Forest Park High School (Woodbridge, Virginia)

Forest Park High School is a center for the iT (Information Technology) program. All interested 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, Programming. Each year, iT students are required to take an iT core class. Students can receive a special iT Diploma if they complete six iT courses (four core), or five iT courses and an AP class.

In the 2017-2018 school year, Forest Park's student body was:

• 27.1% Black/African American
• 20.8% Hispanic
• 8.2% Asian
• 7.6% Two or More Races
• .2% American Indian/Alaskan
• .1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
• 36.0% White[4]

Forest Park High School is an accredited high school based on its performance on the Virginia Standards of Learning tests.

• 2003 Girls Volleyball [5]
• 2004, 2006 Girls Basketball [5]
• 2013 Boys Indoor Track [5]
• 2013 Boys Outdoor Track [5]
• 2014 Boys Indoor Track [5]

• Ali Krieger – Soccer player; Orlando Pride, United States women's national soccer team world cup champion
• C. J. Sapong – Soccer player; James Madison University, Philadelphia Union
• Monica Wright – Basketball player; University of Virginia, WNBA Minnesota Lynx
• Ricky Morgan Jr. - Track and Field; University of Southern California, 2014 World Champion Team USA

Under the direction of Mr. Shawn W. Davern, the Forest Park band program, a fourteen-time Virginia honor band, offers a wide variety of performing groups, both curricular and extracurricular including

• Concert Band
• Symphonic Band
• Wind Ensemble
• The Marching Bruin Band
• Pep Band
• Jazz Band
• Indoor Ensembles
• Chamber Ensembles

Marching Band—performs at the football games as well as competitions. They also perform in the commons certain mornings before class starts.

Pep Band—organized in the 2001–02 school year by students, the Pep Band performs at both the boys and girls basketball home games as well as any regional/state games they are allowed to attend.

kieran

Forest Park's choir program has received regional, state and national recognition. In 2005, the Concert Choir was awarded Overall Grand Champion at a national music festival in Orlando. In 2006 and 2008, the Concert Choir was awarded Overall Choral Champion at an international festival in New York City. In 2009, Forest Park Choirs won the Sweepstakes Award at Heritage Festivals in Atlanta. In December 2009, the choir was featured at Epcot Center at the Candlelight Celebration Concert with celebrity narrator, Whoopi Goldberg. In 2011, the Bel Canto Women’s Choir was awarded the Adjudicator’s Award at a national choral festival in New York City, while the Concert Choir and Platinum Jazz won 1st place in their categories.[7] In 2015, Forest Park's Concert Choir was featured at Epcot Center at the Christmas Candlelight Processional with Celebrity Narrator, Chandra Wilson.

The program is directed by Ms. Lara Brittain. Ensembles in the vocal music program include:

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

• Intermediate orchestra
• Advanced orchestra
• Consort orchestra

Forest Park High School also hosts a drama club. Sponsoring three shows a year (a musical, mainstage play, and a one-act play), the program is currently headed by Mrs. Lori Spitzer-Wilk. Forest Park has performed popular shows in the past such as Beauty and the Beast, Sweet Charity, The Wizard of Oz, Oklahoma! , Shrek The Musical, and Young Frankenstein.

The Forest Park literary magazine, Ursa Major, is an award-winning publication[8] produced by the students of the Creative Writing classes and is sponsored by Mrs. Laura Dowling. The magazine is open to all students in the school for literary and artistic submissions. Publication of the magazine is annual in the spring. The magazine also sponsors a Coffee House in the early spring to showcase art in all forms. The magazine can be purchased each June or on-line at lulu.com.