Forest View High School
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Forest View High School was a public secondary school in southern Arlington Heights, Illinois
, operational from 1963 until its closure because of declining enrollment in 1986. The school mascot was Fergie the Falcon, and the school colors were silver, black, and gold.
(IHSA), which governs most of the athletic and non-athletic competitions in Illinois.
When the school was closed, the IHSA turned over the accomplishments of the school to John Hersey High School
, which is also a District 214 school in Arlington Heights.
The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state tournament or meet:
Of interest is the record of the 1981-1982 varsity football team. Although the team won only a few games that year, they had a solid offensive front line composed of center (Mack Bernard), right guard (John Keopke), right tackle (Dick O’Hara), and right end (Tom Kolder), all seniors at the time, who were all also, by sheer coincidence, class valedictorians at commencement the following spring. Each student graduated with a 5.0/5.0 grade point average before attending top engineering colleges. (Bernard attended Cornell University while Keopke, Kolder, and O’Hara attended the University of Illinois).
Forest View High School was in the top division as recognized by the IHSA at the time with 555 students in the graduating class. The coincidence of having four valedictorians on the starting right line from center to end has never been known to occur at any level by chance or design before or since.
1) it is the central administrative office for Twp. HS District 214
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2) it is the home to the district's Vanguard School; an alternative high school for students not excelling in traditional high school placements. and
3) the district's Newcomer Center is housed here, helping newly arrived immigrants an opportunity to learn the English language to better transition into one of the district's six high schools.
The school also houses the Forest View Alternative School, which draws students from across the district who have not been successful in traditional placement due to behavior related issues.
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Arlington Heights is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about 25 miles northwest of the city's downtown. The population was 75,101 at the 2010 census....
, operational from 1963 until its closure because of declining enrollment in 1986. The school mascot was Fergie the Falcon, and the school colors were silver, black, and gold.
Athletics
Forest View's team nickname was the Falcons. The school was a member of the Illinois High School AssociationIllinois High School Association
The Illinois High School Association is one of 521 state high school associations in the United States, designed to regulate competition in most interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level. It is a charter member of the National Federation of State High...
(IHSA), which governs most of the athletic and non-athletic competitions in Illinois.
When the school was closed, the IHSA turned over the accomplishments of the school to John Hersey High School
John Hersey High School
John Hersey High School, , is a four-year public high school located in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois in the United States, it has its students from Arlington Heights and also takes some students from Prospect Heights, Mount Prospect and a small part of Des...
, which is also a District 214 school in Arlington Heights.
The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state tournament or meet:
- FootballHigh school footballHigh school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
: 2nd place (1985–86) - BowlingBowlingBowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
(girls): 2nd place (1974–75, 75–76); State Champions (1973–74, 76–77, 77–78) - Track & Field (girls): 4th place (1972–73)
Of interest is the record of the 1981-1982 varsity football team. Although the team won only a few games that year, they had a solid offensive front line composed of center (Mack Bernard), right guard (John Keopke), right tackle (Dick O’Hara), and right end (Tom Kolder), all seniors at the time, who were all also, by sheer coincidence, class valedictorians at commencement the following spring. Each student graduated with a 5.0/5.0 grade point average before attending top engineering colleges. (Bernard attended Cornell University while Keopke, Kolder, and O’Hara attended the University of Illinois).
Forest View High School was in the top division as recognized by the IHSA at the time with 555 students in the graduating class. The coincidence of having four valedictorians on the starting right line from center to end has never been known to occur at any level by chance or design before or since.
Today
Forest View today serves three primary purposes:1) it is the central administrative office for Twp. HS District 214
Township High School District 214
Township High School District 214 is located in Cook County, Illinois. It is the state's second largest high school district by enrollment .-Schools:* Buffalo Grove High School* Elk Grove High School* John Hersey High School* Prospect High School...
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2) it is the home to the district's Vanguard School; an alternative high school for students not excelling in traditional high school placements. and
3) the district's Newcomer Center is housed here, helping newly arrived immigrants an opportunity to learn the English language to better transition into one of the district's six high schools.
The school also houses the Forest View Alternative School, which draws students from across the district who have not been successful in traditional placement due to behavior related issues.
Notable alumni
- Jerry Jenkins (class of 1967) is the coauthor of the best-selling Left BehindLeft Behind (series)Left Behind is a series of 16 best-selling novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, dealing with Christian dispensationalist End Times: pretribulation, premillennial, Christian eschatological viewpoint of the end of the world. The primary conflict of the series is the members of the Tribulation...
series of books. - Donald Wayne Foster (class of 1968), is a Vassar CollegeVassar CollegeVassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
professor, best known for his forensic literary analysisForensic linguisticsForensic linguistics is the application of linguistic knowledge, methods and insights to the forensic context of law, language, crime investigation, trial, and judicial procedure. It is a branch of applied linguistics...
. - Christopher T. HillChristopher T. HillChristopher T. Hill is a theoretical physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. He did undergraduate work in physics at M.I.T. , and graduate work at Caltech...
(class of 1969), is a theoretical physicist and coauthor of Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe (with Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman). He is currently the head of the Theoretical Physics Group at FermilabFermilabFermi National Accelerator Laboratory , located just outside Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a US Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics...
. - Donna Latham (class of 1975), is an award-winning writer of children's literature and works of theater.
- Rick ZomboRick ZomboRichard J. Zombo is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the NHL for 12 seasons between 1984 and 1996...
(class of 1981) was a professional hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL from 1984 to 1996.