Welcome to Belton High School

Belton High School (BHS) is a public four-year secondary school with an enrollment of 2200 in grades nine through twelve. The faculty is composed of 156 teachers to meet all the needs of our students. BHS is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Texas Education Agency. A charter member of the Texas Mentor School network, BHS is noted for strong academic, sports, career studies, and fine arts programs. Read more about Belton High School.

Registration and Open House

Registration for Belton High School is by appointment in the Main Office (215-2200) from August 6 - 22, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. Parents can begin calling July 28th to set appointments.

Parents are encouraged to stop by the Registrar's Office prior to registration to pick up the registration packet. When you arrive for your appointment you will need to provide the following documents:

Proof of residency for Belton ISD (documentation such as mortgage or lease agreement, electric, water, or gas bill with name and address)
Copy of student's social security card and birth certificate
Copy of student's shot record
Withdrawal form from previous school (report card and/or transcript)
Copy of parent/guardian's driver's license

Open House and Meet the Teacher Night is scheduled on Monday, September 15, 5:30-7:30.

Roy and Jean Potts Belton Swim Center Summer Schedule

Parent Letter for TAKS Honor Statement

Click here to see the new website for Technology Applications

Click here for information regarding TAKS After-School Tutoring

Summer SAT Academy

Summer Information for Pre-AP and AP English

Pre-AP English I Letter

Pre-AP English I Summer Reading Assignment

Pre-AP English II Summer Reading Assignment

AP English III Letter

AP English III Summer Reading Assignment

AP English IV Letter

AP English IV Summer Reading Assignment

Summer School

Click here for the Summer School TAKS Registration Packet

Click here for the Summer School Recovery Registration Packet

Click here for Accelerated Summer School information

Project Graduation

The Project Celebration Committee would like to send special "Thank You"s to:

Wildflower Country Club for hosting the 3rd Annual Project Celebration Golf Tournament
Gatti's Pizza for hosting a pizza night to help raise funds for Project Celebration

Daily Announcements

Top Ten

Top 10 Graduates Hosted for Lunch by Compass Bank and John and Suzanne Kiella—The top ten graduates were treated to lunch at Cheeves Restaurant on Thursday, May 22 by Compass Bank and John and Suzanne Kiella. Administrators accompanying the group were Kathy Cook, BHS Principal; Natalie Farber, Associate Principal; Debbie Potts, Senior Counselor; Dr. Vivian Baker, Superintendent; and Susan Kincannon, Deputy Superintendent. Representing Compass Bank was Joe Bray.

Class Awards

Thirty five students were recognized on May 30th for being the top student in courses that are included in a student’s GPA. They were presented with certificates after being announced to the school.

Perfect Attendance

Twenty eight students were recognized on May 30th for perfect attendance from August 28, 2007 to April 10, 2008. They were presented with certificates after being announced to the school.

"We met the President!"

“We met the president” echoed throughout two school buses that had taken 40 band students to play at Jenna Bush’s and Henry Hager’s wedding rehearsal, Friday night, in Salado. The band added to the party when they played “Happy Birthday” to Henry after the rehearsal dinner. The wedding party followed the band while it played cadences throughout the streets of Salado to meet up with the rest of their party at the Silver Spur Theater. The band played their cadences, the Texas Fight Song, " Eye of the Tiger," and “Time Lords” while the president danced and the first lady watched. President Bush and family met with the band students and thanked them for “making his little girls’ weekend even more special.”

Teacher Appreciation Week

The teachers enjoyed a hamburger lunch with all the “fixins” during Teacher Appreciation Week. The high school administrators and helpers grilled, cooked, and served during the four lunches. Teachers received goodies from various campus organizations as well as more food (nachos and breakfast tacos) from the administrators.

State Shotgun Challenge

Students from Rick Ensor’s Wildlife and Recreation Management Class competed in the Ag Clays 381 this past weekend. The girls placed second and the boys placed fifth. “This is the first state meet in this area Texas Parks and Wildlife has ever held so we made history this past weekend,” said Ensor. Pictured are: R. Ensor (coach), J. Mebane, C. Okun, A. Bates, K. Ellis, E. Peebles, and J. Okun (coach). Kneeling: J. Wellman, J. Okun, J. Siegeler, C. Marune, and J. Rabel.

Yearbook Honors

The 2007 Lair was honored by Taylor Publishing Company in their Yearbook Yearbook which highlights the best of the yearbooks published by Taylor. The BHS yearbook received an Honorable Mention for their theme and layout and design. The editors, S. Curylo and K. Hawk, received certificates for their work from Mrs. Digby at April's School Board meeting.

State Skills USA

M. Cooke and E. Williams competed in State Skills USA competition in the
category of Principles of Technology. Cooke won 3rd place for his essay and demonstration of how electronic ink works. Both students enjoyed four fun filled days in Corpus Christi and South Padre Island.

Absolutely Incredible Kids

Two Belton students were honored at the Absolutely Incredible Kid Celebration on Thursday, April 3, at the Bell County Expo Center. K. Holbert and E. Sievers were nominated by one of their teachers who saw how incredible these two students are. Holbert was nominated because of his generosity. He once learned that his dance instructor worked through the dinner hour teaching classes and used his own money to have dinner delivered to her from a local steakhouse. He often puts other’s needs before his own and has logged over 100 volunteer hours with the Aware Central Texas (ACT) program. Sievers was nominated because of her organization and participation in the Relay for Life to honor science teacher Betty Higdon who was recently diagnosed with lymphoma. Sievers is an officer in Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Health Occupations Students of America, and the Frisbee Club. She is also a member of the National Honor Society. Sievers also takes time to volunteer and lead devotionals at her local church.

AVID Field Trip to SHSU

BHS AVID students visited the Sam Houston State University campus at Huntsville on Saturday, March 29, for the 'Saturdays@Sam' event which is held each spring in order to welcome and orient potential college students.

Elective Fair

Tuesday, February 19, Belton High School offered an elective fair for freshman, sophomore, and junior students as well as incoming students to view all of Belton’s extracurricular activities. Booths, manned by teachers and students, lined the small gym with information that ranged from career and technology education, criminal justice, agriculture, fine arts, foreign languages, and medical and science classes. Parents were invited that evening to see what BHS has to offer in electives.

Culinary Arts Success

Two BHS Culinary Arts teams competed in Waco’s Region 3 Meet, February 8 and 9. BHS placed 3rd and 4th out of 26 teams. The 3rd place team was made up of T. Tulloch, B. Leija, and R. Mustin, and the 4th place team members were J. Whitley, C. Crossley, and J. Snyder. The teams made three different dishes for their competition. The first dish was a turkey sandwich, the second dish was cheese soup, and the third dish was an apple crisp with caramel sauce. The team that placed 3rd will be getting ready for the State Meet, April 3-5, in Galveston.

AP History Trip

On January 31 the AP U.S. History classes were invited to attend the “They Had a Dream Too” presentation at the state Capitol. The event was hosted by the Texas Young Lawyers Association in order to promote student involvement in societal issues by sharing the stories of young people from the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. The students watched the award winning They Had a Dream Too video and heard several speakers. Justice Caroline Wright told stories of growing up in segregated America and how her mother tried to protect her and her sister from the evils of racism. Norma Cantu is a professor of law at the University of Texas. She graduated from Harvard Law School at the age of 22 and has spent her career defending the rights of minorities. James Laney is a former Texas Speaker of the House. He encouraged the students to use the power of the vote to make a difference in society. The students were also treated to a tour of the Capitol before heading back to Belton. Overall, it was an inspirational day that gave the students a unique insight to the Civil Rights Movement, and how they can make a difference today!

Logo Contest

Digital Arts senior, J. Bennett from Belton High School won the Senate Committee on Natural Resources logo contest called, "Drive a Clean Machine". He was awarded first place out of more than four hundred contestants state wide. Senator Kip Averitt and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources awarded him $3000. His logo will appear all over the state in billboards, mail outs and on the web site www.driveacleanmachine.org.

GT Lunch Brunch

Gifted and Talented students at Belton High School have recently enjoyed engaging in a discussion of the “great ideas” of civilization as proposed by Dr. Mortimer Adler in his renowned work, The Great Ideas. This discussion is the first in a series of sessions of the newly created GT Lunch Bunch, a program designed to give GT students a chance to interact in a purely GT setting. The GT students were treated to pizza while they discussed their choices for the six “great ideas” in small and whole group settings. Their choices were eventually compared to the six great ideas Dr. Adler identified in his book. This first session focused on the student’s ability to evaluate and make decisions about the ideas they feel are most important to their world view. The session was planned and conducted by Jan Ward, AP English 4 teacher, and Ed Braeuer, AP Physics C teacher, along with input and assistance from Instructional Facilitators Peggy Hughes and Marlena Kjelland.