Forest Park High School (Maryland)

Forest Park High School
Address
New school: 3701 Eldorado Avenue Old school: 4300 Chatham Road Baltimore, Maryland 21207
Information
School type	Public, Comprehensive
Motto	Today students--Tomorrow leaders
Founded	1924
School district	Baltimore City Public Schools
Superintendent	Dr. Gregory Thornton [CEO]
School number	406
Principal	Monica Dailey
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	501^[1] (2014)
Area	Urban
Color(s)	Green and Gray
Mascot	Foresters
Website	www.baltimorecityschools.org/406

Forest Park High School is a public secondary school in Baltimore, Maryland. Forest Park was established in 1924 as the Forest Park Junior-Senior High School. In 1932, the Forest Park Junior High School was moved and renamed the Garrison Junior High School. The Old Senior High School remained at its 4300 Chatham Road location until 1981 when it was torn down and the new school was built and occupied at the current Eldorado location.

Forest Park Army JROTC at the 2008 Morgan State University Homecoming Parade.

Notable faculty

Wendell E. Dunn, principal 1935–1961

Notable alumni

Spiro T. Agnew, 39th Vice President of the United States
Thomas Beck, film actor
H Steven Blum, retired United States Army Lieutenant General who served as Chief of the National Guard Bureau
William "Buddy" Ellinghouse, president AT&T
Cass Elliot, American singer Mama Cass of The Mamas & the Papas
Billy Griffin, lead singer of The Miracles, solo artist
Edward Deal Hardesty, judge, circuit court, Baltimore (1971–1990)
Margaret Hayes, film and television actress^[2]
Ellen M. Heller, judge, Circuit court, Baltimore (1986–1999)
Barbara A. Hoffman, (D), Maryland State Senator, District 42, Baltimore City (1983–2003)
Earl Hofmann, Baltimore Realist artist, graduated 1946
Barry Levinson, movie director
Robert C. Murphy, chief judge, Maryland Court of Appeals
Alan Sagner, New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation
Howard "Chip" Silverman, author lacrosse coach
Mark Rosenker, Former Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Major General, USAF (ret)
Mary Tabor, American author of literary fiction
Celeste Ulrich (1924-2011) (class of 1942), leading educator in physical education
Arnold M. Weiner, noted attorney

Notes

↑ "Enrollment for All Grades All Students : Demographics : Baltimore City - Forest Park High : 2014 Maryland Report Card:". Maryland State Department of Education. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
↑ "Margaret Hayes" (PDF). 41 (1). December 1953: 85. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

External links

Coordinates: 39°19′55″N 76°41′20″W / 39.332°N 76.689°W / 39.332; -76.689

Baltimore City Public Schools

Schools	Achievement Academy at Harbor City High School Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts Baltimore School for the Arts Baltimore Career Academy Carver Vocational Technical High School Baltimore City College Coppin Academy High School Digital Harbor High School Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Edmondson-Westside High School Francis M. Wood Alternative High School Forest Park High School Frederick Douglass High School Heritage High School Independence School Local 1 Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School Patterson High School Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Reginald F. Lewis High School Baltimore Renaissance Academy Southside Academy Baltimore Talent Development High School Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy W.E.B. DuBois High School Western High School Northwestern High School Academy for College and Career Exploration Baltimore Civitas Middle/High School ConneXions School for the Arts Baltimore Freedom Academy New Era Academy National Academy Foundation School James Mosher Elementary School Dr. Samuel L. Banks High School Doris M. Johnson High School Lake Clifton Eastern High School Northern High School Southern High School Southwestern High School Thurgood Marshall High School Walbrook High School

Miscellaneous	Desegregation of the Baltimore City Public Schools

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