Bridgeport High School (West Virginia)

Bridgeport High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Bridgeport, West Virginia, in Harrison County that operates as part of the Harrison County School District.

Bridgeport High School
Address
515 Johnson Ave

Bridgeport
,
Harrison County
,
West Virginia
26330

United States
Coordinates39°17′25″N 80°15′47″W
Information
School typePublic, high school
MottoRoll Tribe
Founded1963 (present location)
School districtHarrison County Schools
SuperintendentDora Stutler
PrincipalMatt DeMotto
Assistant PrincipalsMark Jones
Renee Mathews
Staff65
Grades9-12
Enrollment822 (2019-20) [1]
LanguageEnglish
Color(s)    Red and White
Athletics conferenceBig Ten Conference
MascotIndians
RivalRobert C. Byrd High School
Feeder schoolsBridgeport Middle School
Websitewww.wvonline.com/bhs/

The current BHS building opened in 1963 and sits on a 22-acre (8.9 ha) campus. Since then, several major additions have been added to accommodate the increasing enrollment. The first addition was completed in 1992. The second addition was completed in 1997 which included two state of the art computer labs. That brought the building to a total area of approximately 98,000 square feet (9,100 m2).

Awards and recognition

During the 2005–06 school year, Bridgeport High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[2] the highest award an American school can receive.[3][4]

In academic competitions for the 2006–2007 school year, BHS took 1st (in some form) in State for Science Bowl, Quiz-Bowl and Scholastic Chess.

In 2007 the Science Bowl team won first place in the National Science Bowl Hydrogen Fuel Cell Model Car Challenge King of the Hill administered by the United States Department of Energy.[5]

During the 2007–2008 school year the school was ranked as the number one high school in the state of West Virginia by WV Report and had a total of 8 National Merit Scholars.[6]

Feeding pattern

Bridgeport High School students come from a three-feeder school area. Johnson Elementary School and Bridgeport Middle School are located adjacent to BHS on a campus, and the third feeder is Simpson Elementary. Students enrolled in these four schools live in Bridgeport, Anmoore, and surrounding unincorporated areas, such as Quiet Dell, Johnstown, Maple Lake, Corbin Branch, Oral Lake, Brushy Fork, and Romines Mills.

Athletics and Academics

Bridgeport High School has a total of 49 State Championships, in Academics and Athletics, and 1 National Championship. 3 State Championships in Academics in Science Bowl, which also won Nationals, T.E.A.M.S (1) and in Quiz Bowl (1). 47 State Championships in Athletics in Football (10), Boys' Golf (5), Cheerleading (4), Girls' Swimming (3), Boys' Basketball (2), Baseball (8), Boys' Cross Country (3), Girls' Soccer (1), Girls' Basketball (1), Boys' Swimming (2), Girls' Tennis (1), Boys' Tennis (1) Boys' Track and Field (2), Girls' Track and Field (3) and Girls’ Volleyball (1).

Bridgeport has also placed state runner up a total of 38 times.

The High School also participates in Softball, Danceline and Wrestling but are yet to win or place runner up in any of these sports.

Bridgeport will move from competing in the AA to the AAA class starting in the 2020-2021 school year.[7]

State Championships
Bridgeport West Virginia State Championship History[8][9][10]
Boys' Sports State Titles Girls' Sports State Titles
Baseball1993, 2000, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019Softball
Basketball1993, 2001Basketball2013
Cross Country2013, 2014, 2016Cross Country
Golf1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2003Cheerleading1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2019
Football1955, 1972, 1979, 1986, 1988, 2000, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019Volleyball2018
SoccerSoccer2012
Swimming2010, 2019Swimming1999, 2000, 2008
Tennis2015Tennis1995
Track & Field2014, 2018Track & Field2014, 2016, 2018
Lacrosse†
WrestlingDanceline
Boys' Total33Girls' Total15
†Lacrosse is yet to be a sanctioned sport

Boys' Track and Field (2):

2014 (AA) 2018 (AA)

Girls' Track and Field (3):

2014 (AA) 2016 (AA) 2018 (AA)

Football (10):

2019 (AA) - 21-14, Bluefield
2015 (AA) - 39-0, Tolsia
2014 (AA) - 43-7, Frankfort
2013 (AA) - 14-13, Wayne
2000 (AA) - 14-6, Wayne
1988 (AA) - 29-28, Winfield (4OT)
1986 (AA) - 10-7, Tucker County
1979 (AAA) - 20-7, St. Albans
1972 (AAA) - 16-14, Dupont
1955 (A) - 39-13, Webster Springs

Quiz Bowl (1):

2013

Boys' Cross Country (3):

2013 (AA-A)
2014 (AA-A)
2016 (AA-A)

Girls' Soccer (1):

2012 (AA) 3-2, Fairmont Senior

Girls' Basketball (1):

2013 (AA) 44-27, Westside

Boys' Swimming (2):

2019
2010

Girls' Swimming (3):

2008
2000
1999

Science Bowl (2):

2007 2010[11]

Golf (5):

2003 (AA)
1994 (AA-A)
1993 (AA-A)
1992 (AA-A)
1990 (AA-A)

Cheerleading (5):

2019 (AA)
2001 (AA)
1998 (AA)
1996 (AAA)
1995 (AA)

Boys' Basketball (2):

2001 (AA) - 68-57, Tug Valley
1993 (AA) - 59-50, Oceana

Baseball (8):

2019 (AA) 5-2, Frankfort
2018 (AA) 17-15, Wayne
2017 (AA) 14-3, Weir (6 innings)
2016 (AA) 9-4, Pike View
2015 (AA) 5-0, Chapmanville
2014 (AA) - 5-2, Independence
2000 (AA) - 7-2, Wyoming East
1993 (AA) - 11-4, Pineville

Girls' Tennis (1):

1995 (AA-A)

Boys' Tennis (1):

2015 (AA)

Girls' Volleyball (1):

2018 (AA) defeated Philip Barbour in 5 sets.

Runner's Up

Baseball (3):

2010 (AAA) - 0-6, Nitro
1994 (AA) - 0-1, Wayne
1992 (AA) - 1-2, Wayne

Boys' Basketball (1):

1994 (AA) - 61-68, Oceana

Boys' Cross Country (1):

2015 (AA-A)

Girls' Cross Country (1):

2018 (AA)

Girls' Basketball (1):

2012 (AAA) 47-52, Greenbrier East

Cheerleading (11):

2014 (AA)
2013 (AA)
2007 (AAA)
2006 (AAA)
1999 (AA)
1997 (AA)
1995 (AA)
1994 (AA)
1993 (AA)
1992 (AA)
1991 (AA)
1990 (AA-A)

Football (1):

2001 (AA) 7-21, Poca

Golf (3):

1989 (AA-A)
1988 (AA-A)
2014 (AA)

Girls' Soccer (2):

2013 (AA) 0-1, Sissonville
2014 (AA) 0-5, Charleston Catholic

Boys' Swimming (5):

2013
2012
2011
2009
2008

Girls' Swimming (3):

2019
2007
2002

Boys' Tennis (1):

2013 (AA)

Girls' Tennis (1):

2013 (AA)

Girls' Track and Field (3):

2019 (AA)
2015 (AA)
2013 (AA)

Volleyball (1):

2016 (AA) (Philip Barbour, 3 sets)

Controversy

The school was the subject of controversy over a print of artist Warner Sallman's portrait, Head of Christ, that has hung outside the principal's office since the 1970s. Two parents filed a lawsuit against the school in federal district court in Clarksburg, charging the principal, superintendent, and school board with endorsing Christianity over other religions. The parents were represented by the West Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church and State. The school board accepted an offer from the Alliance Defense Fund to represent the school board, superintendent and the principal of the high school.[12]

The portrait was stolen from the school on August 17, 2006, after someone broke a window and snatched the picture. The person broke through a window located in the Tech Ed department of the building. The portrait had not been located and the perpetrators were not identified as of November 2006, despite fact that video surveillance footage, fingerprints and DNA evidence were identified at the scene.[13]

On October 6, 2006, the Harrison County School District Board of Education agreed to drop their defense of the case and settle with the case with the ACLU. The settlement ensures that school officials will not restore the portrait or post any other unconstitutional pictures, paintings, posters or other items with religious content.[14][15][16]

The school also gained national attention in February 2009 when a theater production of the High School version of the musical "Rent" was canceled due to homosexual content and other themes that families would not find appealing.[17]

Notable alumni

References
  1. Gaudet, Dillon. "New WVSSAC classifications will send Bridgeport to AAA starting in 2020". wboy.com. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. 2006 Blue Ribbon Schools, accessed December 9, 2006
  3. CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department Archived August 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
  4. Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post, September 29, 2005. "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
  5. "High School Teams from Connecticut and West Virginia Win DOE’s National Science Bowl Hydrogen Fuel Cell Model Car Challenge" Archived 2009-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, United States Department of Energy press release dated April 30, 2007. Accessed October 17, 2007. "Teams of high school students from Edwin O. Smith High School in Storrs, Connecticut and Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, West Virginia won first place in their events today at the annual U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl Hydrogen Fuel Cell Model Car Challenge at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center."
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  7. Gaudet, Dillon. "New WVSSAC classifications will send Bridgeport to AAA starting in 2020". wboy.com. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  8. WVSSAC Archived 2010-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
  9. WV Lacrosse
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2010-08-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "Office of Science" (PDF).
  12. ‘Why can’t other people respect my religion?’ - Queen: Battle over Jesus portrait about religious liberty, Times-West Virginian, August 20, 2006
  13. No arrests made three months after Jesus painting theft Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, Charleston Daily Mail, November 30, 2006
  14. W.Va. board abandons fight for Christ portrait, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 7, 2006.
  15. Americans United Succeeds In Challenge To Religious Display At West Virginia School: Watchdog Group Lauds School Officials For Agreeing Not To Display Picture Of Jesus Or Other Unconstitutional Religious Displays Archived 2006-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State press release dated October 6, 2006
  16. ACLU Calls Bridgeport High School Settlement a Victory For Freedom of Religion Archived 2007-08-05 at the Wayback Machine, American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia, press release dated October 20, 2006
  17. Tamer ‘Rent’ Is Too Wild for Some Schools, The New York Times, February 20, 2009.
  18. SABR Biography of Babe Barna, by Bill Nowlin
  19. Nancy Jacobs profile, Maryland Senate. Accessed June 21, 2007. "Born in Charleston, West Virginia, October 27, 1951. Attended Bridgeport High School; West Virginia University, B.S. (journalism & speech), 1973."
  20. Carey, Greg. "Musgrave's rehab going well after Tommy John surgery". Retrieved March 27, 2017.
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