Lincoln High School (Stockton, California)

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Lincoln High School, founded in 1954, is the Lincoln Unified School Distr ict's only public high school.It is also the most boring school ever and has some REALLY mean teachers. The school serves thousands of students from ethnically and socio-economically diverse populations.

Contents 1 Facilities 2 Academics 2.1 AP Courses 3 Student Population 4 Extracurriculars 4.1 Speech and Debate 4.2 Music 4.2.1 Band and Orchestra 4.2.2 Choir 4.2.3 Color Guard 4.3 Newspaper 4.4 Clubs 5 Athletics

[edit] Facilities

• Alex G. Spanos Stadium
• In 2008, Lincoln High is planning to build a 3 story gym.^{[citation needed]}
• With support from the Lincoln Education Foundation, the District hopes to build a performing arts building on the Lincoln High campus.

[edit] Academics

According to Californ ia Department of Education's report in 2003, Lincoln High has a graduation rate of 97% with about 50% of graduates going on to two and four-year colleges.

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[edit] AP Courses

Lincoln offers many Advanced Placement (AP) courses.

Mathematics

• Calculus
• Statistics
• Algebra I
• Algebra II
• Geometry
• Imp I
• Imp II
• Imp III
• Imp IV
• Fundamentals of Algebra
• Preview of Algebra

Sciences

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Chemistry in the Community
• Anatamoy & phisology
• Earth Scince

English

• English Language/Composition
• English Fiction/Metaphor
• 9th Grade english
• 10th grade english
• English Shakespeare/Poetry
• Enlish: World lit

Social Studies

• American Government
• United States History
• World History
• Anthropology
• Economics

Other

• Music Theory
• Studio Art

Languages

• Spanish I
• Spanish II
• Spanish III, Spanish III Honors
• Spanish IV
• AP Spanish
• French I
• French II
• French III
• French IV
• Latin
• Latin II
• Latin III
• Japanese I
• Japanese II
• Japanese III
• Japanese IV

[edit] Student Population

Student Demographics

Latino	White	African-American	Asian	American Indian	Filipino	Pacific Islander	Multiple or No Res ponse
19.5%	44.3%	12.9%	16.3%	0.8%	4.5%	0.6%	1.2%

Average SAT I Scores (2004)

Math	Verbal
526	505

[edit] Extracurriculars

The school has over 30 academic o rganizations, teams and student interest clubs. These clubs have focuses ranging from athletics to academics.

[edit] Speech and Debate

Lincoln has had an active forensics team several decades. Members have won state and national competitions. For the yea r 2006-2007, students NAbeel Cajee and Justin Chen will be competing in the State Finals in Congress. This year, the class is adjoined with the club, but the team is still making plans for next year.

[edit] Music

The music program is participated in by ov er 200 students, directed by Richard King. Students can participate in choir, marching band, or orchestra.

[edit] Band and Orchestra

The Lincoln High School Marching Band and Colorguard has been the recipient of over 1000 awards from band reviews aroun d the country. Having been in the rose parade 3 times (1999 being it's most recent year attending) the Trojan Marching Band has made a name for itself. The have marched as far away as Europe and enjoy a reputation as one of the best programs in the state. The band is separated into 3 concert bands (Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble) along with having Jazz 1 and Jazz 2; band director Richard King being assisted with the help of Shawn Hines.

[edit] Choir

The Lincoln High School Choir, Simfonia Voce, and Chamber Ensemble are award winning vocal performance groups that have toured the country and even served as embassadors to China (1996).

The most prolific choir director at the school was Gary Wright who left the school after the 1995-1996 school year to assume a position at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

[edit] Color Guard

The Lincoln High School Color Guard has been one of the top guards in the country in the class AA for Marching Band. Raising 1 division as of the 2006 w interguard season from the Intermediate division to the Advanced division.

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[edit] Newspaper

• The Lincolnian: The school's newspaper is produced monthly.

[edit] Clubs

Clubs at Li ncoln include Japanese Club, Interact Club, Spanish Club, Cordoba Public Affairs Club, Italian Club the language of champions, Chinese Cultural Student Society, Students Against Drunk Driving Club, Filipino Club, Friends of Special Olympics, Leo's Club, F OCUS Club, Drama Club, Science Club, Interact Club, Mecha Club, Gay-Straight Alliance, Snow Club, Key Club and Vietnamese Club.

Each club has the following responsibilities:

• Organize one lunchtime activity per year
• Participate in Spirit Week and Inter national Week
• Attend Club President's Meeting

[edit] Athletics

Football: Sophomore football team are co sjaa division champions with tracy high. A very remarkable game by the c/o 09 soph team during that night. Michael Spanos(WB) saved the Trojans from a loss by a td pass by Cecil Almanza(HB) with a HB pass, but only tied the game.Joseph Dowd(FS) also saved the team during the final seconds with a last interception.But the game ended with a tie.Rob Post(QB) and Demariyeya Nelson(FB) who are also s ophomores went to varsity during that year.Only if they stayed, there would be another 10-0 victory just like freshmen year.The team plays at the Alex G. Spanos Stadium. During March through July, the Stockton Trojans, a semi-pro football team, r ent the stadium for their home games on Saturday afternoons. Volleyball: The 2005-2006 varsity and freshman teams were almost undefeated. Swimming: The lincoln swim team has been winning league championships for years, always placing in the top 3 schools.