Lakewood High School (California)

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Lakewood High School is a public secondary school located in the Southern California city of Lakewood. Founded in 1957, it is part of the Long Beach Unified School District. This school is one of the best in the district with some of the highest average of SAT9 State Testing scores; beating out Polytechnic High School and CAMS. LHS served twelve sophomores, juniors, and seniors in 2007. Lakewood is the architectural twin of nearby Millikan, which opened in 1956. The school mascot is the Lancer and their colors are red and white. The school's secondary mascot is the Dragon and its secondary color is black. Lakewood High School's motto is "Today's lancers, Tomorrow's leaders."

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[edit] Baseball

Lakewood's baseball team is one of the most consistent programs in California, with 27 Moore League titles as of 2006 [1]. The 2006 season saw the team win the CIF Southern Section Division I Championship, the fifth in the history of the program, against Agoura High School, winning 2-1 at Angel Stadium. The team is lead by coach Spud O'Neil. Last season they won won the moore league. They have an alumnni who is currently playing in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays farm system.His name is Jon Weber.

[edit] Merit Scholars

The Merit Scholars Program is available to entering freshmen with a minimum grade point average of 3.3, ready to enter Algebra 1-2, average attendance and citizenship, and a desire for achievement. The program provides an opportunity for students to take Lakewood's rigorous Honors and Advanced Placement courses. Students with at least a 3.3 unweighted GPA at graduation receive a Lakewood High School Merit Scholar diploma, a medallion, and wear distinguished Merit Scholar honor apparel.

[edit] Special Programs

Lakewood offers many special opportunities for its students that are not available from many other area high schools, including an annual musical for which all students may audition, and an annually published literary magazine, The Accolade. A tradition of a live reading of the magazine by its writers was begun in 2005.

[edit] Notable alumni

Notable alumni include:

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School fight song: by Erin Personovitch

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