Bell Gardens High School
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{{Infobox school
|name= Bell Gardens High School
|image=
|principal= Hector Velasquez
|established= 1947
|type= Public
|streetaddress=6119 Agra Street
|city=Bell Gardens
|state=California
|district=Montebello Unified School District
|enrollment=2,217 (2022–23){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0625470&ID=062547003790|title=Bell Gardens High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=July 30, 2024}}
|ratio=
|faculty=
|team_name= Lancers
|conference=Almont League
CIF Southern Section
|colors= {{color box|maroon}} {{color box|grey}} {{color box|white}}
|newspaper=Lancer Scroll
|rival=Montebello High School{{cite web|url=http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/bell-gardens-lancers-(bell-gardens,ca)/rival.htm|title=Bell Gardens Rivalry|publisher=MaxPreps|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}
|website= [http://www.bhs.montebello.k12.ca.us School Website]
|}}
Bell Gardens High School is a public high school in Bell Gardens, California, part of the Montebello Unified School District.
History
The campus was built in the 1930s and 1940s.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} After years of development and construction, BGHS's new three story building was opened on December 18, 2005.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}
In 2005, the high school underwent a further phase of renovation when the school's athletic field, otherwise known as "Lancer Stadium", received a $1 million upgrade. This was the change the school decided to make instead of sizing up the auditorium and building up the schools music room and choir room (plans on that are set to happen on the next big loan). The gradually decaying long-standing natural dirt/grass field was replaced with a state of the art synthetic turf playing field along with a new 400 meter track surrounding it. The process commenced during the latter half of the 2004–2005 school year and was gradually completed the following spring in January 2006.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}
Notable alumni
- Michael Granville, 800 meter high school national record holder at 1:46.45
- Bob Bedell 1961, back-to-back CIF basketball champion, CIF MVP 1961 & 1962, played professionally in American Basketball Association
- Patty Cardenas, 2002, Olympic medalist, water polo
- Eddie Cochran, musician, 1987 inductee of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Lawrence "DJ Muggs" Muggerud, Cypress Hill's DJ and producer; produced tracks for Funkdoobiest, House of Pain, Dizzee Rascal, Ice Cube, U2, Depeche Mode and more
- John Force, NHRA drag racer, 16-time Funny Car division champion, 18-time champion car owner
- Brenda Villa 1998, water polo, 3-time Olympic medal winner
- Hector Jiménez, 2006, soccer, defender for Columbus Crew SC. 2-time MLS Cup Champion with Los Angeles Galaxy in 2011 and 2012
- Johnny Lee Clary, aka professional wrestling champion Johnny Angel, former racist KKK leader turned born again evangelist [http://preachthecross.net/about-johnny-clary/the-way-we-were/ The Way We Were Bell Gardens High]'' [http://preachthecross.net/mr-hogues-wisdom// Mr. Hogue's Wisdom]
References
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External links
- [http://www.bhs.montebello.k12.ca.us Bell Gardens High School website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060403063753/http://www.bhs.montebello.k12.ca.us/ |date=2006-04-03 }}
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Category:Bell Gardens, California
Category:Public high schools in Los Angeles County, California