Bel Air High School (El Paso, Texas)

Bel Air High School
Location

731 N. Yarbrough

El Paso, Texas
United States
Coordinates 31°44′50″N 106°20′45″W / 31.747254°N 106.345953°W / 31.747254; -106.345953Coordinates: 31°44′50″N 106°20′45″W / 31.747254°N 106.345953°W / 31.747254; -106.345953
Information
Type Public
Motto Loyal Forever
Established 1957
Principal Charles E. Garcia
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 2,174 [1]
Campus Urban
Color(s) Scarlet red, white, royal blue             
Mascot Highlander
Website http://belair.yisd.net/

Bel Air High School is a high school in the city of El Paso, Texas, USA. The school was established in 1957. It houses Ranchland Hills Middle School and Hillcrest Middle School, with transfers from Eastwood as well as other local middle schools. Its Health Professions Branch offers the most transfers, closely followed by the Global Enterprises program.

Bel Air High School placed 984th on Newsweek's list of the nation's top high schools based on rankings influenced heavily by the number of students who took Advanced Placement tests the previous year.

In October 2006, 12 teachers at Bel Air High School filed a grievance against the Ysleta Independent School District, claiming they had been required to work during off-duty hours without compensation. The grievance claimed labor-law violations and harassment from then-principal Daniel Girard and other administrators. In June 2007, two members of Ysleta Independent School District Board of Trustees apologized to the teachers who had complained, but the board voted not to compensate the teachers. After the filing of the grievance, five of the twelve teachers had either requested a transfer to another school, or quit. Daniel Girard, who had been Principal of Bel Air High School since September 25, 2005, accepted a job as a principal of Akins High School in the Austin Independent School District. After Girard left the district, an independent investigator, appointed by the YISD, found no wrongdoing on the part of Girard. Upon Girard's acceptance of principalship in Austin in May 2007, Marvyn Luckett, who had previously been with the YISD for over 22 years, was appointed Principal of Bel Air High School for the 2007-2008 school year. Since then, school data based on the 2007-2008 school year show that Bel Air High School has not made Adequate Yearly Progress (August 2008).

In November 2009 Bel Air High School was re-recognized by the Texas Education Agency.

Dr. Dora De La Rosa became principal in July 2010. She was the principal for Tejas School of Choice, another school in the Ysleta district. In 2013 De La Rosa retired, and the current principal is Charles E. Garcia.

In 2013 Texas UIL changed the areas from 4A-5A to a 5A-6A division. Bel Air ended up staying behind in the 5A division because of lack of student population.

Health Professions Magnet

Bel Air High School is home to the Health Magnet School in the Ysleta Independent School District. The Bel Air Center for Health Professions offers a variety of programs in healthcare fields. Their academy offers Pharmacology, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course, Licensed Vocational Nursing (LVN) course, Internship program, and a Dental Assistant program. The Bel Air Center for Health Professions is affiliated with different healthcare facilities for clinical rotations.

During freshman year, students take a semester long Medical Terminology course.

Sophomore year offers a Health Science Technology class. Students learn the legal procedures in the medical field. A variety of nursing skills are taught, in order to be able to participate in clinical rotations throughout the city during their junior year. Sophomore year allows students to apply to LVN and Dental Assistant programs. Twenty students are accepted to the Vocational Nursing program, in comparison to the ten accepted to the Dental Assistant program.

During junior year, 20 students are accepted to Licensed Vocational Nursing (LVN) and 10 are accepted to the Dental Assistant program. The rest are admitted to Clinical Rotation where they gain experience working in a Hospital, taking turns in different areas.

In senior year, more programs open up,including Practicum in EMT, Pharmacology, Physical Therapy and Veterinarian Technician. If students do not join a program, they go into Internship or Medical Microbiology.

The BACFHP has their own club, Health Occupations Students of America. Their students compete every year across the country. Their expertise includes clinical nursing and first aid.

Current Health Professions logo

Engineering

During freshman year, all students take Concepts of Engineering and Technology.

In sophomore year they are separated into three smaller divisions, entering into Engineering Design and Presentation, Principles of Engineering (PTLW), or Principles of Architectures and Construction.

In junior year they gain the second level of their previous choice, which are Robotics and Automation, Digital Electronics, and Architectural Design.

In senior year they develop into two pathways, Engineering Design and Development, and Advanced Interior Design.

Alumni

Bel Air Highlander Alumni is an active alumni association dedicated to serving the Bel Air Community.[2]

Parent organization

The Bel Air Highland Clan is an active organization working for the betterment of Bel Air and its students.

Extracurricular activities

Clubs

Teams

Sports

Boys

The wrestling division has had some recent success. In 2012-2013 it had four regional qualifiers:

That season only Daniel Lara qualified to the Texas UIL State Wrestling Tournament in San Antonio, Texas. Again in the 2013-2014 wrestling season it had 6 regional qualifiers:

That season Daniel Lara and Juan Cereceres ended up qualifying for the Texas UIL State Wrestling Tournament in Arlington, Texas.

Girls

The basketball team were District Champions, Bi District Champions, and Area Champions in 2012-2013.

In the 2012-2013 season, Jaime Esparza placed 8th in the Texas UIL Gymnastics Tournament in Dallas, Texas in Bars Division, the first girl to place from El Paso since 1989.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tea.state.tx.us/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=adhoc.addispatch.sas&endyear=08&major=st&minor=e&format=w&selsumm=nc&linespg=60&charsln=120&grouping=g&key=071905001|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20090228204653/
  2. ↑ Bel Air Highlander Alumni
  3. ↑ Project P.A.S.S.
  4. ↑ Marching Band
  5. ↑ Bel Air Marching Band

External links

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