Lakewood High School (Florida)

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Lakewood High School
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Lakewood High School (Florida)
1400 54th Avenue South

St. Petersburg
,
Florida
33705

United States
Coordinates 27°43′09″N82°39′10″W / 27.71927°N 82.6528°W / 27.71927; -82.6528
Information
School type Public, Secondary
Established1966
School district Pinellas County Schools
PrincipalConnisheia Garcia
Teaching staff48.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9th–12th
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment915 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio19.06 [1]
Color(s)   Black & gold
Mascot Spartan
AccreditationFlorida State Department of Education
NewspaperSpartan News Network (SNN)
and CAT 5
YearbookAlphaOmega
Website www.lakewood-hs.pinellas.k12.fl.us

Lakewood High School is a public high school in St. Petersburg, Florida operated by Pinellas County Schools. It opened in 1966 with students previously attending St. Petersburg High School and Boca Ciega High School. Lakewood High is one of the most highly funded schools in the county, due to the presence of Center for Advanced Technologies, a magnet program attached to Lakewood.

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Special programs

CATCOM (Center for Advanced Technologies Communications and Original Media), a video production class and club within the CAT program, was created by Mark Granning and Dr. Martin Shapiro in 1990. CATCOM Studios, now known as Mark W. Granning Studios following his retirement, produces a daily in-house 15-minute news program called Fast Forward and once produced award-winning segments, known as "FOX ThirTEEN Magazine," for the local Fox affiliate. CATCOM has won numerous Student Emmys for its work. Acceptance into the program is competitive, as only about 75 students may participate each year.

Also well known for the AMSET, [2] Academy for Marine Science, program directed by James Kostka. Lakewood also recently added the CJAM, [2] Center for Journalism and Multimedia program to its curriculum.

Demographics

Lakewood HS is 65% Black, 25% White, 6% Hispanic, and 4% other. [3]

Notable alumni

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