Dear Student:

Welcome to Forest Hills High School, a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and Siemens Award winner. I trust that your high school career will be challenging and filled with success. By keeping this handbook as a resource guide, you will be supporting your own success. Please refer to it often and share the information contained in it with your parents. This handbook has been developed to serve you. It contains valuable information about academics and extracurricular activities.

Forest Hills High School demonstrates that people from different backgrounds can learn together and achieve academic excellence. In addition to a comprehensive educational program we have special offerings in Law & Humanities, Bio-Medical and Hospital Science, Westinghouse/Intel/Siemens Research, Public Service, and PACE, among others. We expect you to make the most of your high school career and reach high to achieve your goals. Our tradition of excellence is maintained by assisting your educational and emotional development. With that assistance you will be able to develop throughout your high school years, achieve your academic goals, and participate fully as a responsible student.

As principal, I look forward to working with you throughout the coming years and wish you good luck at Forest Hills High School!

Sincerely,

Saul Gootnick

Principal