Bellevue Public Schools
Bellevue Public Schools Awarded $2 Million DoDEA Grant for Operation Taking Flight
Bellevue Public Schools is excited to announce that the district has been awarded a $2,000,000 Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) competitive grant. The 5-year award will be used to increase Math Proficiency for all students and initiate a BPS Aviation Academy. Grant funds will be utilized to improve math performance by funding costs associated with K-12 curriculum…
2023 Best of Bellevue ‘Spirit of Bellevue’ Winners Recognized
The people have spoken and the results are in. After a sixth consecutive year with a record number of votes, the 2023 recipients of the Best of Bellevue awards have been announced. A complete list of winners and contest rules is posted on the Best of Bellevue website. Over thirty businesses, organizations, and individuals were…
Bellevue West Presents 2023 Homecoming Court
Festivities begin today at Bellevue West High School as Homecoming Week begins. The Bellevue West Homecoming game is Friday, September 29th with the Homecoming dance set the next day Saturday, September 30th.
High School Fall Varsity Sports Summaries: Gross Catholic High School
Gross Catholic High School Fall Varsity Sports Summaries for football, softball, volleyball, cross country, boys tennis, and girls golf as provided by the coaches. Football Season Outlook: I look forward to the Cougars building upon last year’s success. We will rely heavily on our Seniors and look forward to numerous underclassmen stepping into major roles….
High School Fall Varsity Sports Summaries: Bellevue West
Bellevue West Fall Varsity Sports Summaries for football, softball, volleyball, cross country, boys tennis, and girls golf as provided by the coaches. Football Season Outlook: The 2022 Thunderbirds were decimated by injuries at key spots and lost more than one game in the regular season for the first time since 2014. The 7-4 record has…
High School Fall Varsity Sports Summaries: 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 are very excited for the potential we have for this season. We got 4 wins last season. The most in one season in 8 years. We were one series…
As the First Full Week of Classes End, Two New Teachers Share their Different Paths to Bellevue Public Schools
As the first full week of classes for Bellevue Public Schools came to an end, it also marked the first full week with students for 69 new BPS teachers this year, which includes three social workers and six CADRE teachers. According to Amanda Oliver, Director of Communication for Bellevue Public Schools, 44 of the 69…
Simons-Bester Retires After 44 Years with Bellevue Public Schools
There are moments in a life that aren’t often thought of, but if we were to reflect on them we would see that they are special. Important. So important that they can completely change the course of a life. Or hundreds of lives. Or thousands of lives. So many people we meet, friends we make,…
“People Over Profits” More Than Words to Fox
Bellevue West graduate Brian Fox is the owner-operator of Cornhusker Auto Wash – Bellevue’s original full-service car wash. He also runs two other businesses on the same corner of 25th and Cornhusker: Cornhusker Express Lube and Cornhusker Quick Stop. Fox shared a little of his journey, his challenges in operating a business in 2023, advice…
West Grad Enters the Shark Tank this Friday
This Friday, March 17th, Bellevue West graduate Jeremy Carlson will be appearing on the popular TV show Shark Tank to pitch his revolutionary idea “Crispý Cones”. Carlson graduated from West in 2015 and he will appear on the show along with his wife, Kaitlyn. After his graduation from Bellevue West, Carlson went on a two-year church…