Forest Hills Northern High School

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Forest Hills Northern High School
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Established 1972
Type Public secondary
Principal Jon Gregory
Location Grand Rapids, Michigan
District Forest Hills Public Schools
Enrollment 913 students (2008)
Conference OK Gold
Colors Columbia Blue and Black
Nickname Huskies
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Forest Hills Northern High School is one of the three high schools in the Forest Hills Public Schools. FHN Students are known as huskies due to the school's mascot, the husky. The district includes Forest Hills Central High School and Forest Hills Eastern High School. The school is currently in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Gold Division. Throughout its history, Northern has bested its counterparts and rivals, the Eastern Hawks and Central Rangers, in many areas. Among other great achievements, in 2007, Forest Hills Northern brought forth seven National Merit Finalists, two National Achievement Scholarship Finalists, and eight Michigan Math Prize Competition finalists. The girls' tennis, boy's cross country, volleyball, competitive cheer, gymnastics, hockey, boy's swimming and diving, boy's lacrosse and boy's and girl's track teams have all been conference champions. Northern boasts the best debate team in the state of Michigan after winning the Ziegelmueller Award.