Bethel High School (Washington)


Bethel High School is a public high school located in Spanaway, Washington. It is one of four high schools in the Bethel School District, is the district's oldest, having been founded in 1952.
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Academics

Bethel High School offers a variety of AP courses in math and computer science, the sciences, English studies, and history and social science.
English
History & Social Science
Math & Computer Science
Sciences

Athletics

Bethel is part of the Bethel School District along with Spanaway Lake High School and Graham-Kapowsin High School. Bethel competes in the South Puget Sound League 4A in Washington's West Central District.

History

During the 1983 elections for student council, student Matthew Fraser delivered a sexually suggestive speech while nominating a classmate for student council vice president. Fraser was suspended from Bethel High School for three days, but filed a lawsuit against the school board, alleging that the suspension violated his First Amendment right to free speech. The case was ultimately granted certiorari by the Supreme Court of the United States, which held in the landmark decision Bethel School District v. Fraser that it does not violate the First Amendment for public schools to punish students for lewd or indecent speech.

Notable alumni