Bellmont High School

Not to be confused with Belmont High School (disambiguation).
Bellmont High School

Profiles of Our Future
Address
1000 North Adams Drive
Decatur, Indiana 46733
United States
Coordinates 40°50′08″N 84°54′35″W / 40.83556°N 84.90972°W / 40.83556; -84.90972Coordinates: 40°50′08″N 84°54′35″W / 40.83556°N 84.90972°W / 40.83556; -84.90972
Information
Type Public
Established 1967
School district North Adams Community Public Schools
Principal Kim Hiatt
Grades 9–12
Number of students 701 (2016)
Color(s)               
Nickname Braves and Squaws
Accreditation North Central Association
Newspaper Brave Talk
Website www.nadams.k12.in.us/BellmontHigh.cfm

Bellmont High School is a public high school located in Decatur, Indiana. The school was founded in 1967. Athletic conference NE8 Bellmont is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and is rated as a comprehensive high school by the Indiana Department of Education. The school offers many subjects, numerous clubs, and several varsity athletic teams. The boys' athletics teams are known as the Braves, and the girls' teams are called the Squaws.

History

Bellmont High School has been in existence since 1967. Bellmont is a consolidation of Decatur Catholic High School, Monmouth High School, and Decatur High School. It was originally located between 3rd and 4th Streets and Jefferson St. Two years later, the school moved to its current location at 1000 North Adams Drive on the site of the former Bellmont Park. Since that time, the building has been expanded a number of times to include improvements to the expansion of the athletic complexes and the widening curriculum. Bellmont has two gymnasiums as well as facilities for all varsity sports. Bellmont also has a band and arts program. The theatre seats 820.

Athletics

Bellmont Offers a variety of competitive sports teams. Some sports teams include baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, and wrestling.

The school wrestling team won the state team title in 1987, 1988 and 1994. It took a football title in 2008 and volleyball championships in 2007 and 2010.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ IHSAA. "IHSAA State Championships by School". ihsaa.org. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

External links

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