Bethel High School - Spanaway, Washington/WA

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Bethel High School

22215 38th Avenue East, Spanaway, WA, 98387-6828 -

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Definition of Terms

Bethel High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 10 - 12

County

Pierce County, WA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1527 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

72 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 10 - 516 students

Grade 11 - 393 students

Grade 12 - 618 students

This School

(WA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:21

1:21

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(WA) School Average

% American Indian	4%	6%
% Asian	10%	6%
% Hispanic	5%	12%
% Black	8%	5%
% White	73%	69%

Additional Student Information

This School

(WA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

18%

22%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(WA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Bethel 403 School District

This School's Agency

(WA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	33	5
Number of Students Managed	18,090 students	1,985 students
District Total Revenue	$156,367,000	$16,541,000
District Expenditure	$161,346,000	$16,470,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,644	$8,333
District Expenditure / Student	$8,919	$8,297
District Graduation Rates	74%	88%

A memorable show and tell (Tacoma News Tribune)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 08:20:47 am
Bethel High School senior Travis Rimestad wanted to show his classmates how wheelchair basketball is done. So the Seattle Jr. Wheelchair Sonics Team made a stop at Bethel High School on Wednesday for a hands-on demonstration. Travis is a member of the team.
Enough vaccine for all at Puyallup school (Tacoma News Tribune)
posted on October 25, 2009 at 07:38:31 am
A few thousand people lined up Saturday morning outside Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup to get one of 2,500 free swine flu vaccines distributed by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
Clinic has only 2,500 doses of swine flu vaccine (Tacoma News Tribune)
posted on October 24, 2009 at 07:22:16 am
Today’s public clinic for swine flu vaccinations – the first in Pierce County – will have even less vaccine to give out than health officials thought earlier in the week.
No hostility in race for Bethel board (Tacoma News Tribune)
posted on October 23, 2009 at 07:31:18 am
The four candidates running for the Bethel School Board are far from strangers. In fact, relations between the opponents are downright cordial.
Questions? All about the flu (Tacoma News Tribune)
posted on October 21, 2009 at 07:26:03 am
Is the H1N1 vaccine clinic Saturday in Puyallup the only confirmed school clinic in Pierce County?

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Bethel High School is located in Spanaway, Washington. It's Bethel's oldest high school, dating back to 1958 , and has the longest class periods of all 3 high schools in the district.
Academics
For world languages, Bethel offers four years of French and Spanish, as well as three years of German.AP classes offered are Statistics, Calculus, Psychology, Literature and Composition, Studio Art, Government and Politics, and Biology.
Activities
ASB, Speech/Debate, Dance/Drill, DECA, Drama, FBLA, FCCLA, French Club, National Honor Society, Key Club, Native American Club, Natural Helpers, SAFTYE, S.A.V.E, Spanish Club, and United Cultural Congress.
Athletics
Bethel is part of the Bethel School District along with Spanaway Lake High School and Graham-Kapowsin High School. Bethel competes in the South Division of the 4A South Puget Sound league in Washington's West Central District.
Ikaika Gleason
The mascot is the Braves.Recent team state tournament results:
Boys Basketball- 2nd in 2000, 3rd in 2004, and 1st in 2005, 1st in 2007 for Super Fans (Daniel Drake-MVP)
Football- 2nd in 2000
Volleyball- 1st in 1996, 5th in 2000
Track-Phillip Villanueva. 6th place 300 hurdles, Ikaika Gleason 7th place javelin
Past Bethel Daffodil Festival Queens
Carol Glenn, 1977
Sandy Furtaw, 1982
Jeanene Dryer, 1983
Melissa Brownell, 1997
History
A speech given during the 1983 ASB Elections resulted in disciplinary action against the orator, Matthew Fraser, who then filed a lawsuit against the school district in an effort to defend the First Amendment right of free speech for students in public schools. The case was eventually taken up by the Supreme Court of the United States of America in Bethel School District v. Fraser 478 U.S. 675 , who upheld the decision of Bethel High School administrators in punishing Fraser.
Notable alumni
Mike Blowers, MLB player 1989-1999, broadcaster
Derrike Cope, NASCAR Driver 1982-Current 1990 Daytona 500 Winner
LeiLani Jones, Miss Washington USA 2007
Steve Dildine, NFL player
See also
Graham-Kapowsin High School
Spanaway Lake High School
Challenger High School
Daffodil Festival Queens

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