Joseph Pomeroy Widney High School, also known as Widney Career Preparatory & Transition Center, is a special-education

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. A part of the

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, this school is named in honor of Dr.

Joseph Pomeroy Widney Joseph Pomeroy Widney, M.D. D.D. LL.D (December 26, 1841 – July 4, 1938), was an American doctor, educator, historian, and religious leader. After the American Civil War led him to medicine, he followed his brothers to California where ...

Student profile

The school serves students ranging in ages 13 to 22 who have severe disabilities. Because students from surrounding communities are bussed to the Central Los Angeles school, its student body reflects widely diverse cultural, ethnic, and economic backgrounds. Students' race/ethnicity is: * Asian: 21 * Hispanic: 208 * Black, non-Hispanic: 44 * White, non-Hispanic: 6 * Two or more races: 1

The Kids of Widney High

The school is possibly best known for its music group,

The Kids of Widney High The Kids of Widney High is an American music group composed of students with mental disabilities from the special education J. P. Widney High School in Los Angeles, California, United States. History The band consists of students with physic ...

, a rock band whose membership rotates with the changing student body. The group has recorded three CDs and has appeared in the 2005 film '' The Ringer''.

References

External links

Widney High website
Widney Widney Public high schools in California Magnet schools in California Jefferson Park, Los Angeles {{LosAngeles-school-stub