Forest Park High School (Indiana)

Forest Park Junior-Senior High School
Location
1440 Michigan Street
Ferdinand, Dubois County, Indiana 47532
United States
Coordinates 38°13′39″N 86°51′28″W / 38.227602°N 86.857853°W / 38.227602; -86.857853Coordinates: 38°13′39″N 86°51′28″W / 38.227602°N 86.857853°W / 38.227602; -86.857853
Information
Type Public high school
Motto A place where everybody is somebody
School district Southeast Dubois County School Corporation
Superintendent Richard Allen
Principal Jamie Pund
Faculty 39
Grades 7–12
Enrollment 597 (2014-15)[1]
Color(s)          
Athletics conference Pocket Athletic Conference
Team name Rangers
Newspaper The Lookout
Website Official Website

Forest Park Jr./Sr. High School is a 7–12 grade public learning institution located in Ferdinand, Indiana. It serves the Southeast Dubois County School Corporation. The school's mascot is the Ranger and the colors are forest green and gold. Forest Park's school newspaper is called The Lookout.[2]

Academics

A North Central Association accredited school since 1979, Forest Park offers fifteen dual credit courses to its students in various areas of study. Three of these classes are also presented as Advanced Placement courses: AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, and AP Biology.

Athletics and clubs

Athletics

The boys basketball program won back to back state championships (2004–05 & 2005–06); they were also state finalists in 2002-03 & 2017-18. The girls softball team took the state title for the 2000–2001 season.[3]

Marching Band

Forest Park's marching band, known as the Marching Rangers, has won 10 state championships since 1973 (1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015).[4]

See also

References

  1. "Forest Park Jr-Sr High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  2. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20110928135717/http://www.sedubois.k12.in.us/~lookout/lookout.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. IHSAA State Championships by School
  4. ISSMA History - Marching Band State Finals Results
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