Abraham Lincoln High School (Denver)

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Location
Abraham Lincoln High School
Denver, Colorado
Information
Principal	Antonio Esquibel
Staff	4
Enrollment	1,400
Faculty	73
Type	public high school
Mascot	Lancers
Color(s)	blue and grey
Established	1961

For other schools of this title, see Lincoln High School

Abraham Lincoln High School is a public high school in Denver, Colorado, United States, and is named after President Abraham Lincoln. Founded in 1961, ALHS currently has 1,400 students, 4 administrators, and 73 teachers. The principal is Antonio Esquibel.

Lincoln's athletic teams are nicknamed the Lancers. Their colors are blue and grey. Lincoln has one of the most competitive wrestling programs in Colorado. ALHS enjoys rivalries with Denver West High School and John F. Kennedy High School. On Saturday March 10, 2007, the Lincoln Lancers boys' basketball team won the class 4A Colorado state championship. Lincoln defeated the Ralston Valley Mustangs by a score of 63-52. It is Lincoln's first state title since a cross country win in 1968.

ALHS has a comprehensive ELA (English Language Acquisition) program for students learning English, a College Now program, and 3 computer labs. ALHS has a special relationship with the University of Denver. Each year DU invites Lincoln freshmen to the campus for tours, workshops, and helps students with planning a college preparatory high school class schedule. In 2005-2006, Lincoln sent 11 graduating seniors to the University of Denver.

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Abraham Lincoln High School was one of 16 schools nation-wide (one of 4 in Denver) selected by the College Board for inclusion in the EXCELerator School Improvement Model program beginning the 2007-2008 school year. EXCELerator includes a college prep curriculum designed to help students focus and succeed in college. The project was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Lincoln closely follows the SIOP (Sheltered Instructional Observation Protocol) model, has an outstanding JROTC program, and is part of the new Denver Scholarship Foundation, begun by Lincoln alum Tim Marquez, class of 1976.

The Denver Scholarship Foundation (DSF) is a newly created partnership between community leaders, private donors, the City of Denver and Denver Public Schools. The foundation's mission is to provide post-secondary advising while a student attends Abraham Lincoln High School and financial assistance through a scholarship program for students who are admitted to one of 33 institutions in Colorado. While the foundation will be a district-wide initiative next year, the pilot year of 2006-07 includes two additional schools --- Montbello and South High Schools. The board members of DSF include the organization's founders Tim and Bernadette Marquez, Mayor John Hickenlooper, Denver Public School Superintendent Michael Bennett, Denver Public School Board President Theresa Pena, among others. For more information about the Denver Scholarship Foundation, please visit the foundation's website at www.denverscholarship.org