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Belvidere High School
Address
1500 East Avenue Belvidere, Illinois 61008 United States
Coordinates	42°14′38″N 88°49′50″W / 42.2438°N 88.8306°W / 42.2438; -88.8306
Information
School type	Public Secondary
School district	Belvidere Community Unit School District 100
Superintendent	Daniel Woestman 2016 =
Principal	Billy Lewis
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coed
Enrollment	1,263 (2014-15)
Average class size	21.4
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Purple   Gold
Slogan	It's the Year of the BUCS!
Song	Notre Dame Victory March
Athletics conference	Northern Illinois Conference (NIC-10)
Team name	Bucs
Newspaper	The Buccaneer'
Website	Official School Website

Belvidere High School is located in at 1500 East Avenue, Belvidere, Illinois in Boone County.

On the afternoon of April 21, 1967, an F4 tornado struck the school, killing 13 students and staff. The tornado was part of the 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak. It was the sixth worse loss of life at an American school as a result of tornadoes, and the worst since 1955.

To mark the 40th anniversary of the tragedy, a memorial to the lives lost in the tornado was erected in front of Belvidere High School in 2007.

History

Athletics

Belvidere competes in the Northern Illinois Conference (NIC-10), and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Teams are stylized as the Bucs (a shortening of Buccaneers).

BHS Sports: Football, Poms, Cheerleading, Basketball, Dance, Baseball, Tennis, Bowling, Track & Field, Soccer, Softball, Golf, Volleyball, Swimming, Hockey, Lacrosse, and Cross Country.

The school won back–to–back state championships in football in the autumns of 1993 and 1994.

Belvidere High School's current biggest rival is Belvidere North High School. Before that school was created, however, Rockford Boylan Central Catholic High School was their biggest sports rival.

References

1. http://www.district100.com/District/Pages/Superintendent.aspx
2. "Belvidere High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
3. ^ "Illinois School Report Card: Belvidere High School" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
4. ^ "Belvidere (H.S.)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
5. "IHSA School Directory". Illinois High School Association. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
6. "Buccaneer". Belvidere High School. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2008-11-16. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. "The Ten Worst Tornado Related Disasters in Schools". The Tornado Project. 1999. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
9. "Like It Was Yesterday: 50 years since Belvidere tornado". WIFR-LD. 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2018-03-06. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
10. "Season Summaries: Belvidere (H.S.)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 28 March 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.

External links

• Official website
• IHSFW.com's Belvidere H.S. Football page - sports web site

• Public high schools in Illinois
• Belvidere, Illinois
• Schools in Boone County, Illinois