Bethany High School

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Bethany High School
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Bethany High School
6623 North Mueller Avenue

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73008

United States
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School type Public High School
Established1910
School districtBethany School District
SuperintendentReuben Bellows
PrincipalDavid Jewell
Faculty31.46 (FTE) [1]
Grades 912
Enrollment528 (2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.78 [1]
Campus size6 acres (2.4 ha)
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Purple and White   
Mascot Broncho
Website bethanyschools.com/high

Bethany High School is located in Bethany, Oklahoma, United States. The first class graduated in 1931. In the 2014 Bethany High School won the National Blue Ribbon Award. The school mascot is a broncho.

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History

Bethany Public Schools was organized as School District No. 88 on December 27, 1910. Among its first trustees were J.W. Vawter and U.D.T. Murray, father of Wm. H. Murray, former governor of Oklahoma. Bonds were voted in the amount of $2,000 to erect the first building, a concrete-block, one-room structure, in 1910–11. This district was carved from a very small existing school. For a while, the school could support only one teacher, but by the 1914–15 term, the enrollment had increased to 89. This necessitated the creation of another room and the employment of a second teacher. In 1927-28 two years of high school credits were offered. Two years later, the high school offered all four years of credits and the first graduating class was in the spring of 1931. In the 2014 Bethany High School won the National Blue Ribbon Award. Construction began in the 2016 school year on new classrooms, a S.T.E.M. Building, and the Dr. Kent Shellenberger Performing Arts Center and was completed in 2017.

Notable alumni

Athletic achievements

Extracurricular activities

Bethany High School has a wide variety of extracurricular activities for the student body to get involved in including Key Club, Spanish Club, Student Council, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, Young Republicans Club, Book Club, Robotics Club, Speech & Debate, Show Choir, Band, and Orchestra.

Each spring Bethany Public Schools produces an "All-School" musical including students from 5th to 12th grade. Some recent musicals include The Little Mermaid, and The Music Man.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "BETHANY HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  2. "Dr. David A. Busic | Church of the Nazarene". nazarene.org. Retrieved 2019-02-15.

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