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Welcome to Orchard View Elementary School!
Welcome to Orchard View Elementary School located within the Forest Hills School District, one of our Nation’s great public school systems! This summer we have been busy working on a new website which we are pleased to unveil to you.
We invite you to explore our new site and learn more about the district and what makes Orchard View so unique. The new site offers many exciting facts, figures, features and new functionality: A new Interactive Google Calendar for both the District and our school, thus enabling you to add either calendar to your other calendars; School Directories are now embedded Google Docs making it easy for you to access information; Search functionality; new Google Maps enable you to get walking, biking and driving directions to school with real-time traffic updates; Local Weather Forecasts; District-wide and school specific news updates; many news updates made in real time by members of our teaching staff; compatibility with all browsers-iPads, iPhones, and most Smart Phone devices; and a Twitter News Alert System which will enable you to receive school closing and delay news to your favorite mobile device.
We hope you find this website to be a useful resource for information – whether you are a prospective family, parent, student, or a community stakeholder. Like all websites, you will be able to find lots of information, interesting news and facts, and helpful tools. However, even with the best modern technology has to offer, sometimes there is no substitute for a human connection. We invite you to visit our main office, email us, or contact our main office number at (616) 493-8930 where we will be happy to help you.
Thank you for your interest in and your support of Orchard View Elementary School.
Sincerely,
Matt Hanichen
Principal
Latest NewsOrchard View News
5th Graders Experience “Facing Mars” at the Planetarium
“Would you go to Mars?” This was the question put before the 5th grade class as they visited this exhibit at the Van Andel Museum on April 19th. It was an interactive, hands-on exhibition about preparing them for a voyage to the Red Planet. Read more
Orchard View Global Potluck Dinner
Orchard View’s Third Annual Global Potluck dinner was held on April 24, and over 240 students and their families attended. Read more
5th Grade Wax Museum
Can you imagine John Lennon, Henry Ford, and Dr. Martin Luther King here at Orchard View Elementary? Who would’ve dreamed that they (and many more famous people) would be in the same room, at the same time? Well, actually they weren’t but the 5th grade class presented themselves as biography characters on March 23rd in the Multipurpose room. Read more
Soup with the Supt.
As part of our Global Learners Initiative, 10 students were chosen to have lunch with our superintendent, Dan Behm. Read more
April is Autism Awarness Month
LINKS Peer to Peer Support for Students with Autism at Orchard View
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) includes both Autism and Asperger Syndrome. Currently 1 in 92 children are diagnosed with ASD. Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability and it is a lifelong disability. Autism impacts a child’s ability to understand social cues, communicate with others, respond to sensory stimuli, and results in stereotyped behaviors or a restricted range of interests. Read more
