Bethel High School (Virginia)
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1067 Big Bethel Road Hampton, Virginia 23666 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Founded | 1968 |
| School district | Hampton City Schools |
| Superintendent | Dr. Jeffery Smith |
| Dean | Craig Brehon (Boys) Cantese Pace-Pierce (Girls) |
| Principal | Mr. Ralph Saunders |
| Staff | Lee Martin (Athletic Director) Earnest Williams (School Police Officer) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,831 (2014-15) |
| Language | English |
| Color(s) |
Green Gold |
| Athletics conference |
Virginia High School League AAA Peninsula District AAA Eastern Region |
| Team name | Bruins |
| Rival | Hampton High School |
| Communities served | Northampton, Farmington, Westview Lakes, Michael's and Hampton Woods, Aberdeen Gardens, Fox Hill, and Newmarket. |
| Website | http://bhs.sbo.hampton.k12.va.us/ |
Bethel High School is a public high school located in the northeastern section of Hampton, Virginia, United States. Bethel is the third of four public high schools in Hampton along with Kecoughtan, Hampton, and Phoebus.
Bethel High School was built in 1968 to handle the overflow of Hampton High School and Kecoughtan High School students. Since the school board liked the Kecoughtan High School floor plan, Bethel's floor plan was designed similarly, with only a couple of differences (e.g., the courtyard and the 900 hallways). Bethel was named after the area of Bethel and also after the Civil War battle of Big Bethel. Since the school was in a rural location at the time, Bethel had the biggest school zone in the city. Most residents from Langley Field heading west toward the city of Newport News were all zoned for Bethel. Today the school is still considered the highest-populated school and still has the biggest zone in the city of Hampton.
Student Ethnicity Source: VA Dept. of Education, 2004-2005 Ethnicity This School State Average
Bethel's athletic teams are nicknamed "Bruins" after UCLA, and the school colors of green and gold are adopted from the Green Bay Packers.
The school won three football state championships in 1974, 1976 and 1993.
Former NBA superstar Allen Iverson led Bethel to state championships in both basketball and football. He was drafted first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1996 NBA Draft. Iverson is a four-time NBA scoring champion, an 11-time NBA All-Star, and the 2001 NBA MVP. In 2003, Bethel honored the former Bruin by retiring his high school basketball jersey.
Mike London, former head football coach at the University of Virginia, is a 1979 Bethel High School graduate. London won the NCAA I-AA National Championship as head coach at University of Richmond in 2008.
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