RATING IT HIGHER SO MORE PEOPLE SEE THIS!!
If I could rate it an exact 2.5, I would.
Let's start with the good parts.
The campus is huge and absolutely beautiful. It's in a great location being about a 5-minute walk from downtown Bellevue, making it very accessible to people in that area, and it's generally a pretty safe area, which is always good. You'll also always find a friend group you'll fit into at BHS if you try because there's simply so many people that attend. If you happen to be an extrovert, you'll walk out of there by the first day knowing a quarter of Bellevue's population. The students tend to be very social. (This also may just have been my experience, I cannot speak for others and I happen to be an extrovert myself.) Most teachers will treat you the way you treat them. If you put effort into your classes and treat them nicely, they'll be nice to you too. The education at BHS isn't anything extraordinary, but it's certainly good education. There is a very wide range of classes you can take at BHS, from Psychology to Drawing & Painting to Calculus BC.
Now to the bad parts...
BHS is known as a "stoner school" by the majority of the other Bellevue schools, and you can probably guess why. The administration consistently turns a blind eye to the drug sales and vaping that happen every day at the school. Their flimsy "security" bag searches and pocket searches do absolutely nothing but teach the students to think quicker about hiding things. In every grade this school contains, it is guaranteed that at least 3/4 of that grade either vapes, had vaped, or will vape. If this is a big concern for you, do not take your student here. The bullying "protocol" is an absolute joke. If the aggressor is even slightly mentally challenged on record, they will most likely get away with anything they do. I am NOT trying to disrespect people with mental difficulties; I just mean that those types of people tend to get VERY special treatment compared to others. On another note, if a student starts to slip grades wise and does not immediately correct it, it becomes extremely difficult to get back to good grades.
Overall, pretty "meh". Mostly stoners and jocks. Good education. read more