Academics
Wyoming Park High School participated in the Advanced Placement Program (AP), a College Board-approved program that offers college-level courses in the high school environment. The 2006–2007 school year saw a significant increase in scores from exiting seniors who have taken the Advanced Placement exams. The class of 2007 participants in the Advanced Placement program had the second highest Advanced Placement exit exam scores in Kent County, Wyoming Park's residing county, which includes all of Greater Grand Rapids.
Students who had a minimum of a 3.5 grade point average (GPA) were invited to participate in the school's National Honor Society, or NHS. Members who are a part of the National Honor Society participate in volunteer activities, such as building homes for Habitat for Humanity and running the Michigan Community Blood Center's Biannual School Blood Drive.
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