FHPS District News
Central Woodlands Students Help Create a New Otter Exhibit at the Zoo
Story by School News Network: If you’re going to design an otter habitat and otters won’t or can’t comment, your next best bet might be to go to sixth-graders. That’s what John Ball Zoo did. Nearly 200 Central Woodlands 5/6 students worked in teams to research and develop plans for what they saw as an […]
Sixth-Graders at Orchard View End the Year with a Camp Experience
Part of the sixth-grade experience for students in Forest Hills Public Schools is spending a couple of days and nights with their classmates at camp. While Goodwillie Environmental School students go on a camping trip, other buildings coordinate a retreat for the students at a camp in West Michigan. Some buildings coordinate a fall trip and others […]
Northern Hills Middle School Students Team Up with the Zoo to Educate Visitors about Endangered Species
Students from Northern Hills Middle School partnered with John Ball Zoo to help create an awareness about endangered species. The students designed clay sculptures of endangered species and displayed their final products during a day at the zoo. They also conducted research about the endangered animal and wrote a factual one-page flier noting where their […]
FHN Hosted STEM Showcase Night
Forest Hills Northern High School students in the STEM Academy (science, technology, engineering, and math), hosted a showcase event where the students displayed a variety of the work that the students produced through the STEM program throughout the year. Some projects on display included freshmen’s aquaponics systems, the juniors’ award-winning underwater remote operated vehicles, a […]
FHE’s Wayfinder Navigators Class Pairs Biology with Physical Education
Forest Hills Eastern teachers Jacquie Brown and Dolores Keeley received a grant from the Forest Hills Public Schools Foundation to help bring a Wayfinder Navigators class to the school. The year-long pilot class offered to freshmen at Eastern High combines honors biology or biology with health and physical education requirements into a two-hour block. The […]
FHPS Names Recipients of the Ben Emdin Guiding Principles in Action Award and the Judy Bouley Perseverance in Action Award
The Ben Emdin Guiding Principles in Action Award is presented each year at the June board of education meeting to those in the Forest Hills Public Schools and community who have started a project of long-term benefit, and/or have consistently demonstrated the district’s guiding principles over many years of service. This year’s recipients are Dr. […]
