Forest Heights Collegiate Institute
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Forest Heights Collegiate Institute is a high school located at 255 Fischer-Hallman Rd. in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The school is often colloquially referred to as "Forest" by the students and other Kitchener locals. It was named after the neighbourhood of Kitchener in which it is located. However, interestingly enough, Forest Heights actually draws many of its students from the other adjacent neighbourhood, Forest Hill. So Forest Hill Collegiate Institute might have been an equally apt name. A common abbreviation is also F.H.C.I.
Forest Heights was founded in 1964. The school motto is "sit tuum tollere," meaning "yours to hold high."
The school mascot is Biff the Trojan. The fact that the school mascot is the Trojan has been the butt of lame jokes for many years.
The school colours are gold and black. Traditionally, and still technically, they were gold and brown but due to the irregularity of brown pigments in sports uniforms and school clothing, black replaced brown.
In recent years, Forest Heights has become a magnet school for English as a Second Language (ESL) students. This has come as a result of the restructuring of Waterloo Regional District School Board (WRDSB) schools such that each school functions as a magnet for a specific aspect of schooling (ie. design & technology, ESL, creative arts).
Locally, Forest Heights is known for its annual variety show called Journey, which traditionally features music, dance, and dramatic sketch components. Journey has been produced annually at Forest Heights, jointly by staff and students, almost since the school's inception. This year marks Journey 38; each year's show features a specific theme which guides the song choices for both the musical and dance components. Lately the show has been marred by staff reluctance to sponsor it. Thus it is annually threatened with extinction but it was saved by a late volunteer yet again this year.
The current principal of Forest Heights is Hans Peter Rubenschuh.
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