Bethel High School is a public high school located in Spanaway, Washington. It is one of four high schools in the Bethel School District, is the district's oldest, having been founded in 1952.
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Academics
Bethel High School offers a variety of AP courses in math and computer science, the sciences, English studies, and history and social science.
English
AP Language
AP Literature
History & Social Science
AP Human Geography
AP Psychology
AP US History
Math & Computer Science
AP Precalculus
AP Calculus AB
AP Computer Science Principles
Sciences
AP Biology
AP Environmental Science
AP Chemistry
Athletics
Bethel is part of the Bethel School District along with Spanaway Lake High School and Graham-Kapowsin High School. Bethel competes in the South Puget Sound League (SPSL) 4A in Washington's West Central District.
History
During the 1983 elections for student council, student Matthew Fraser delivered a sexually suggestive speech while nominating a classmate for student council vice president. Fraser was suspended from Bethel High School for three days, but filed a lawsuit against the school board, alleging that the suspension violated his First Amendment right to free speech. The case was ultimately granted certiorari by the Supreme Court of the United States, which held in the landmark decision Bethel School District v. Fraser (1986) that it does not violate the First Amendment for public schools to punish students for lewd or indecent speech.
Notable alumni
Corey Belser, NBA European player, 2006 CI NCAA Defensive POY
Mike Blowers, MLB player 1989–1999, broadcaster
Ezra Cleveland, NFL player for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Derrike Cope, NASCAR Driver, winner of the 1990 Daytona 500
Morgan Hicks, 2004 Olympian and rifle coach at University of Nebraska
KC Montero, Filipino-American actor and television personality
Caesar Rayford, NFL and CFL player
Rick Story, UFC fighter and wrestler