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Abraham Lincoln High School

Motto	All hail ! All hail ! To Lincoln hail !
Established	1878
School type	Public
Principal	James Molina
Location	3501 N. Broadway Lincoln Heights, CA, USA
Colors	Black and Orange
Campus Type	Urban
Mascot	Lincoln Tigers
Nicknames	Lincoln, LHS, Tigers
Homepage	Official website

Abraham Lincoln High School, usually referred to simply as Lincoln High School, is a secondary school located in the Lincoln Heights district of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is located in the East Los Angeles-area community, surrounded by El Sereno, Chinatown, Boyle Heights and Cypress Park. The school is named after Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, and is one of the first public high schools established in California. It is one of the District 5 high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest school district in the nation. Lincoln students are drawn from Lincoln Heights and other areas. Cypress Park residents may attend either Lincoln or Franklin high school.

1 History
2 Location
3 Demographics
4 Academics
5 Extracurricular Activities
6 Alma Mater
7 Feeder Patterns
8 Notable alumni
9 Lincoln In The Media
10 Trivia
11 References
12 External links

History

Lincoln High School was opened in 1878 and moved its temporary quarters to the Avenue 21 School in 1913. Pending the construction of a new school (the current site) on the former mansion property of Charles Woolwine, the Avenue 21 intermediate school moved its location to the hillside site (now the current physical education and track field), where students studied under the trees. [1],[2] In 1918, the plant was extended across Lincoln Park Avenue, which is now the current site. In 1921, the school added a gymnasium and a science building in 1924. The present school was built extensively in the 1930s under President Franklin D. Roosevelt under his Works Progress Administration reform. Much of the construction and renovations occurred after the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, which damaged the gymnasium, the auditorium, the music building, the library, and the English building.(Power Point Presentation on historic architecture of many LAUSD schools- very large file) Central Region High School 15 will open in 2012 [3], relieving Lincoln of its overcrowding student population.

Location

Lincoln is located at 3501 North Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90031. In the heart of Lincoln Heights, Lincoln High School occupies approximately four blocks, bordered by the intersection of N. Broadway and Thomas Street, Alta Street, and the hills of Lincoln Heights beyond. Since the school is located on the North Broadway strip, it is an ideal location for students to experience the local commerce and businesses. The Los Angeles MTA runs one bus line near Lincoln, the 45, which stops at the intersection of N. Broadway & Thomas, at the intersection of N. Broadway & Lincoln Park Avenue, and at the intersection of Lincoln Park Avenue & Altura St.

Demographics

Lincoln is mainly made up of a large Hispanic and Asian student body, though there is also an even smaller African-American and Caucasian student population. The racial ethnic enrollment [4] breaks down as the following (as of the student class of 2006-2007):

American Indian - 0.3%
Asian - 14.8%
Filipino - 0.3%
Pacific Islander - 0.2%
Black - 1.0%
Hispanic - 82.9%
White - 0.4%

Academics

Overview

In 2006, Lincoln is ranked as the 816^th best high school in the nation by Washington Post's Jay Matthews' Challenge Index.^[1]

Advanced Placement Program

Lincoln prides itself as being one of the very few fully accredited secondary schools in Southern California to offer courses in almost every Advanced Placement exam. Most recently in the upcoming fall Lincoln is approving to add AP Psychology. Students are accepted into the Advanced Placement Program and individual Advanced Placement classes based on faculty and counselor recommendations. A student may be admitted into an AP class by request or if the AP instructor has approved the request. These are the current courses offered by Lincoln:

AP Government & Politics
AP European History (offered to Freshmen and other grade levels)
AP US History
AP English Language & Composition
AP English Literature & Composition
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Environmental Science
AP Physics B
AP Physics C (I)
AP Psychology
AP Spanish Language
AP Chinese Language & Culture
AP Studio Art: Drawing
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP Computer Science A

Magnet

Lincoln High School's Magnet [5] program was established in 1999. The Magnet program has a maximum of 180 students, ranging from grade levels 9 to 12. The program offers various opportunities for students to participate in courses and activities with emphasis on science, math, and technology.

Academic Decathlon

Lincoln maintains an extensively Academic Decathlon program for its students. Competing students in the program are placed into either one of three teams based on their skill level: Varsity, Scholastic, and Honors. The program covers the following subjects: language & literature, economics, art, music, mathematics, social science, and science. In addition, students are also required to write essays, participate in interviews, give speeches, as well as taking part in a Super Quiz - which focuses on a selected subject determined by the United States Academic Decathlon each year.

Extracurricular Activities

Lincoln offers a wide range of extracurricular programs to its students to participate in outside of the normal classroom hours.^[2] Some of its major extracurricular activities and clubs include:

Varsity Cheerleaders
Executive Office
Girls Inc.
Class Cheer
Dancers
Drill Team
Tall Flags
Academic Decathlon
Advanced Placement (AP)
Honors
Agape Bible Club
Asian Club
California Scholarship Federation
Creative Writing
Grupo Cultural
Humanitas
MESA
Marching Band
Railsplitter
Robotics
Science Bowl
University Preparatory Program
United Students
Mecha
Magnet Program
Student Government
Senior/Junior Class Cabinet

Alma Mater

"All Hail To Lincoln" Words by Agnes E. Peterson Music by Louis W. Curtis All hail! All hail! To Lincoln hail! Hail alma mater true! Throned on thy heights that upward reach, To skies of cloudless blue. Our hearts beat warm in loyalty, Our love shall never fail; To thee, in praise our song we raise, All hail, to Lincoln, hail! Hail, alma mater, Lincoln, hail! Thy loyal sons so bold shall count their duty but a joy thy honor to uphold. Untarnished shall thy fair name shine, No doubts thy fame assail; Each heart and voice approve our choice, All hail, to Lincoln, hail! When, alma mater, far from thee Our wand'ring paths shall turn, Still for thy ever fost'ring care Thy children all shall yearn. Thy kindly lore, thy creed so true, Within us shall prev'l; And then each heart shall own thy party, All hail, to Lincoln, hail!

Feeder Patterns

A majority of the students come from Florence Nightingale Middle School, El Sereno Middle School, and Mt. Gleason Middle School. Abraham Lincoln High School has a competitive rivalry against Wilson High School. Many graduating students often continue their post-secondary education at nearby community colleges such as Pasadena City College, East L.A. College, and Glendale Community College. A smaller portion of Lincoln graduates have been accepted to and attended the Cal State Universities, the University of California colleges such as UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Riverside, and private colleges such as Stanford, Harvey Mudd, USC, Pomona College, Yale, and the California Institute of Technology.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Abraham Lincoln High School include:

Gregory Ain, architect
Frank Capra, director
Gaylord Carter, organist
Bobby Castillo, former Dodger pitcher
John Huston, director/actor
Carlos R. Moreno [6], California Supreme Court Justice (Cl. of 1966)
Robert Preston, actor
Robert Young, actor

Lincoln In The Media

Trivia

Abraham Lincoln High School briefly appears in the end of the movie Walkout (film) (a real life video in the end credits).
The Lincoln Heights (TV series) on ABC Family was filmed in the Lincoln Heights area.