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Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Ohio)

Bellaire High School
Address
349 35th Street
Bellaire, Ohio 43906
United States
Coordinates 40°1′3″N 80°44′32″W / 40.01750°N 80.74222°W / 40.01750; -80.74222Coordinates: 40°1′3″N 80°44′32″W / 40.01750°N 80.74222°W / 40.01750; -80.74222
Information
Type Public, Coeducational high school
Motto Once a Big Red, Always a Big Red!
Established 1876
Opened 1925
School district Bellaire Local School District
Superintendent Darren Jenkins
Principal Kassie Anderson
Grades 912
Enrollment 295 (2016)
Color(s) Red and Black         
Athletics conference Buckeye 8 Athletic League
Ohio Valley Athletic Conference
Team name Big Reds
Newspaper The Tribunal
Yearbook The Beljuan
Athletic Director Molly Feller
Website

Bellaire High School is a public high school located in Bellaire, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Bellaire Local School District. Athletic teams compete as the Bellaire Big Reds in the Ohio High School Athletic Association as a member of the Buckeye 8 Athletic League as well as the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference.

The first school in Bellaire was organized in 1876; classes met in the First Ward School Building that also housed a public primary school. The school gained its own building in 1925 at the school's present location.

"Bellaire High School, dedicated in 1925, was considered at that time to be the most modern in the Ohio Valley. Since its inception it has included 30 classrooms, a combination auditorium gym, a library, home economics rooms, chemistry and physics labs, typing room, office practice room, music room and offices of the superintendent of schools, the high school principal and guidance counselor." (Excerpt from a Times Leader article from February 1, 1999)

The mission of Bellaire High School is to provide quality educational opportunities for all students and to prepare each student for academic, social, and personal success by providing a productive and safe learning environment. Therefore, students will develop the necessary life skills to adapt to and thrive in our society as competent and responsible citizens.

Bellaire is a founding member of the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference (OVAC), joining the conference in 1943. In 2008, they also founded the Buckeye 8 Conference affiliate of the OVAC.


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