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Not to be confused with Belmont High School (disambiguation).
Bellmont High School
Address
Map
1000 North Adams Drive

Decatur
,
Indiana
46733

United States
Coordinates40°50′08″N 84°54′35″W / 40.83556°N 84.90972°W / 40.83556; -84.90972
Information
TypePublic
Established1967
School districtNorth Adams Community Public Schools
PrincipalKim Hiatt
Staff49.33 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Number of students692 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.03[1]
Color(s)     
NicknameBraves and Squaws
AccreditationNorth Central Association
NewspaperBrave Talk
WebsiteOfficial website

Bellmont High School is a public high school located in Decatur, Indiana, United States. It was founded in 1967.

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. It 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 Street. 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, including 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, 2020 It won a football title in 2008 and volleyball championships in 2007 and 2010.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bellmont Senior High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  2. ^ IHSAA. "IHSAA State Championships by School". ihsaa.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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