Beallsville High School
Beallsville High School is a public high school in Beallsville, Ohio. It is one of three high schools in the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District. Their nickname is the Blue Devils. Colors are Blue and White The Blue Devils play in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference.
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On August 29, 2011, Beallsville High School began its 83rd and final year in the same building. Beallsville High School opened at its present location in September 1928. The 3 story section is the original part. In September 1955, an addition opened. This is the 2 story section that is attached to the original structure. This part also includes the library, Home Economic room, the Science Labs, the Art Lab, the basketball arena, the stage, the lobby, the coaches office (which was the band room until 1965), and the locker rooms. The original 1928 basketball arena on the 2nd floor of the original structure was turned into the cafeteria. The original 1928 stage is now the kitchen.
In September 1965, the grade school was opened at the same site. Previously, it was in downtown Beallsville at the Convenient Food Mart site (not the same building). The grade school is attached to the high school. This means that from the time a student enters kindergarten, he or she will stay in the same building for their entire schooling. By 1970, the schoolhouse was filled to capacity.
In September 1970, a portable building was brought in to house the kindergarten and 4th grade classes. This building is still there as of March 2011. A few years ago, a new roof was put on the portable building. A new paint job for that building was completed in June 2008.
Beallsville Blue Devils' football head coach is Dave Caldwell. He is a 1973 graduate of Beallsville. He came back to his alma mater in 1981 to teach and to be an assistant coach for the gridiron team. In 1982, Caldwell was promoted to head coach.
Blue Devil stadium was built in 1955 after the construction of the high school addition took its former locale. Blue Devil Stadium consists of a baseball field and football field. Blue Devil Stadium got lights in time for the 1956 season. In 2006, the stadium got 4 new light poles with 10 lights each.
Dustin Nippert, a major league baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers, attended the high school.
In September 2008, the boys and girls bathrooms in the 1955 addition were completely remodeled. Also, the windows that face State Route 145 in the 1955 addition were replaced.
As of May 5, 2009, the voters of this fine district passed a levy that will replace the Beallsville School Complex. Site work began around September 2009. The groundbreaking for the new school house was on 10-18-10. When Christmas break of the 2011-2012 school year rolls around, the students of Beallsville should be in the new building. The k-12 will still be together in the new building.
