BCHS continues to prepare Bruin learners for the 21st century by linking the traditions of the past with the challenges of the future.

The mission of BCHS is that students graduate empowered with the academic and personal skills they need to take responsibility for their college and career ambitions and to mature into productive members of the community.

Beginning with just freshmen and sophomore classes, Bear Creek is now a large comprehensive high school with an estimated 2024-2025 student population of near 1,950.

The student population from its primarily residential attendance area reflects the diversity of the community ethnically, culturally, and economically.

Despite the Voice having no previous reprimands from administration and winning statewide awards, Camp stated that he wanted to make sure the school is free of libel.

Only around 10% of students attended classes on September 19, 2014, after principal Bill Atterberry emailed parents alerting of a possible terrorist threat.

Atterberry wrote in his September 18 email: "This afternoon, we received a call from an upset parent who said that he was 'coming down tomorrow and it’s going to be like a Columbine situation.

Bear Creek won the San Joaquin Athletic Association track and field league championship over Stagg High School in 1997.

In recent years, the Freshman football team has consistently failed to make grades by the end of first quarter, causing them to cancel the rest of the season.