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High School Fall Varsity Sports Preview: Bellevue East
Bellevue East Fall Varsity Sports Summaries for football, softball, volleyball, cross country, boys tennis, and girls golf as provided by the coaches. Football Season Outlook: We have had some really good success the last two seasons, going 4-5 and 5-4. This is our first winning record in 14 seasons and the most two-season win total in…
High School Fall Varsity Sports Preview: Bellevue West
Bellevue West Fall Varsity Sports Previews for football, softball, volleyball, cross country, boys tennis, and girls golf as provided by the coaches. Football Season Outlook: The 2024 Thunderbirds will feature many new faces as they work to improve on last year’s 7-4 quarter-final loss campaign. Although nine consecutive years of winning a playoff game has been…
Bellevue Public Schools Finishes First Full Week with Students as Two Teachers Share What Led them to BPS
As the first full week of classes for Bellevue Public Schools came to an end today, it also marked the first full week with students for 79 new BPS teachers this year. According to Amanda Oliver, Director of Communication for Bellevue Public Schools, roughly half of the new teachers joined the district with previous teaching…
BPS Implements Cell Phone Plan for the New School Year
As the new school year begins in Bellevue, Bellevue Public Schools is implementing a plan regarding cell phones and non-district electronic devices in the classroom. Each year a district survey is sent to the entire Bellevue Public Schools staff to find out what their thoughts are on how the district is doing – what is…
Gross Catholic Graduate Travis to Compete at 2024 Summer Olympics
This summer, the Gross Catholic Cougars are thrilled to be cheering on one of their own in the Olympics. A 2012 graduate, Dylan Travis will represent the United States at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games. Travis is one of four players on the national team squad for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. This will be the…
Bellevue West High School Names New Head Coaches for Boys’ & Girls’ Tennis
Bellevue Public Schools and Bellevue West High School is pleased to announce the new head coaches for boys’ and girls’ tennis. Matt Lauritsen will serve as the new head boys’ tennis coach beginning this 2024-25 fall season. Coach Lauritsen has served as the assistant boys’ tennis coach for the past 10 years at Bellevue West. …
Bellevue West High School Names New Head Coaches for Track and Field
Bellevue Public Schools and Bellevue West High School is pleased to announce the new head coaches for track and field. Derrell Bradford will serve as the new head boys’ track and field coach beginning the 2024-25 school year. Bradford was an assistant track and field coach at Bellevue West during the 2023 and 2024 seasons. …
Over 350 from Bellevue Named to Spring 2024 Deans’ Lists at Area Universities
At state and local universities, over 400 students from Bellevue received recognition for their academic excellence by earning a spot on the Spring 2024 Dean’s List or Chancellor’s List. To earn a spot on a university Dean’s List, students must maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher while taking a minimum of 12 credit hours. UNO…
Presenting Bellevue’s High School Graduates – The Class of 2024
This month, the Bellevue community welcomes over 1,100 new high school graduates! Congratulations to all of the graduates from Bellevue’s five high schools: Bellevue East, Bellevue West, Gross Catholic, Bryan High School, and Cornerstone Christian. We wish each of you a bright future as you go out to change the world and make it a…
Bellevue West High School Auditorium Groundbreaking Friday
Bellevue, Nebraska – On Friday, May 24, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. Bellevue Public Schools and Bellevue West High School will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Bellevue West Auditorium. The groundbreaking launches the final phase of the Bellevue Public Schools Bond Initiative that was supported by the community in 2016. The construction will begin immediately…