Lakewood High School is a public secondary school located in the Southern California

Southern California

Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...

 city of Lakewood

Lakewood, California

Lakewood is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 80,048 at the 2010 census. It is bordered by Long Beach on the west and south, Bellflower on the north, Cerritos on the northeast, Cypress on the east, and Hawaiian Gardens on the southeast. Major thoroughfares...

. Founded in 1957, it is part of the Long Beach Unified School District

Long Beach Unified School District

The Long Beach Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Long Beach, California, United States.LBUSD serves most of Long Beach, all of the city of Signal Hill, and portions of Lakewood, and Paramount, as well as Avalon and Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island.-School uniforms...

. Lakewood is the architectural twin of nearby Millikan High School

Millikan High School

Robert A. Millikan Senior High School is a high school in Long Beach, California administered by the Long Beach Unified School District. It is located near the intersection of Spring Street and Palo Verde Avenue in East Long Beach on a campus approximately one square mile...

, which opened in 1956.

Overview

The school contains an Advanced Technology Magnet, a Merit Scholars Program, the Arts Program, the HERO Program, and the Odyssey Academy.

The Disney movie Prom (film)

Prom (film)

Prom is a 2011 American teen film directed by Joe Nussbaum and produced by Ted Griffin and Justin Springer. It was released on April 29, 2011 by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was the first major production shot with Arriflex's Alexa HD cameras to be released in theatres.-Plot:Class president Nova ...

 shot some scenes at Lakewood.

Notable alumni

• J. R. Celski, Olympic speed skater
• Bob Goen
  Bob Goen
  Robert Kuehl "Bob" Goen is an American game show emcee and television personality, best known for his work on Entertainment Tonight between 1993 and 2004...
  
  , game show host
• Shane Dawson
  Shane Dawson
  Shane Dawson is an American YouTube actor and comedian. Dawson is known for making comedy videos featuring many recurring characters , impersonations , and spoofs of popular music videos and television shows...
  
  , celebrity YouTuber.

External links

• Lakewood High School official website