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Lakewood school began construction in 1928 and opened in 1933 at the current site of the JEFFCO Open School at 10th and Wadsworth. The inaugural graduating class was 25 students.
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Lakewood High School added a gym in 1936.
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Showing how the power of football has endured, the only sketched faces in the entire yearbook were the football coach and two players. Yearbooks until Title IX in the 1970s focused on boy's sports, especially football.
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10 years after opening its doors, Lakewood was already an established school with many of the same organizations that still exist at the school today.
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Lakewood High Schools won its first state championship in Boy's Track. They won three more times in 1948, 1951, and 1954.
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Lakewood won its first state football championship in 1943. Many of the players would leave for military service after that year. Lakewood won 6 more times in 1944, 1946, 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1985.
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Lakewood's graduating class was growing every year until 1943 with the departure of young men to join the war effort.
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Lakewood's opponents scored a total of 7 points against the Lakewood team the entire football season.
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The yearbook honors the many young men that were serving or gave their life in WWII.
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In 1950 the many small school districts in Jefferson County unified and became the Jefferson County R-1 School District. Now called JEFFCO Schools, it has grown from a one-room school house in 1860, to the second largest school district in Colorado in 2016.
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In 1958, Lakewood High School moved to its current address at 9700 W. 8th Ave.
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Until the passing of Title IX, girls did not compete in athletics other than gymnastics, but participated in Girl's Athletic Club to "blow off steam."
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Dr. Cindy Stevenson remembers the day of the assassination of Dr. King.
Martin Luther King was killed in April of 1968. On the day after he was killed, the head boy, Denny Nakayama, recited his “I have a Dream” speech on the intercom rather than doing the pledge of allegiance. It was quite a shock. Denny told me years later that they almost did not let him graduate. I think it was such a powerful moment for a school full of white middle class kids! -
The Lakewood "L" has been a place to meet and celebrate the traditions of Lakewood throughout the decades.
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In 1973, both volleyball and basketball were added to Lakewood's athletics.
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Lakewood is a school built on tradition. Seniors still wear togas during Winterfest week.
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Currently, Lakewood prides itself on being inclusive. This has been a culture in development for many years.
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At some point in the 90’s, Lakewood was fading away. I think they had about 800 kids and was considered a school in decline. Jim Milhouse became principal, and he worked with Vera Dawson who was the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction to put the IB program in Lakewood. It was our first and really invigorated the school. Lakewood went on a steady growth vector for the next twenty years.
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Ron Castagna became principal. During his 17 years, the enrollment increased from 850 to over 2,000 students.
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.As a result of a bond issue on the 2004 ballot, Lakewood received over $35 million to open the new building in 2007
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Ron Castagna was awarded as the Colorado 2012 Principal of the Year.
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Lakewood's student body won a national lip dub contest that brought the school a Katy Perry concert and national attention.
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After working as a teacher and AP at Lakewood, Lisa Ritchie became the principal.
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On May 28, 2016, a Lakewood Eagle Scout organized a rededication ceremony of a memorial honoring the 12 Lakewood High School students who died in WWII.
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The Lakewood High School Lahian Yearbooks form 1939, 1941, 1943, 1958, 1964, 1971, 1973, 1982 & 2006. photoswest.org www.ajc.com/ http://blogs.denverpost.com/eletters/2014/ https://sites.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/lhs/ http://www.milehighmamas.com/blog/2013 http://lakewoodsentinel.com/stories/Lakewood-marks-Memorial-Day,215420
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From, a graduating class of 25 in 1933, Lakewood High School is now the biggest school in Jefferson County.
