Type Public school Principal Christopher Troetti Enrollment 1000 Mascot Wildcat Colors White, Maroon | Established 1939 Grades 9 - 12 Phone +1 203-794-8600 Number of students 1,000 | |
Address 300 Whittlesey Dr, Bethel, CT 06801, USA Similar Bethel Board of Education, Danbury High School, Newtown High School, Joel Barlow High Sch, Immaculate High School | ||
Bethel High School is a public secondary school located in the town of Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, approximately 60 miles north of New York City. The school serves the town of Bethel.
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History
Bethel High School was established in 1884. The original building was on South Street. A new building was built in 1939 on what later became School Street, and additions to its main building were made over the next few years. The School Street building is now the Bethel Municipal Center (Town Hall). The South Street building was later converted into a fire station. It stood where the Bethel Volunteer Fire Department Headquarters is today. In 1970 a new high school was built in the Bethel Educational Park (now David W. Deakin Educational Park).
In 2009, renovations to the school building were finished, creating new classroom space, a new gym, music education area, and other facilities.
Campus
Bethel High School occupies 64 acres (260,000 m2), with views of the Berkshires in the distance. The main school building contains approximately 70 classrooms, several computer labs, a media center, and a theater. Other rooms include industrial technology areas, art and photography rooms, and the cafeteria. The campus also includes a large gymnasium, a weight room, a wrestling room, a tennis court, a track, and several athletic fields.
Class schedule
Bethel High operates on an eight period rotating class schedule. There are six periods per day in an eight-day cycle, allowing for eight possible courses. (However, students may take fewer classes if employed, or concurrently enrolled in a college class.)
Students
The following breakdown of students based on ethnicity is an estimate from 2014 enrollment data.
Fall sports
Winter sports
(**) Ice Hockey
Spring sports
Other extracurricular activities
(**) BBD Ice Cats Hockey team: (with members from Brookfield, Bethel & Danbury high schools) is a "tri-op" high school hockey team competing in the South West Conference (SWC) - D2/3. The Ice Cats call the Danbury (CT) Ice Arena their home. In 09'-10' and 12'-13' BBD won the Div.2/Div.3 SWC Championship and were runners-up in 2011. They advanced to the CIAC Div.3 State Final (09'-10'). In the 2012/2013 season BBD moved up to Div.2 and advanced to the State Semi Final. Team website: bbdhockey.com