News and Announcements

For Women's History Month, the Take Action Campaign with EduCare organized a week long activities to focus on important dates related to women's rights, achievements and equality. Students nominated teachers for "Models of Pride", wore hijabs in solidarity with Muslim women, told stories about famous women and at the end of the week students marched for empowerment! Below you can see the schedule of events that were held for the week:

Monday 3/27: Wear White Day - Models of Pride
Lunch: Kick Off (Students will be distributing white stashes to female teachers)

Tuesday 3/28: Hijab Day! Wear hijabs in solidarity with Muslim women.
East Quad Lunch: Hijab & Henna (Booth to raise awareness about wearing hijabs in solidarity with Muslim women)

Wednesday 3/29: Wear Pink- Know Herstory!
East Quad Lunch: Photo booth with famous women and Distribute Buttons

Thursday 3/30: Define Herstory!
Students will be writing down their future goals on post its. Banner to be hung at the entrance. Participants to receive " We can do it" buttons

Friday 3/31: Wear Red - Empowered women!
Lunch: March to Empower! - Meet in the East Quad

Presentation/Presentación, Mr. Balderas
Future of Bell High School/El Futuro de la Preparatoría Bell
Parent Questions and Recommendations / Preguntas Y Recomendaciónes de los Padres
Please visit www.bellhs.org for calendars and newsletters about upcoming events. (Title and Parent Center)
Visite la página cíbernética www.bellhs.org para ver calendarios y boletins que se tratan de los events que vienen. (Título 1 y El Centro de Padres)

Bell Senior High is proud to announce that 100% of our runners successfully completed all 26.2 miles of the L.A. Marathon! Our Bell eagles Team included 40 student runners and 4 adult runners. One of our students ran a time low enough to become eligible for the prestigious Boston Marathon later this year. Congratulations to all Eagles who participated and made your school proud!

The Los Angeles Unified School District is committed to providing a working and learning environment free from discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying.

The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying based on actual or perceived race or ethnicity, gender/sex (including gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and pregnancy-related medical conditions) sexual orientation, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (not union related), a person's association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance.


For inquiries about District policies and procedures related to student-to-student, student-to-staff and staff-to student harassment/discrimination, including how to file a harassment/discrimination complaint contact:

Educational Equity Compliance Office

Julie Hall-Panameño
LAUSD Section 504 and Title IX Coordinator
(213) 241-7682

For inquiries or complaints related to employee-to-employee, student-to-employee, or work/employment related discrimination or harassment, contact:

Equal Employment Opportunity Section
(213) 241-7685

Both offices are located at:

Los Angeles Unified School District
333 South Beaudry Avenue - 20th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Student scholarship opportunity for graduating seniors at Bell who want to continue their study of Arabic in college. QFI offers two categories of scholarships for graduating high school seniors, for merit-based (up to $15,000) and need-based (up to $5,000) awards. Students must have studied Arabic for at least two years and be planning to continue to study Arabic in college. Other eligibility requirements differ between the two categories.

Here is a link with more information about the awards, including how to apply: http://www.qfi.org/programs/youth-engagement/academic-excellence/arabic-study-awards/

Applications for both awards are due April 2nd!

Students studying Arabic are highly encouraged to apply.

For questions about these awards, please email [email protected]. Students may also see Ms. Shaath about this if they have any questions.

The SCAG Scholarship Program is designed to offer local government and planning experience that students can use to develop long-term career goals. The scholarship will provide a $4,000 scholarship award for seven high school or community college students from the SCAG region (and potentially an additional eighth scholarship award that is not tied to a specific county, but would be awarded at the Committee’s discretion) and a two-week internship with a local planning agency, council of governments or SCAG. Recipients will also have an opportunity to meet with their local government representatives and practicing planners to discuss the importance of urban planning and a future career in public service. Click the link (or image) to be taken to the page where more detailed information can be found about this opportunity.

March 8, marks the annual celebration of International Women’s Day. On this day, and throughout the year, we take time to express our appreciation for the invaluable contributions that women make to our District, and to express our solidarity in the global effort to create more inclusive and equitable societies.

CyberPatriot, Dance, Driver's Ed and more! Click the link here (or the icon) to find the EduCare calendar of programs offered for the month of March. If you may have any questions or suggestions, please stop by 240 for more information.

Click the link here to read Mr. Balderas' message regarding being College Prepared and Career Ready, and what students can do to be prepare themselves for the next stage of their educational career.