City High Middle School

My student has been challenged and kept busy during his virtual learning amid the pandemic. Teachers are doing a great job.

The classes have a great learning environment. Honestly, all of the I.B. and Economicology can be a bit tough to process at first, but it works out really well in the long run.

City Middle/High School is an excellent school. This school challenges my son. After going to what was consider a "good" school in MI and finding that the teachers were not interested in challenging my son or taking the time to get him into programs that would let him excel, I looked for another school. City does all of that. The classes are challenging for the gifted student. The teachers will work with your child after school to help them reach their potential. This school goes the extra mile. Other districts will just do what they have to do and that's it. Teachers are accountable for their students success. Which makes a huge difference.

City has been working to become an International Baccalaureate Program (ibo.org) for approximately five years and is currently scheduled to receive certification for the Middle Years Program this spring (2010). City is also working for certification in the IB Diploma Program with the graduating class of 2014 expected to be the first to receive IB Certified Diplomas.

City has also been working closely with the Wege Foundation to integrate Peter Wege’s principals of Economicology into our educational programming. Peter Wege’s Five Pillars, or areas of interest: Education. Environment. Arts & Culture. Health Care. Human Services closely match the mission of City High/Middle and we are very grateful to the Wege Foundation to their support of City High/Middle and the effort to become an International Baccalaureate school. This combination of Economicology and IB is creating a hybrid model of education that builds upon City’s tradition of excellence and is being closely watched by the IB community as a model program.

City is an exceptional school which attracts students into GRPS, drawing students from three counties and multiple school districts. City’s student population is diverse racially, economically and religiously. This diversity is very representative of the Grand Rapids community. Within this diversity, there exists a family unity among the students, staff and parents that holds the City community together.

Academically, City is the top performing school in the area based on MME rankings with a combined score of 196.1 out of a possible 200 (2009). This score is 27 points ahead of the next best score in the area and second best in the state of Michigan.

I would invite you to look further at City High/Middle to see the great things that are happening at this exceptional school.