Bellevue East High School

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Bellevue East High School
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Bellevue East High School
1401 High School Drive

Bellevue
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Nebraska
68005
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School typeHigh school
Founded1962
School district Bellevue P.S.
SuperintendentJeff Rippe
PrincipalJeffery Wagner
Staff98.20 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,482 (2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio15.09 [1]
LanguageEnglish
Area Bellevue, Nebraska
Color(s)   
Purple, silver and white
MascotChieftains
Team nameChieftains
Website Bellevue East HS

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.

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Athletics

State championships [2]
SeasonSportNumber of championshipsYear
Fall Football 0
Cross country, boys 0
Cross country, girls0
Volleyball 0
Softball 0
Golf, girls0
Tennis, boys0
Unified bowling0
Winter Basketball, boys 0
Basketball, girls32002, 2006, 2011
Swimming & Diving, boys0
Swimming & Diving,

girls

0
Wrestling, boys31961, 1964, 1972
Wrestling, girls0
Bowling, boys0
Bowling, girls0
SpringBaseball0
Soccer, boys 0
Soccer, girls0
Track and field, boys 11991
Track and field, girls31991, 1992, 1993
Golf, boys0
Tennis, girls0
Total10

Bellevue East's marching band won the Class A championship in the 2021 NSBA state marching contest.

Performing arts

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 the 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.

Notable alumni

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