Forest Heights Collegiate Institute
Forest Heights Collegiate Institute | |
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Sit Tuum Tollere Yours to hold high | |
Address | |
255 Fischer-Hallman Road Kitchener, Ontario, N2M 4X8, Canada | |
Coordinates | 43°25′32.48″N 80°31′16.46″W / 43.4256889°N 80.5212389°WCoordinates: 43°25′32.48″N 80°31′16.46″W / 43.4256889°N 80.5212389°W |
Information | |
School number | 910350 |
School board | Waterloo Region District School Board |
Principal | Bill Lemon |
Vice principal |
Darcy Mintz Paula Bender Cindy Olsen |
Staff | 160 |
School type | Secondary |
Grades | 9-12 |
Language | English |
Area | Forest Heights |
Mascot | Troy the Trojan |
Team name | Trojans |
Colours |
Gold and Brown (official) Gold and Black (implementation) |
Founded | 1964 |
Enrollment | Approx. 1800 (February, 2010) |
Homepage | http://fhci.wrdsb.on.ca/ |
Forest Heights Collegiate Institute is a high school located in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada that was established in 1964. The school is often colloquially referred to as FHCI or Forest Heights or Foriegn Heights by the students and other Kitchener locals. It was named after the Forest Heights neighbourhood in which it is located. The school draws many of its students from the adjacent neighbourhood of Forest Hill.
The school motto is "sit tuum tollere", meaning "Yours to hold high". The mascot is a Trojan. The official school colours are gold and brown, but black is used in the sports uniforms and school clothing because brown pigments are not regularly used for such products.
In recent years, Forest Heights has become a magnet school for English as a Second Language (ESL) students, as a result of the restructuring of Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) schools. Each district school functions as a magnet for a specific aspect of schooling (i.e. 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 by staff and students, since near the school's inception. Each year's show features a specific theme which guides the song choices for both the musical and dance components.
Recently, the Innovate Program has been put into place, available only to those who have Forest Heights as a home school.
Activities
- Arts Banquet Committee
- Art Club
- Badminton Club
- Book Club
- Federal-Provincial Simulation Team
- Coffee Houses
- Chess Team
- Computer Science and Programming Contest Club (CSPCC)
- Dance Clubs
- Dance Pak
- Dance Team
- DECA
- Embers (Yearbook)
- Diversity Club
- Fed-Prov
- Free The Children / Save Darfur Club
- Friday Prayer Club ("Gotta get down on Jummah")
- Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)
- Grad Club
- History Club
- Knitting Club ("Knit Happens")
- Magic: the Gathering Club
- Music Clubs
- Battle of the Bands (School musical talent show)
- DRUM (percussion ensemble)
- Junior/Senior Concert Band
- Junior Jazz Combo
- Junior/Senior Instrumental Bands
- Music Council
- Senior Stage Band
- Photography Club
- Poster Club
- Reach for the Top (RFTT)
- Run Club
- Rock Band
- Sparkplug (school newspaper)
- Sewing Club ("Sew What")
- Snowboard Club
- Student Activity Council
- Student Athletic Council
- Student Council Executive
- Sears Drama festival
- Ski Club
- Table Tennis Team
- Tech Crew
- Torch
- Vibe
- WAYVE
- Smoking at Bus Stop