Forest Park High School (Woodbridge, Virginia)

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Forest Park Senior High School is a high school in Woodbridge, unincorporated Prince William County, Virginia, United States. It is part of Prince William County Public Schools and is located on 15721 Forest Park Drive. (Formerly Spriggs Road. The name was changed during 2005-2006 construction on Spriggs Road.)

Forest Park is the home of the first information technology (iT) specialty program in Prince William County. Forest Park Senior High School is also accredited with their Academic Scholastic Team (2003 and 2006 Cardinal District Champions), girls basketball team (the 2003-2004 and 2005-06 Virginia State Champions), and their Women's Lightweight four rowing team (2005-2006 State Champions). Forest Park is home to the 2005-2006 Virginia teacher of the year, Carolyn Beever.

In May 2007, Newsweek magazine ranked Forest Park on its annual list of "Best High Schools in America."

[edit] iT Program

Forest Park Senior High School is a center for the iT (Information Technology). All students must apply for the program, bringing in many students around Prince William County. There are three fields that students can enter: Computer Graphics, Networking, or Programming. Most students enrolled in computer networking play video games instead of learning networking. Each year, iT students are required to take an iT core class. Students can receive a special iT Diploma if they complete eight iT courses (four core). Currently, Chuck Drake is the head of the program.

[edit] Test scores

Forest Park Senior High School is a partially accredited high school based on its performance on the Virginia Standards of Learning tests, yet not a School of Excellence. In 2005 86% of students met or exceeded Reading standards and 84% met or exceeded Math Standards.

[edit] Sports and Championships

[edit] National

• 2007 Alex Feldman ranked eighth in the cross country 500 meters.
• 2007 The Boys' 4x800 relay team of Daniel Crosson, Ryan Shea, Adam Swingle, and Zack Williams ranked Fifth at the Nike Indoor Nationals
• 2004 Senior finished top 16 in country at NCWA Wrestling Nationals
• 2006 Crew- Boys Lightweight four placed 6th at Nationals
• 2007 Physics Club National Champions
• 2008 Varsity Chess ranked 5th in Nationals in March
• 2008 Crew- Girl's Junior Quad placed 1st in the nation

[edit] State champions

• 2003 Girls Volleyball
• 2004 Bryan Evans-215 lbs. AAA Wrestling
• 2004,2006 Girls Basketball
• 2006 Women's Lightweight 4 Crew
• 2007 Boys Indoor Track 4x800 Relay
• 2007 Boys Outdoor Track 4x800 Relay
• 2005,2006 Crew- Boys lightweight 4- Bronze
• 2008 Girls Basketball runners-up

[edit] Regional champions

• 2003 Baseball
• 2002, 2007 Volleyball
• 2007-2008 Girls Basketball
• 2007-2008 Men's Bobsled team

[edit] Cardinal district champions

• 2003 Varsity Cheerleading
• 2003, 2006 Academic Scholastic Team
• 2004-2005 Wrestling
• 2004-2006 Girls Varsity Tennis
• 2003, 2006, 2007 Baseball
• 2003, 2005, 2007 Boys Soccer
• 2001-2007 Volleyball
• 2004, 2006, 2007 Girls Lacrosse
• 2007 Boys Lacrosse
• 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Boys Cross Country
• 2007-2008 Girls Basketball
• 2007-2008 Mens Swim Team
• 2006, 2007 Mens Indoor Track
• 2007 Mens Outdoor Track

[edit] College Athlete Alumni

• Ashleigh Braxton - Pittsburgh Girls Basketball
• Tyler Childress - Lancer Baseball
• Alex Feldman - Virginia Commonwealth Track
• Meghann Ostrom - Mountaineer Crew
• Ryan Otterblad - Wingate Lacrosse
• Victoria Damren - Seminoles Soccer
• Jake Pruner - Dartmouth Baseball
• Alex Silver - Old Dominion Soccer
• C.J. Sapong - James Madison Soccer
• Ryan Woolley - Georgia Baseball
• Justin Wright - Virginia Tech Baseball
• Monica Wright - Virginia Girls Basketball
• Donnie Andrews - Mercyhurst Lacrosse
• Cameron Cleaves - Air Force Academy Lacrosse
• Matt McDaniel- Captains Baseball
• Jamie Blackwell- 49er Baseball
• Taylor Herrell- Captains Baseball
• Ryan Thomas- Colonials Baseball
• Anthony Mitchell II- VSU Bowling team
• Norman Edwards- NOVA Chess club captain/ debate team leader
• Antoine Morton- Virginia State University football
• Nathan Jones- NOVA Jazz Team captain
• Jonathan Edwards- Spellman girl flag squad/ tap dance captain/CIAA 2007 volleyball champion
• Lawrence Kwame Totimeh Jr.- VSU Bowling team

Jordan Talbott- SUNY@buffalo Varsity 

• Jon Pennline - Wash and Jeff Baseball

[edit] Pro/Semi-Pro Alumni

• Ali Krieger - 1. FFC Frankfurt

[edit] Clubs and other organizations

[edit] Choir

Ensembles in the vocal music program include:

• Bel Canto
• Concert Choir
• Men's Chorus
• Platinum Jazz Vocal Ensemble
• Varsity Women's Choir
• Voice Male

[edit] Orchestra

Forest Park High School's String Orchestras have consistently received accolades, notably recitatives overall 1's at Festival for multiple years. The program is under the direction of Mrs. Colburn, currently in her first year at FP after teaching for some time at Potomac. Orchestras include:

• Freshman
• Advanced
• Consort

[edit] Improv club

Forest Park sponsors a Theater Sports team, also known as the Improv Club. Several times throughout the school year the members of the club put on an improvised comedy show in the Mini-Theater. During the college Spring Break season, the current Improv team pays homage to the teams of the past with an Alumni show, bringing back several Forest Park graduates. It was originally an offshoot of the Drama Club, founded in 2002.

[edit] Key club

A club that is partnered with the Kiwanis Club, personally with the Woodbridge Adult Lodge and is a community service oriented organization. It boasts a member range of between 80 and 100 students each year with a large percentage being active in such activities as Mend-a-House, Habitat for Humanity, AXE, Military Personnel Donations(cards and baskets sent to them), and Walter Reed Military Hospital. They sponsor the Adopt-a-Highway program on Spriggs Road, participating in cleanup activities along the thoroughfare. It was also the first high school Key Club program organized in Prince William County.

[edit] Demographics

• In 2005-2006, Forest Park's student body was 54% White, 28% Black, 9% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% of other backgrounds. Most of the students that attend Forest Park live in Montclair, Virginia.
• 23% of the student body were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch during the 2004-2005 school year. 0% of students are eligible for that now.

• In 2007-2008, Forest Park's student body was 50% White, 29% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 9% other backgrounds.

[edit] See also

• Prince William County Public Schools
• GreatSchools Profile