Abraham Lincoln High School (Los Angeles, California)

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Abraham Lincoln High School

Principal	James Molina
Established	1913
School type	Public
Location	Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California
Campus	Urban
School colors	Black and Orange
Nicknames	Lincoln, LHS
Website	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. It is located in the East Los Angeles-area community, surrounded by El Sereno, Chinatown, Boyle Heights and Cypress Park. Lincoln High School is full of tiger pride, and carries on the school colors black and orange.

Lincoln residents are drawn from Lincoln Heights and other areas. Cypress Park residents may attend either Lincoln or Franklin high school.

1 History
2 Magnet
3 Advanced Placement
4 Feeder Patterns
5 Notable alumni
6 Trivia
7 References
8 External links

[edit] History

Lincoln High School opened in temporary quarters in the Avenue 21 School in 1913.[1],[2] The new campus on North Broadway opened in 1918.(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.

[edit] Magnet

Lincoln High School's magnet program was established in 1999. The magnet program has a maximum of 180 students, ranging from grade levels 9 to 12. The magnet offers various opportunities for students to participate in programs which has a strong emphasis on science, math, and technology.

Barbara Paulson, magnet coordinator

[edit] Advanced Placement

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 AB
AP Physics BC
AP Spanish Language
AP Chinese Language & Culture
AP Studio Art: Drawing
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP Computer Science A

[edit] Feeder Patterns

A majority of their 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.

[edit] Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Abraham Lincoln High School include:

Gregory Ain, architect
Frank Capra, director
Gaylord Carter, organist
Bobby Castillo, former Dodger pitcher and the man credited with teaching Fernando Valenzuela the screwball.
John Huston, director/actor
Carlos Moreno [4], California Supreme Court Justice (Cl. of 1966)
Robert Preston, actor
Robert Young, actor

[edit] 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.