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Students muse on the 20th anniversary of 9/11

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

The discussion was part of the high school’s History vs. Hollywood class, a semester-long look at the historical accuracy of nearly 20 films...

New building heads include a car DJ, a Pizza Hut fan & a magician

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There are three new principals in the district this year. SNN gets to know them in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

Need they remind? Be kind

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The mural is the creation of 2021 Forest Hills Central High graduates Ayesha Jeddy, Ana Ahmed and Valerie Greenwood, all of whom attended Ada Elementary...

It pays to get vaccinated, two local students learn

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Two area students were scholarship winners in the MI Shot to Win Sweepstakes...

Math whiz, student surveyor, star-gazer

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This Eastern High School sophomore developed a survey this year to learn what areas her peers struggle with most. Programs to address what she found have already started...

Invasion of the artistic kind

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A wooded area east of the middle school that is often traversed by neighbors and students is being taken over by aggressive invaders. Here’s how students are tackling them...

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How an unexpected turn in salmon project led to valuable life lessons

Forest Hills Brett Atwood

The school year is ending and projects at all grade levels are wrapping up. For some fifth graders in Forest Hills, one didn’t conclude exactly as planned…

Students see light at the end of the tunnel

Forest Hills School News Network

A few area high school students share why they are getting the COVID vaccine...

District shifts to hybrid schedule for two weeks

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

An increase in quarantined students and the number of students in isolation has led to a shift to hybrid instruction at West Middle School and Byron Center High School...

New writing lesson inspires fifth-graders, their teachers

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The six-week graphic unit hits on learning standards such as narrative, opinion and informational writing...

‘All learning together, no matter where we are in the world’

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High school students from Forest Hills collaborated with peers from Virginia and Greece on a project about the kindertransport rescue of Jewish children...

‘I’ve always believed in justice’

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Committed to social justice and anti-racism advocacy, eighth-grader Ari James is working to be an agent of change in her school, community and state...

‘Chem-gineering’ unit encourages creativity

Career Exploration Morgan Jarema

Project NEXT students are at it again, learning by doing...

Pen pals build bonds during remote learning

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How does a teacher create get-to-know-you opportunities for her new class of third-grade distance learners?

‘I have PCOS, I cannot focus, and I am hanging on by a thread’

Forest Hills Student Showcase School News Network

An opinion piece by a high-school senior who has a lot on her plate...

Art with a fishy surprise

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

An art project demonstrates that what you see at first isn’t necessarily the whole picture...

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‘I have PCOS, I cannot focus, and I am hanging on by a thread’

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