Meet Your Counseling Staff
Counselor for Students: A - Dil
Sue Trout has enjoyed serving the FHN Huskies as a school counselor since 2008. Before becoming a Husky, Sue was a high school counselor at Orion High School in Grandville. Sue is a graduate of Michigan State University in Communication Arts and Sciences (B.A.) and worked in sales and marketing before making the transition to teaching. She went on with her studies in Education at Grand Valley State and taught social studies at East Grand Rapids Middle and High Schools. Sue is also a graduate of Grand Valley State University with a degree in School Counseling (M.Ed.). Sue lives in Byron Center with her husband and are proud parents of two adult children. Sue enjoys being outdoors and spending time with family, friends and their dog!
Counselor for Students: Dim- Kelk
Justin Knoth joined the FHN counseling team in 2020. Prior to this he was a school counselor for 4 years with Lakewood Public Schools and before that taught Social Studies for 10 years at Kelloggsville Middle School. He is a graduate of Grand Valley State University with degrees in History (B.A.), Curriculum and Instruction (M.A.), and School Counseling (M.Ed.). Justin enjoys spending time with his wife Nicole, and their three children Ethan, Molly, and Trenton. He enjoys attending his children's extra-curricular activities, working out, and watching football.
Mrs. Mary Harvey
Counselor for Students: Kell - Rik
Bio Coming Soon
Counselor for Students: Ril - Z
Kyle Perkins joined the FHN counseling team in 2022. Prior to this he was a counselor at Forest Hills Central High School for 7 years and previously taught math for 11 years in Indianapolis. He is a graduate of Anderson University with a degree in Mathematics Education (B.A.) and IUPUI with a degree in School Counseling (M.Ed). Kyle and his wife Jenna live in Forest Hills with their three boys Luke, Bennett and Oliver along with a goldendoodle named Ruby. He enjoys playing golf, watching sports, grilling on the patio, and not finishing house projects.
Social Worker
Matt Langlois has been the school social worker at FHN since 2020, and has worked in several other FHPS schools since 2008. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan (B.A. and MSW). He lives in Grand Rapids with his wife Jamie, children Johanna, Madeline, and Troy (all will be either Northern Middle or High Huskies in 2023), and dog Diego. He enjoys travel, going to concerts of all kinds, and being a chauffeur for a multitude of his kids’ activities. Similar to the other counselors here, he can start and finish projects around the house, just not always in the same decade.
Administrative Assistant
Katey Hamilton joined FHN in 2021 as the Guidance Secretary. Prior to joining the High School, she worked at Collin's Elementary School. Katey is a graduate of Waldorf College in Forest City, IA and also attended Regency Beauty Institute in Minneapolis, MN. Katey and her husband Colin live in Forest Hills, along with their 3 boys Owen, Jack and Finn, and their "fur-baby" Izzy. Katey enjoys traveling with her family, watching her boys play sports, working out and doing projects around her house.
Registrar
Ellen Disher joined FHN as the registrar this year, 2022. Before coming to Forest Hills, she taught 8th grade Spanish at Hamilton Middle School for 2 years. She is a Hope College graduate with a B.A. in secondary Spanish education and a minor in history education. Ellen lives in Kentwood and enjoys spending time with her boyfriend, Tyler; rock climbing with friends; skiing; watching Alone; and spending time with family.
FHN's Counseling Department Mission:
To service each student in their quest to discover their post-secondary career and college choices; to provide each student social and emotional support and skill building; to provide each student the opportunity to realize their academic potential.