Bell Multicultural High School
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Bell Multicultural High School is a public school located in the neighborhood of Columbia Heights
in Washington, D.C.
, United States
. Bell Multicultural is a part of the District of Columbia Public Schools
. , the principal is Maria Tukeva.
Students are required to take classes in either Spanish
or French
with the goal of becoming proficient in that language. All students are required to take two Advanced Placement classes, one in English literature
and one in English language
.ref>Matthews, Jay. Embracing the Challenge of AP English for All Students. The Washington Post. 2008-04-14. Some students spend part of their school day taking classes at the University of the District of Columbia
in pursuit of graduating with both a high school degree and an associates degree.
In 2008, Newsweek
ranked Bell Multicultural the 77th best high school in the United States, and 12th in the D.C. metropolitan area. Newsweek ranked schools by the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2007 divided by the number of graduating seniors. Bell Multicultural's ratio was 3.888. It was the only District school to rank in the top 100. In the Washington Post's 2007 Challenge Index, Bell Multicultural was ranked 13th in the region and 319th in the nation.
Bell Multicultural's sports teams are called the Griffins. In 2007, Bell won the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association
volleyball championship.
The current Bell Multicultural High School building was built in 2006 to replace the old Bell Multicultural High School.
Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C.
Columbia Heights is a neighborhood in central Washington, D.C.-Geography:Located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., Columbia Heights borders the neighborhoods of Shaw, Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, Park View, Pleasant Plains, and Petworth. On the eastern side is Howard University...
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Bell Multicultural is a part of the District of Columbia Public Schools
District of Columbia Public Schools
District of Columbia Public Schools is the traditional public school system of Washington, D.C. in the United States.- Composition and enrollment :...
. , the principal is Maria Tukeva.
Students are required to take classes in either Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
or French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
with the goal of becoming proficient in that language. All students are required to take two Advanced Placement classes, one in English literature
AP English Literature and Composition
Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The Course:This course is designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an...
and one in English language
AP English Language and Composition
Advanced Placement English Language and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program....
.ref>Matthews, Jay. Embracing the Challenge of AP English for All Students. The Washington Post. 2008-04-14. Some students spend part of their school day taking classes at the University of the District of Columbia
University of the District of Columbia
The University of the District of Columbia is a historically black, public university located in Washington, D.C. UDC is one of only a few urban land-grant universities in the country and a member of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...
in pursuit of graduating with both a high school degree and an associates degree.
In 2008, Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
ranked Bell Multicultural the 77th best high school in the United States, and 12th in the D.C. metropolitan area. Newsweek ranked schools by the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2007 divided by the number of graduating seniors. Bell Multicultural's ratio was 3.888. It was the only District school to rank in the top 100. In the Washington Post's 2007 Challenge Index, Bell Multicultural was ranked 13th in the region and 319th in the nation.
Bell Multicultural's sports teams are called the Griffins. In 2007, Bell won the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association
D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association
The District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association is the public high school athletic league in Washington, D.C. The league was founded in 1958. The original high school conference for D.C. schools was the Inter-High School Athletic Association, formed around 1896...
volleyball championship.
The current Bell Multicultural High School building was built in 2006 to replace the old Bell Multicultural High School.