Talk:Lakewood High School (Florida)

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Division Issue

What's up with this entry? Is there a division issue with the high school? And the Inside Lakewood video only proves that the videographer was extremely short.[User:CMacMillan|CMacMillan]] 02:10, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Maybe some of it needs to be rewritten, but friends of mine tell me it's all true... Jgamekeeper 05:51, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nominate it, and we WILL kill you! You saw the article in its earlier stages. If all articles were deleted in those stages, nothing will ever get done. This article is of a real school, a real place, it has improved, and will continue improving. That's what we do in wikipedia... BTW, there's no major division issue; Lakewood is just extremely diverse. Dragix 13:18, 18 May 2006 (UTC)Dragix[reply]

Alright. I go to Lakewood. I am in CATCOM. CAT is severly divided from the rest of the school. CAT kids and the CAT portion of Lakewood has always been divided from regular Lakewood. There is a huge division because CAT kids think they're better than everyone and regular Lakewood hates the CAT kids because they are smart and actually pass the FCAT. Infectious_Trauma 13:54, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is a division. CAT kids generally avoid traditional Lakewood kids (and vice versa). Intelligence and stupidity are found in both programs, however. By saying CAT kids are better, one would just be giving people reasons to hate us (yes, I'm in CAT). CAT kids are generally made fun of for being "nerdy" and acting "white". Lakewood kids are generally taunted for being just plain stupid and/or extremely uncivilized/disrespectful of authority (although if one valued his/her life, he or she would never EVER say so to a traditional Lakewood student's face), although there really are some truly smart people in the various non-CAT programs.

But the division is still there, almost like two different schools. Almost. -anonymous

Well put. A very good point. --Lakerdonald 01:58, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto. Well-stated.Dragix 03:08, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Contributors

There are people who've made lasting contributions to LHS. Do they deserve mention?

Sherman Jones introduced the CC Stomp
Principal Duda introduced the "Best School in the Universe" nickname
Taylor Hoffman introduced the Gay Straight Alliance
Mr. Mark Granning introduced CATCOM

There are more. But these are the ones I know of. Dragix 13:18, 18 May 2006 (UTC)Dragix[reply]

Userbox

I added a userbox to the article, though two of the fields are unknown to me, the established date and the name of the school paper. Can anyone fill those in? Jgamekeeper 02:05, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is no school paper. Dragix 23:31, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"My bad". Yes there is. Dragix 02:46, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The newsletter is called "The Forum". -anonymous

Established date should be 1966. The first graduating class was, therefore, 1967. I graduated in 1968. My first year of high school was spent at St. Petersburg High, after being bussed right past Gibbs High School, because the schools were not racially integrated until the 1966-67 academic year. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.240.20.17 (talk) 03:37, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy and Rumors

Can anyone support the claims made by 66.115.102.14? From what their contributions show, they're a vandal, so I have doubts. Jgamekeeper 01:50, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The controversy? True. The football coach was actually fired for a racist comment, "Get your black ass over there", along with the yearbook teacher for stealing money. There were a great number of hackers at this school too, I've heard a lot about that... The myth about the basement? False. I've no idea where that came from... And the "myth" about CAT kids failing the FCAT? It's a joke, not a myth. It's kinda amusing... like "How many CAT kids does it take to screw a lightbulb?" or "You know you're a CAT kid when..." Dragix 22:43, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Extracurricular Activities

Just removed the "excluding varsity football" part of the sentence "Lakewood High has shown exceptional skill in all areas of sports", as I remember them being the #1 ranked football team for at least one year while I was there (1997 maybe). This section could probably be fleshed out with championships, rather than just focusing on the band. Haplar 23:07, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In 1988-89, LHS Florida's football team, had a 10-0 season. One of the Ass't Coaches, was Rich Ninis, who's a Class of 1974 graduate, and later became Head Coach. Several players of that winning year, went on to NFL and college greatness. Two that I know of, are Tommy Carter and William Floyd. (In early 2017-18, LHS Football coach, Cory Moore's accomplishments, have 6 Spartan grads in NFL training camps, .. and the twin brother of one of those players, has won several collegiate honors, on the University of Central Florida's football team). Despite various seasons of greatness, no Lakewood football team has ever claimed a State Championship, .. (though LHS Baseball DID, in 1970, under Coach Lou Sabin). Lakewood Spartan Memories (talk) 19:46, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

CATCOM

This program was started in the mid 90's, not the early 21st century. I made the change to reflect this.Haplar 23:08, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

CATCOM started later than CAT. --Lakerdonald 00:58, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My first year in CATCOM was 1994 (my sophomore year), and it had already been around for at least 1 or 2 years.Haplar 03:47, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn't necessarily mean that CATCOM didn't start later. I knew that early 21st was wrong though, I just have no idea when exactly it started. --Lakerdonald 18:08, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to merge the information on Catcom into this article. There is not enough verifiable information to warrant a separate article, and the merge template has been up for a long time. --Ginkgo100 ^{talk · e@} 22:46, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Where exactly did you merge it? You should merge it with the Center for Advanced Technologies article, if anything. Dragix 01:54, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]