Forest Hills Public Schools
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Forest Hills School District, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Kent County
The Forest Hills School District, located in suburban Grand Rapids, was founded in 1956 when residents in 13 neighboring, one-room schools consolidated into one district to build a high school for their children. The district has grown to serve over 9,800 students and annually gains 200-300 new students. Recently the brand new Eastern High school has been opened.
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[edit] District schools
Elementary Schools (Kindergarten - 4th grade)
- Ada Elementary School
- Ada Vista Elementary School
- Collins Elementary School
- Knapp Forest Elementary School
- Meadow Brook Elementary School
- Orchard View Elementary School
- Pine Ridge Elementary School
- Thornapple Elementary School
5th/6th Grade Schools
- Central Woodlands 5/6 School
- Northern Trails 5/6 School
- Goodwillie Environmental School (one of the few "green schools" in the country)
Middle Schools (7th - 8th grade)
- Central Middle School
- Eastern Middle School
- Northern Hills Middle School
High Schools (9th - 12th grade)
- Forest Hills Central High School
- Forest Hills Northern High School
- Alternative Pathways High School
- Forest Hills Eastern High School
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The District also maintains an administrative office and a fine arts center.
[edit] Awards
- In 2003, Forest Hills Central High School was named one of the best high schools in the nation according to Newsweek, ranking #726 out of the top 1,000. Forest Hills Northern High School was also ranked, at #937. There are over 27,000 high schools in the United States, putting both Central High School and Northern High School among the top 4%.
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Kim Zimmer, Actress
- Kyle Visser, current NCAA college basketball scholarship athlete for Wake Forest
- Dick DeVos, Former CEO of Amway and former Michigan gubernatorial candidate
- Kevin Murphy, former NCAA college football scholarship athlete at the University of Michigan
- Jacob Bourjaily, 2005 Marshall Scholarship winner
- Noorain Khan, 2005 Rhodes Scholarship winner
- Matt Metzger, 2000, NCCA college baseball athlete (Northwood University)
- Dean Zarafonetis, 2001, NCAA college football athlete (Central Michigan University)
- Daane Griffeth, 2001, NCAA college basketball athlete (Hope College)
- Nick Metzger, 2002, NCAA college baseball athlete (Northwood University)
- Kyle Carhart, 2002, NCAA college basketball athlete (Grand Valley State University)
- Andrew Post, 2006, NCAA college track athlete (Grand Valley State University)
- Alex Amodeo, 2002, NCAA college track athlete (Auburn University)
- Jake Stacy, 2005, 2005 Mr. Soccer, NCAA Division 1 Soccer Player at The University of Michigan
- Cam White, 2006, NCAA college track athlete (Central Michigan University)
- Simon Nyang, 2006, NCAA college track athlete (Auburn University)
- Meredith Klipa, 2004 NCAA Division 1 Water Polo Player at Villanova University
- Ryan Devlin, Actor
- Rachael Foe, 2006 NCAA college swimmer
- Jordyn Boles, 2004 NCAA Basketball Player at Hope
- Mitchell Klipa, 2007 All-American Swimmer, NCAA Water Polo Player
