Kaufman, Kirby (May 23, 2013). "Bellevue High grad Rik Bonness guest at BPS Foundation breakfast". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- BPS Alumni Excellence Volume 3. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
- "Buddy Carlyle Statistics and History". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- "Bellevue's Tyler Cloyd Loses MLB Debut". WOWT. Associated Press. September 3, 2012. Archived from the original on June 2, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.