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 Center for Advanced Technologies, a magnet program attached to Lakewood.
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, Academy for Marine Science, program directed by James Kostka. Lakewood also recently added the CJAM, Center for Journalism and Multimedia, program to its curriculum.
Demographics
Lakewood HS is 65% Black, 25% White, 6% Hispanic, and 4% other.
Notable alumni
- Rodney Adams, NFL wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings
- Ricky Anderson, NFL player
- Lynn Barry, basketball player
- Aveion Cason, NFL running back
- William Floyd, NFL running back
- Dante Fowler Jr., NFL defensive end for Jacksonville Jaguars
- Jonte Green, NFL defensive back for Detroit Lions
- Shaquill Griffin, NFL defensive back for Seattle Seahawks
- Louis Murphy, NFL wide receiver for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Bernard Reedy, NFL wide receiver for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Rashod Moulton, NFL defensive back
- Cornell Green, former NFL offensive lineman
- Billy DeCola, reality TV (NY Ink)
- Ernest Givins, NFL wide receiver
- Tom Carter, NFL defensive back
- Tim Carter, NFL wide receiver
- Pat Terrell, NFL defensive back
- Patrick Carter, NFL wide receiver
- Nicole Haislett ('90), 1992 2-time Olympic gold medal swimmer (Barcelona)
- William Packer, movie producer, Stomp the Yard, This Christmas
- Rose Richmond, 2004 USA Olympic team
- Jeff Frederick, former member of Virginia House of Delegates and Chairman of Republican Party of Virginia
References
External links
- Lakewood High website
- Pinellas County Schools
- Center for Advanced Technologies website
- Mark W. Granning Studios website
- Lakewood High School Alumni Group
