from over 1,000 entries from high schools in 44 states. The concert took place in the high school's gymnasium and was not open to the public. Academics Lakewood has both honors and Advanced Placement programs. It is also an International Baccalaureate World School, and offers the IB Prep and IB Diploma program, starting when students begin high school. Lakewood High is ranked by 5280 magazine as one of the top high schools in the metro area. Music program Instrumental Music Lakewood High School has a symphonic band, a wind ensemble, and a percussion ensemble in its concert band program. Lakewood also has a string orchestra program with a concert orchestra, a symphonic orchestra and a chamber orchestra. Lakewood High School's marching band is called the Bengal Regiment. It is the school's largest instrumental ensemble. Choral music Lakewood High School has five choral music ensembles: a men's choir; a women's choir; Kaleidoscope, an elite women's choir; Eclipse, an advanced men’s and women’s mixed choir; and Encore, an a capella ensemble. Athletics The softball team won two consecutive 4A Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) state championships, in 1997 and 1998. The boys' football team was runner up in 2011. The boys' golf team tied for second place in the state tournament in 2014. Lakewood is a CHSAA Class 5A school. The boys' soccer team were the Jefferson County 5A League champions in the spring of 2021 after the 2020 fall season had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Notable people Keli McGregor, pro football player and administrator (student) Edward Tipper, decorated World War II veteran (teacher) James J. Heckman, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago; Winner of The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2000 Kayln Heffernan, rapper, activist, 2019 Denver mayoral candidate (student) References External links School website Public high schools in Colorado Educational institutions established in 1928 Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado) Education in Lakewood, Colorado International Baccalaureate schools in Colorado Schools in Jefferson County, Colorado 1928 establishments in Colorado