Forest Hills Northern High School is one of the three high schools in the Forest Hills Public Schools

Forest Hills Public Schools

Forest Hills Public Schools is a school district serving portions of the townships of Ada Township, Cascade Township, and Grand Rapids Township and portions of the cities of Grand Rapids and Kentwood in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan...

 in Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...

, Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. The district's two other high schools include Forest Hills Central High School

Forest Hills Central High School

Forest Hills Central High School is located in Ada Township, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is one of three high schools in the Forest Hills Public Schools system...

 and Forest Hills Eastern High School

Forest Hills Eastern High School

Forest Hills Eastern High School is located in Ada, Michigan. It is newest of three high schools in the Forest Hills Public Schools district. The school district includes Forest Hills Northern High School and Forest Hills Central High School also...

. In athletics, the school currently competes as a member of the Ottawa-Kent Conference

Ottawa-Kent Conference

The Ottawa-Kent Conference is an athletic league located in West Michigan. It has member schools from Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon, and Ottawa Counties. It has 51 member schools that partake in athletics. According to the MHSAA they have the main offices located at Grandville...

 Blue Division (referred to as the "O-K Blue").

Among other 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 boys' and 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. In the 2006-2007 school year, Northern's debate team won the Ziegelmueller Award for the best debate team in the state of Michigan.

Notable alumni

• Johnny Benson
  Johnny Benson
  Jonathan Benson, Jr. is an American NASCAR driver and the son of former Michigan modified driver John Benson, Sr...
  
  , NASCAR driver
• Chalene Johnson
  Chalene Johnson
  Chalene Johnson is an American physical fitness expert, choreographer, author, and entrepreneur. Chalene Johnson started studying dance and martial arts at age 3. She continued training in tae kwon do, dance, and aerobics while a student at Michigan State University...
  
  , Fitness Celebrity
• Jared Veldheer
  Jared Veldheer
  Jared Veldheer is an American football offensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Raiders in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft, after playing college football at Hillsdale....
  
  , NFL player
• Mitch Lyons
  Mitch Lyons
  Mitchell Warren "Mitch" Lyons is a former American football tight end in the National Football League. He attended Forest Hills Northern High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan and played college football at Michigan State University. At 6'5" tall and 265 pounds, the Atlanta Falcons drafted him in...
  
  , NFL player
• Steve Scheffler, NBA player

External links

• Forest Hills Northern High School