Forest Hills Northern High School

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Forest Hills Northern High School
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Forest Hills Northern High School
3801 Leonard NE

Grand Rapids
,
Kent County
,
Michigan
49525

United States
Coordinates 42°59′07″N85°34′35″W / 42.98514°N 85.57626°W / 42.98514; -85.57626
Information
Type Public
Established1972
School district Forest Hills Public Schools
NCES School ID2614610 [1]
PrincipalAmena Moiz [2]
Teaching staff59.41 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9–12 [1]
Enrollment1134 (2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio19.09 [1]
Color(s)Columbia blue, black and white [2]    
Athletics conference Ottawa-Kent Conference [2]
Nickname Huskies [2]
Website www.fhps.net/northernhs
Last updated: May 16, 2024

Forest Hills Northern High School is a public high school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. It is one of three high schools in the Forest Hills Public Schools district, the other two being Forest Hills Central High School and Forest Hills Eastern High School.

Contents

Academics

Curriculum

To graduate, students must receive twenty-two and one half (22.5) credits. The minimum graduation requirements for Forest Hills Northern include four credits of English; four credits of mathematics; three credits of science; three credits of social science; one credit of physical education and health; one credit of visual, performing, applied arts; and two credits of a foreign language. [3]

The school offers several Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Each semester, students who take an AP course will have 0.021 added to their cumulative grade point average. [3] The school also offers a project-based learning program called Project Next, which involves students identifying and solving real-world problems. [4] [5] Forest Hills Northern has language immersion programs for Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. [6]

Recognition

The 2024 U.S. News & World Report high school rankings listed Forest Hills Northern as #612 in its National Rankings and #14 in its Michigan High School Rankings. [7]

In 2023, Forest Hills Northern was among the 20 Michigan schools with the highest SAT scores. [8]

Extracurriculars

Athletics

In athletics, the school competes as a member of the Ottawa-Kent Conference. Forest Hills Northern offers the following varsity Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) sports: [2]

  • Baseball (boys)
  • Basketball (girls and boys)
  • Bowling (girls and boys)
  • Cross country (girls and boys)
  • Football (boys)
  • Golf (girls and boys)
  • Gymnastics (girls)
  • Ice Hockey (boys)
  • Lacrosse (girls and boys)
  • Skiing (girls and boys)
  • Soccer (girls and boys)
  • Softball (girls)
  • Swimming and diving (girls and boys)
  • Tennis (girls and boys)
  • Track and field (girls and boys)
  • Volleyball (girls)
  • Wrestling (boys)

Additionally, the school offers a co-ed rowing club with varsity status in the spring athletic season. [9] [10]

Clubs

Forest Hills Northern has several clubs, including National Honor Society, Rotary Interact, Model United Nations, DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America), and HOSA – Future Health Professionals. [11] [12]

Additionally, the school offers multiple clubs based on cultural identity, including the Black Student Union (BSU) and Asian Student Association (ASA). [13] [14]

The Michael Sadler Foundation launched a new program called GameChang3rs at Forest Hills Northern in 2019. The program involves high-school volunteers, called "ambassadors", teaching younger students about leadership, academics, service, character, teamwork and resilience. The GameChang3rs initiative is dedicated to Michael Sadler, a Michigan State football player who died in a car crash in 2016. [15] [16]

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1,134 students enrolled in 2022-2023 was:

16.5% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch. [1]

Notable alumni

Forest Hills Northern High School is prominently featured in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie A Smile as Big as the Moon. [25] The movie is based on the 2002 memoir of the same name, which was written by a special-education teacher and football coach at Forest Hills Northern, Mike Kersjes. [26] Both the memoir and the movie recount Kersjes's experiences as he works to take his special-education class to Space Camp.

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