Bell Multicultural High School is a public school located in the neighborhood of Columbia Heights in

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, United States. Bell Multicultural is a part of the

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. , the principal is Maria Tukeva.Bell Multicultural Senior High School
. ''District of Columbia Public Schools''. Retrieved 2008-05-25. Michell Obama CHEC speech 2016

History

The current Bell Multicultural High School building was built in 2006 to replace the old Bell Multicultural High School. In 2016,

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visited the school to speak on higher education, telling students, "My story can be your story."

Academics

Students are required to take classes in either

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or French with the goal of becoming proficient in that language. All students are required to take two

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classes, one in

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and one in

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. Some students spend part of their school day taking classes at the

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in pursuit of graduating with both a high school degree and an associate degree. Bell Multicultural High School NJROTC 140927-N-CG900-007

In 2008,

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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

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, 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.Pace, Gina; Brillman, Dan
The Top of the Class
''Newsweek''. 2008-05-26. In the Washington Post's 2007 Challenge Index, Bell Multicultural was ranked 13th in the region and 319th in the nation.Bell Multicultural Challenge Index Profile
. ''The Washington Post''. 2007-05-21.

Extracurriculars

Bell Multicultural High School has a Naval Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps.

Athletics

Bell Multicultural's sports teams are called the Griffins. In 2007, Bell won the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association volleyball championship.Stanmyre, Matthew
Bell Ends Wilson's Decade of Dominance
''The Washington Post''. 2007-11-29.

References

External links

* {{DC High Schools Public high schools in Washington, D.C. District of Columbia Public Schools Schools in Washington, D.C.