Forest Park High School (Indiana)

Forest Park Junior-Senior High School
Location
1440 Michigan Street Ferdinand, Indiana, Dubois County 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	632
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.^[1]

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 (2004–5/2005–6). The girls softball team took the state title for the 2000–2001 season.^[2]

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).^[3]

References

↑ (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)
↑ IHSAA State Championships by School
↑ ISSMA History - Marching Band State Finals Results

External links

Indiana's Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC)

3A Members	Gibson Southern Heritage Hills Pike Central Southridge

2A Members	Forest Park North Posey South Spencer Tell City

1A Member Independent in Football	Tecumseh

Former Members	Cannelton (Independent) Mount Vernon (Big Eight) Wood Memorial (Blue Chip / Southwest Seven)

Indiana's Blue Chip Conference

Current members	Barr-Reeve Loogootee North Knox Northeast Dubois Shoals South Knox Vincennes Rivet Washington Catholic Wood Memorial

Former members	Bloomfield Forest Park Mitchell North Daviess Springs Valley

Education in Southwestern Indiana

Daviess County (14) (4)

School Districts:	Barr-Reeve Community Schools North Daviess Community Schools Washington Community Schools

High Schools:	Barr-Reeve (Vikings) North Daviess (Cougars) Washington (Hatchets) Washington Catholic (Cardinals)

Dubois County (19) (4)

School Districts:	Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools Northeast Dubois School Corporation Southeast Dubois School Corporation Southwest Dubois School Corporation

High Schools:	Forest Park (Rangers) Jasper (Wildcats) Northeast Dubois (Jeeps) Southridge (Raiders)

Closed:	Jasper John Paul (Ravens)

Gibson County (26) (3)

School Districts:	East Gibson School Corporation North Gibson School Corporation South Gibson School Corporation

High Schools:	Gibson Southern (Titans) Princeton Community (Tigers) Wood Memorial (Trojans)

Knox County (42) (4)

School Districts:	North Knox School Corporation South Knox School Corporation Vincennes Community School Corporation

High Schools:	North Knox (Warriors) South Knox (Spartans) Vincennes Lincoln (Alices) Vincennes Rivet (Patriots)

Martin County (51) (2)

School Districts:	Loogootee Community School Corporation Shoals Community School Corporation

High schools:	Loogootee (Lions) Shoals (Jug Rox)

Perry County (62) (3)

School Districts:	Cannelton City Schools Perry Central School Corporation Tell City-Troy Twp. School Corporation

High Schools:	Cannelton (Bulldogs) Perry Central (Commodores) Tell City (Marksmen)

Pike County (63) (1)

School District:	Pike County School Corporation

High School:	Pike Central (Chargers)

Posey County (65) (2)

School Districts:	M.S.D. Mt. Vernon & South Posey M.S.D. North Posey

High Schools:	Mt. Vernon (Wildcats) North Posey (Vikings)

Closed:	New Harmony (Rappites)

Spencer County (74) (2)

School Districts:	North Spencer School Corporation South Spencer School Corporation

High Schools:	Heritage Hills (Patriots) South Spencer (Rebels)

Vanderburgh County (82) (10)

School Districts:	Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville

High Schools	Evansville Bosse (Bulldogs) Evansville Central (Bears) Evansville Day (Eagles) Evansville Harrison (Warriors) Evansville Mater Dei (Wildcats) Evansville North (Huskies) Evansville F.J. Reitz (Panthers) Evansville F.J. Reitz Memorial (Tigers) Evansville Signature (Penguins) Southern Indiana Career & Technical Center (None)

Warrick County (87) (3)

School District:	Warrick County School Corporation

High Schools:	Boonville (Pioneers) Castle (Knights) Tecumseh (Braves)

Special Resources

Gibson-Pike-Warrick Special Education Cooperative

Athletic Conferences

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