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 Chicago Bears Ricky Anderson, former NFL player Bo Bichette, MLB player for the Toronto Blue Jays Lynn Barry, former basketball player, former Assistant Executive Director of USA women's basketball, former WNBA special advisor, former NCAA official Aveion Cason, former NFL running back William Floyd, former NFL fullback Dante Fowler, NFL defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys Jonte Green, former NFL defensive back for Detroit Lions Marquez Valdes-Scantling, NFL wide receiver for Green Bay Packers Shaquem Griffin, NFL linebacker for Seattle Seahawks Shaquill Griffin, NFL cornerback for Seattle Seahawks Louis Murphy, former NFL wide receiver for Tampa Bay Buccaneers Bernard Reedy, former NFL wide receiver for Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rashod Moulton, former NFL cornerback Cornell Green, former NFL offensive tackle Billy DeCola, reality TV (NY Ink) Ernest Givins, former NFL wide receiver Tom Carter, former NFL defensive back Tim Carter, former NFL wide receiver Timothy L. Tyler, former prisoner sentenced to life without parole for breaking the Three-strikes law until being granted clemency by president Barack Obama. Pat Terrell, former NFL defensive back Patrick Carter, former NFL wide receiver Nicole Haislett ('90), 1992 2-time Olympic gold medal swimmer (Barcelona) William Packer, movie producer, Stomp the Yard,