Lincoln High School (Stockton, California)
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| Lincoln High School (Stockton, California) | |
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| 6844 Alexandria Place Stockton, California |
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| Principal | Debbi Holmerud |
| Enrollment |
2678 |
| Faculty | 150? |
| Campus | Urban |
| Motto | "Amity and Peace from Knowledge" |
| Homepage | http://lusd.net/lhs// |
Lincoln High School, founded in 1954, is the Lincoln Unified School District's only public high school. The school serves thousands of students from ethnically and socio-economically diverse populations.
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[edit] Facilities
- In 2008, Lincoln High is planning to complete construction of a three-story gym.
- 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 California Department of Education's report in 1956, Lincoln High had a graduation rate of 97% with about 50% of graduates going on to two and four-year colleges. Unfortunately, the graduation rate has dropped precipitously since 1956.
Each Student is required to take some basics courses including but not limited to the following: 4 years of English (including English 9 and 10), 2 years of Mathematics, 4 years of Social Science (Including a freshman Geography semester, World History, US History, and U.S. Government/Economics), 2 years of Physical Education, 2 years of Sciences, 1 Semester of a Health Course, Several Semesters of Elective Courses
Lincoln High Schools has a wide array of courses offered to students in all areas of education including but not limited to Language, The Performing Arts, Physical Education, Science, History, Mathematics, English, Art, Fashion, Computer Science, Horticulture, Health, Student Leadership, Film, etc.
Most of these courses include college level or advanced courses that can be given later as college credit.
Some of the Advanced Placement Courses include but are not limited to:
Language and Composition
World Literature
World History
US History
Government
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Statistics
Calculus
Spanish
Art
(Cont...)
Some of the Honors Courses include but are not limited to
Algebra 1
Geometry
Algebra 2/Trigonometry
Spanish 3
[edit] Extracurriculars
The school has over 30 academic organizations, teams and student interest clubs. These clubs have focuses ranging from athletics to academics. .
[edit] Speech and Debate
The Speech and Debate team's coach is Melissa Yago. For the 2007-2008 school year, Esseim Sharma, Ronak Patel, and Sadia Saifuddin are competing at the State Champioship Tournament in Congressional Debate. Sadia Saifuddin is also a competitor in the National Speech Tournament, hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada. Due to budget cuts, Speech and Debate will likely exist as a program but not as a class with a full-time instructor during the 2008-2009 school year.
[edit] Visual and Performing Arts
Lincoln High School has a very well rounded and active Visual & Performing Arts Department. Creative students with interests in the arts are offered courses in music (band, choir, orchestra, piano, guitar, electronic music and music theory), drama (acting, stagecraft and production) and visual arts (traditional & computer art, photography and ceramics). The music department has a long tradition of excellence. It and it’s instructors are well regarded throughout the greater Stockton community and Northern California.
[edit] Journalism
The student-produced newspaper, The Lincolnian is printed approximately every three weeks.
[edit] NJROTC
The Naval science course electives are taught by the NSI Senior Chief Mark Williams. The course teaches leadership, moral values, and discipline to its cadets. The students are required to wear a uniform once a week. Weekly curriculum includes military drill, naval history, current events, color guard, orienteering, and a weekly physical training day when the cadets get to run, exercise, and play games.
The program is company-sized and therefore referred to as Trojan Company. There are two classrooms and two storage rooms for the unit to hold uniforms, drill rifles, swords, and all other gear. Twice a week on the designated uniform day, the company has a company-wide meeting for fifteen to twenty minutes at lunch, which is commonly referred to as "formation". During this time, the company acts as a whole and awards, ranks, and other news is passed out.
NJROTC(Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps) is a cadet-run program, and has a command staff consisting of a Commanding officer, Executive officer, Operations officer,etc.
The company has two very prestigious teams which have earned many awards. The first, the drill team competes in drill competitions for trophies. The second is the color guard. Lincoln High school's award-winning color guard not only performs in drill competitions, but for the opening of football games and various school functions. They are often requested by local groups around Stockton and Lodi, to perform color guard during the national anthem. This is not related to the color guard which flag twirls and marches around with the band. The NJROTC color guard has a much more prestigious duty.
[edit] Clubs
Clubs at Lincoln include Japanese Club, Healthy Habbits, Helping Hands, Movie Club, Dance Club, Pink Ladies, Martial arts Club, Polynesian Club, Interact Club, Spanish Club, Cordoba Club (Public Affairs), Italian Club, Chinese Cultural Student Society, Filipino Club, Khmer club, Leo's Club, FOCUS Club, Drama Club, Cultures United for Education, Science Club, Interact Club, Mecha Club, Black Student Union (BSU), Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA), F.A.P Club, and Key Club. Each club has the following responsibilities:
- Organize one lunchtime activity per year
- Participate in Spirit Week and International Week
- Have a representative attend Club Presidents Meetings
