JV HiQ placed second today in regionals, the first time a team from Bell has ever placed at that level! Way to go!

Shout out to Andy B. and Lilee S. for getting best in middle school congress, and Lila W. for getting best in middle school dramatic interpretation at the Central Florida Civics and Debate Initiative state tournament this weekend! 🙌

Check out our BHS JV undefeated District Champions! 🙌

Parents/Students-see FAFSA and FGC Board of Trustees (BOT) Scholarship Information.


As a reminder, all GCSD schools will have early release days on Monday, 12/19, Tuesday, 12/20, and Wednesday, 12/21. Christmas break begins on Thursday, 12/22 and extends through Monday, 1/9/23. Students will return to school on Tuesday, 1/10/23. We hope everyone has a safe and blessed holiday!

Thank you to the Mission in Action for God-Plant Nursery! For many years, they have donated flowers to the WBLE garden and allowed the students to work with them. Today they celebrated with a work Christmas party, for all their hard work. 🎄

Congratulations to Helen K., Senior at BHS! She will graduate this evening with her Associate of Arts Degree from Florida Gateway College.

Trenton Floral celebrated Christmas with the Work-Based Learning Experiences Program (WBLE) program, with gifts and goodies. BHS would like to thank them for allowing the students to come and work each year! 🎄

On Friday, 12/15, SWI will be at BHS for Senior cap and gown pictures. Please see or contact Mrs. Janet Johnson (352-463-3232 or JohnsonJa@mygcsd.org) for more information regarding senior pictures.

On Thursday, 12/15, the winter band concert will be held for 7th - 12th grade bands at 7pm in the BHS Auditorium. Best wishes to all band members as they perform and spread Christmas cheer to our families and community with the concert!

The Gilchrist County Prevention Coalition Farm Share Drive-Thru Distribution will take place on Saturday, 12/17/22 from 9:00 until food is gone. Location is at Trenton Elementary School at 1350 SW SR 26 in Trenton.

Please see December 2022 calendar of events for the Tri-County Community Resource Center.

Do you have coats/jackets/hoodies/blankets you'd like to donate to help children in the tri-county area stay warm this winter? Donated items can be dropped off between 12/1 and 12/30 at the Tri-County Community Resource Center in Chiefland.

Come join us Monday night to watch some BHS basketball and bid on a cake to support the Class of 2024!

BHS Polar Express Movie Night! Come join us Saturday evening!
Parents & students, please see mid-term exam schedule. Mid-terms will take place the week of 12/19-12/23.
The BHS School Advisory Council (SAC) meeting will be today, Thursday, 12/1 at 4:00 PM in the BHS Media Center.

Bell High School is once again humbled by the show of generosity by our students and staff for their donations to our Thanksgiving basket drive! Enough funds and food items were donated to assemble 20 Thanksgiving baskets for some of our families! Thank you to the students, parents, and staff who donated, to Scaff's for donating 8 of the turkeys, and to our student ambassadors for helping to assemble and help families carry the baskets. We hope that everyone has a safe and blessed Thanksgiving holiday!

Congratulations to winner Kip W., and runner-up Maddie W. in the 2022 BHS Spelling Bee today! Kip and Maddie will compete in the upcoming district spelling bee soon. We are very proud of all of our Spelling Bee participants!

Congratulations to our 2022-2023 BHS Teacher of the Year, Mr. Brett Wasden, and Employee of the Year, Ms. Lana Fouts. We are lucky to have these hard-working, dedicated staff members at BHS!


